Accessing the Aggregated Cost by Billing Month chart
By accessing the Aggregated Cost by Billing Month chart, you can view a cumulative chart that displays the actual costs and projected costs for every billing month of the contract. Additionally, the sloped line at the top represents the cumulative budget costs for each billing month.
To access the Aggregated Cost by Billing Month chart
In the Cost by Billing Month quadrant, click the grayed-out toggle dot (
).The Aggregated Cost by Billing Month displays as shown in the following figure.
The following table describes the elements of the chart.
Chart element
Description
Actual cumulative cost of the billing month
Projected cumulative cost of the billing month
Black/gray point
Budgeted cost of the billing month
- (optional) You can perform any of the following actions:
- Click on any point in the chart area to view the interval details.
- Use the Options button (
) to change the display of the chart as follows:- Single period view
- Stacked period view
Grouped period view
For more information about these views, see Changing-the-chart-period-views.
- Use the toggle dots (
) to switch between the following chart views:- Cost by Billing Month
- Aggregated Cost by Billing Month
- 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 Monthly Summary Report and display a report for the selected month.
For more information, see Cost-by-Billing-Month-quadrant.
Note
The Aggregated Cost by Billing Month chart also contains a link to the Software Cost by Product chart. This chart can be accessed from the drill-down link button (
). For information about the Software Cost by Product chart, see Accessing-and-working-with-the-Software-Cost-by-Product-view.
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