Enter the modification description you want to use in your project modifications. This description displays in the lookup of the Description field in Manage Modifications, Manage Project User Flow, and Manage Alternate Project Revenue Profiles.

To insert a new row, click . The same description can exist for multiple companies as long as the Use for All Companies check box is not selected for that description. However, the same description cannot be set up multiple times in one company, nor can it be set up as a company-specific record if it already exists for all companies. If you enter the same description with a different case (for example, INITIAL and Initial), Costpoint considers it as a duplicate description and displays an error message.

Select this check box if this modification description applies to all companies. Once this check box is selected, only Company 1 can delete or change this description. Clearing this check box results in a warning message to display, informing users that this action will cause the modification description to become invalid in all companies.

Select this check box to make this modification description active. If the Validate Modification Descriptions check box is selected on the Projects tab of the Configure Project Settings screen, only modification descriptions marked as Active will be available for entry and selection in the Description field on the Manage Modifications, Manage Project User Flow, and Manage Alternate Project Revenue Profiles screens.

Modification descriptions not marked as Active do not show in the lookup of Description and cannot be used in new records but can remain on previously saved records.