Recalculate Activity Costs

Cost values on the Activities page may need to be recalculated as the project progresses and users make changes to the schedule, activities, resource and role assignments, and earned value baseline. While many cost values are recalculated automatically, some cost calculations include values from other pages and must be run manually. Recalculating costs ensure the Activities page shows the most up-to-date cost information. Before recalculating project costs, you should always schedule the project to update the field values used in the calculations.

Note: You must have the project-level Enable privilege for Recalculate Project Costs in the Cost Permissions category to recalculate costs.

For more information on cost values that are recalculated automatically and cost values that must be recalculated using Recalculate Costs, see Recalculate Costs Overview.

To recalculate activity costs:

  1. Navigate to the project Activities page
  2. Select the Actions menu, and then select Recalculate Costs.
  3. In the Confirm dialog box, select Yes to run the recalculation process.

Tips