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Page title

For most spaces, this page must be titled Space announcements.

For spaces with localized content, this page must be titled Space announcements l10n.

Purpose

Provide an announcement banner on every page of your space.

Location

Move this page outside of your home branch.

Guidelines

Information
    • Limited support
BMC provides limited support for this version of the product. As a result, BMC no longer accepts comments in this space. If you encounter problems with the product version or the space, contact BMC Support.BMC recommends upgrading to the latest version of the product. To see documentation for that version, see BMC AMI Cost Management 24.1.00.

Accessing the Cost Variance to Date chart

By accessing the Cost Variance to Date chart, you can view a chart that displays the cumulative amount of difference between the actual costs and projected costs for every billing month of the contract.

Warning

Note

The toggle dots at the bottom of the quadrant provide you with the ability to toggle between the available Chart Views.

To access the Cost Variance to Date chart

  1. In the Cost Variance by Billing Month quadrant, click the grayed-out toggle dot image2020-9-2_15-51-28.png.The Cost Variance to Date chart is displayed.

    cost variance to date.PNG

    By viewing the Cost Variance to Date chart, you can see a monthly cumulative view of the MLC Cost differences between budgeted and actual costs for the entire term on the contract. 

    The following table describes the elements of the chart:

    Chart element

    Description

    green bar.PNG

    Actual cumulative cost difference of the billing month

    faded green bar.PNG

    Projected cumulative cost difference of the billing month

    Green Bar

    Indicates the actual or projected cumulative cost was less than the cumulative budgeted cost from the contract starting month up to the billing month

    Red Bar

    Indicates the actual or projected cumulative cost was greater than the cumulative budgeted cost from the contract starting month up to the billing month

  2. (Optional) You can perform any of the following actions:
    • Click on any point in the chart area to view the interval details.
    • You can use Options gear icon.PNGto change the display of the chart as follows:
    • Use the toggle dots image2020-9-2_15-52-3.png to switch between the following chart views:
      • Cost Variance by Billing Month
      • Cost Variance to Date
    • Hover the mouse over any point or bar on the chart to view the date it occurred.
    • Click on any bar in the chart to hyperlink to the MLC Monthly Summary Report and display a report for the selected month.
      For more information, see Cost-Variance-by-Billing-Month-quadrant.
Warning

Note

The Cost Variance to Date chart also contains a link to the Software Cost by Product chart. You can access this chart by clicking drilldown link icon.PNG. For information about the Software Cost by Product chart, see Accessing-and-working-with-the-Software-Cost-by-Product-view.


Related topic

  Cost-Variance-by-Billing-Month-quadrant


 

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BMC AMI Cost Management 3.1