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
- From the List tab, select the contract for which you want
to view Release Costs.
- 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.
- Click OK to display the contract
on the Contract tab.