Cost table change event overview

Over the duration of a contract, there might be changes that affect the cost table that are used to calculate the cost data. When defining your software contract, you can specify the starting month for using a new, or modified, or a different cost table when calculating the cost data for use with the MLC Software Contract Reporting tool.

This change of cost table is known as a Cost Table change event.

Since the active cost table is used as a default to calculate the cost models used by the MLC Software Contract Reporting tool, changes to the cost table that will occur in the future can only be accounted for by adding a Cost Table change event, which overrides the default cost table.

Note

Cost table change events are applied only to the projected costs for future months. When the month specified in the Cost Table change event arrives in actual time, the new Cost Table needs to be set as active in the MSU Cost Editor to use the new pricing information when building cost models. For more information see, Setting-a-cost-table-as-active.

Adding a Cost Table change event to your software contact does not affect the budget amounts of the contract. The MLC Software Contract Reporting tool uses the event to change the cost table that is used when calculating projected costs that occur on and after the starting month.

By specifying the Cost Table change event, you select the month to begin with using a different cost table, so your cost data remains in sync with any cost table changes that you know will occur in the future. When adding or modifying a software contract, use Cost Table change events to assign the appropriate cost table for calculating all cost data that occurs on and after the event.

If you do not specify a Cost Table change event, the MLC Software Contract Reporting tool uses the active cost table for the entire term of the contract when generating a report.

Note

It is the responsibility of the administrator to manage changes to the Cost Table. It also necessitates adding or modifying Cost Table change events so that the definition of your software contract remains consistent with changes to MLC costs that may occur during the course of a contract.

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