Viewing release costs

You use the View Release Costs dialog box in the Software Contracts application to view the release costs associated with a contract.

About this task

The page shows a summary of all planned and committed costs against a maximum volume contract. The top section contains cost information and the lower section contains a list of all release purchase orders against the contract and their total cost. All costs display in the default currency for the contract. The fields in the dialog box are calculated at the time they are displayed.

Procedure

  1. From the List tab, select the contract for which you want to view Release Costs.
  2. From the Select Action menu, select View Release Costs.
    The View Release Costs dialog box opens and displays the following information:
    Total Cost
    The total contract cost is the maximum cost for all releases against the contract. If there is no value here, there can be an unlimited number of releases against this contract.
    Number of Uncommitted Releases
    Uncommitted releases include all release purchase orders that are have WAPPR (waiting for approval) status.
    Number of Committed Releases
    Committed releases include all release purchase orders against this contract that are in a status of APPR or CLOSED.
    Uncommitted Cost
    The total cost of all release purchase orders in a status of WAPPR.
    Committed Cost
    This value is always the sum of the amount on order, the amount received and the invoice variance.
    Amount on Order
    This value is the sum of all release purchase orders with a status of APPR where Receipts Complete field is N.
    Amount Received
    The total cost of completed purchase order lines receipts.
    Amount Remaining
    This value is always the sum of the Total Cost minus the Committed Costs.
    Invoice Variance
    This value is the sum of all material receipt transactions and service receipt transactions invoice records for all receipt lines from release purchase orders not in a status of CANCEL for this contract.

    A list of all purchase orders released against the contract is also displayed.

    Values always display using the currency specified in the software contract.

  3. Click OK to display the contract on the Contract tab.


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