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Reconcile Labor Variance by PLC

Use the Costpoint Planning reports to reconcile data on the Labor Variance by PLC report.

These reports include the following:

  • Project Status Report

  • Hours Breakdown Report

To reconcile the Costpoint Business Intelligence Labor Variance by PLC report with Costpoint Planning:

  1. Run the Labor Variance by PLC report in Costpoint Business Intelligence.
  2. Run the Project Status report in Costpoint Planning (Planning > Project Budgeting > Supplemental Reports).
  3. Compare the following:

    Costpoint Business Intelligence

    Costpoint Planning Report

    Current Period Actual Hours

    Current Period Labor Hours

    YTD Actual Hours

    Fiscal Yr to Date Labor Hours

  4. Run the Hours Breakdown report in Costpoint Planning (Planning > Project Budgeting > Active Level Reports).
  5. Select Latest EAC.
  6. Click All Periods.
  7. Compare the following:

    Costpoint Business Intelligence

    Costpoint Planning Report

    Total for Current Period Budget Hours column

    Total labor (employee labor) from the current period column. (Do not include subcontractor or consultant hours.)

    Total for YTD Budget Hours column

    Total labor (employee labor) from adding the monthly columns that should be included in YTD. (Do not include subcontractor or consultant hours.)

    Note: Current Period, YTD Variance, and Variance % columns in the Labor Variance by PLC report are calculations that can be independently verified.