Define a Curve Profile

Define curve profiles to specify how scope assignment costs, quantities, and hours spread over the duration of an activity; resource or role hours spread over the duration of an activity; and budget quantities over budget durations. There are some default curve profiles defined in the application. You can add a new curve, which is based on the default linear curve, or copy and modify one of the existing curves.

To define a curve profile:

1. Navigate to the Curve Profiles dictionary page
   1. In the object selector, select  Workspace, select View Workspaces List, and then select a workspace name.
   2. From the  Main Menu, select  Summary & Settings.
   3. On the Summary & Settings page, select Dictionaries, and then select Curve Profiles.
2. To copy an existing curve, select the  Context menu next to the curve to copy, and select Duplicate.

   To create a curve, select the  Context menu for a curve, and select Add.

3. Enter a Curve Name.
4. Modify the curve value percentages to create a curve that indicates how your costs and quantities should distribute over time. Curves are defined by 21 points (5% intervals from 0 to 100 is the default for a new curve).
5. Select Prorate to make the total of the distribution values equal to 100% while maintaining the shape you specified.
6. Select Save.

This setting is used in the following apps: