Contract Summary quadrant

The Contract Summary quadrant displays a chart that compares spending against budgeted amounts for both the current expenditures and the projected total cost of the entire term of the contract.

Note

The current month designation does not refer to the month of the present time. Cost Analyzer determines your current month as the most recent month from the past that has a complete set of cost models built.

For example, if today is January 16, 2015, and there are a complete set of cost models built for December, 2014, then your current month is December.

However, if for some reason the cost models for December and November were never built, and the most recent month that has a complete set of cost models built is October. Then, your current month is October.

The following figure shows a sample Contract Summary that displays charts that show the current spend and the projected spend compared to their corresponding budgeted allocations.

Figure: Sample Contract Summary quadrant

Contract Summary legend

#	Description	Details
1	Contract end month with cost difference	The date identifies the month the contract ends and the amount indicates the cost difference between the accumulated Projected Spend amount and the accumulated Budgeted amount.
2	Toggle dots	Click the dots to toggle between available chart views. These dots let you switch between the following views: MLC Contract Summary View MLC Product Summary View
3	Contract billing month with cost difference	The date identifies the current billing month of the contract and the amount indicates the cost difference between the current spending amount and the current budget amount.
4	Year over Year Cost	The amount indicates the difference between what was spent in the current month relative to how much was spent in the same month a year ago.
5	Ending date of contract	The date and year of the last month of the contract.
6	Starting Date of contract	The date and year of the starting month of the contract.
7	Current spend amount	The amount indicates the total MLC product spending from the start of the contract through the current billing month.
8	Volume chart of current spend and current budget	The bar chart indicates the cumulative volume level of both the current spending and the current budget amounts. The bar represents the accumulated spending from the start of the contract through the current billing month. The color (whether green or red) indicates whether the current spending is over or under the budgeted amount allocated.
9	Current budget	The amount indicates the total budgeted for spending from the start of the contract through the current billing month.
10	Contract name	The name assigned to the contract.
11	Projected spend	The amount indicates the total MLC product spending from the start of the contract through the end of the contract. Note The amount includes a sum of both actual and projected cost amounts.
12	Volume chart of projected spend and total budget	The bar chart indicates the cumulative volume level of both the total projected spending and the total budget amounts. The bar represents the accumulated spending from the start of the contract through the end of the contract. The color (whether green or red) indicates whether the projected spending is over or under the budgeted amount allocated.
13	Total budget	The total amount budgeted for the contract.
14	Minimize/maximize control button	A control button to maximize or minimize the chart view.

Note

For any value in the chart, the arrow color (whether green or red) indicates whether the value is over ( ) or under ( )the budgeted amount.

The Contract Summary contains an alternative Chart View (MLC Product Summary View) where you can also access hyperlinks to the MLC Product Activity View.

For information about drill-down levels and hyperlinks of the MLC Contract Summary View, see Accessing-the-MLC-Product-Summary-View.

Contract Summary quadrant

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