Create Contract Change Order Forecast Lines

Explanation

Use this activity either to manually enter or to automatically generate the forecast lines.

If the Contract Change Orders are created with the Change Source Project then the forecast lines are always manually entered.

But for the Contract Change Orders of the Change Source Supplier or Customer, this activity can either be manual or automatic depending on the connected Sub Contract or Sales Contract setting for the Contract Change Order Change Capturing Level.
If the above setting is Cost or Revenue Element then the forecast lines are manually entered. If the above setting is Contract Items then the forecast lines are created automatically upon executing the Generate Cost/Revenue Summary from the Contract Change Order.

Note:
It is possible to add only the Cost forecast lines manually on the Change Order forecasts created on the Contract Change Orders of Change Source Customer, even when the Contract Change Order Change Capturing Level is set to Contract Items .
But in order to avoid any incorrect results, it is required to map the sales contract and project invoice postings into Revenue elements.

The manually entered forecast lines are created against the cost/revenue element together with the ETC value, the Project WBS level, and occasionally the code parts if code parts have been defined as mandatory in PCE code part demands for cost elements.

The automatically created forecast lines are also created against the cost/revenue element and the Project WBS level. The ETC value of such forecast lines is calculated based on the Net Change of the Contract Change Order/ Contract Items.

The Change Order Forecast page allows the same advanced functionality as when the forecast lines are entered in a project budget or forecast e.g. using WBS/CBS structure, multi-currency, spreading, etc.

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