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How do I export the Budget report?
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To export the Budget report, go to menu Report – Costs – select the Budget report – click Export – select the exporting format (Excel, Word, XML, PDF or image) and the location where you want to save it and click Save.

Can I use the Dashboard functionality on the web application? 
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On the web application, you can only open an existing Dashboard file, but you cannot create a dashboard file.
How do I see a progress chart?
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You can see a progress chart creating a custom report or a visual report by going to menu Report - Custom Reports - New.
Can I open Dashboard file from Drive 365 or upload files from Drive 365 in Dashboard?
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At this point, you can open dashboard files from Drive 365 or upload files from Drive 365 in Dashboard dialog only in Project Plan 365 for Windows and Mac.

What information is displayed on a custom report?
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In a custom report, you can find information relating to resource and tasks. As you work on the project, the reports will reflect the latest info — no manual updates required!
How do I create a custom report?
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To create a new custom report go to menu Project - Report - Custom - New and fill in all the fields with desired settings.
What are the Project Statistics?
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Project Statistics are a set of crucial information gathered for an overall view of the project. With this functionality, you can easily review scheduled and actual start and finish dates, durations, work, and costs.

What is the risk field?
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The Risk field is a custom field (of type Outline Code) that offers you the possibility to specify the risk level of a certain task. You can choose which custom field to be used as Risk field in the Options dialog.
How to change the Risk field?
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You can choose which custom field to be used as the Risk field in the Options dialog.
What is SV field?
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The SV (earned value schedule variance) field shows the difference in cost between the current progress and the baseline plan of a task, all assigned tasks of a resource, or for an assignment up to the status date or today's date.
What is SPI field?
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The SPI (schedule performance index) field shows the ratio of the budgeted cost of work performed to the budgeted cost of work scheduled (BCWP/BCWS).

What is Remaining Tasks field?


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The Remaining Tasks field shows the total number of scheduled subtasks that remain to be completed for a summary task on a given day. The Remaining Tasks field also shows the total number of scheduled tasks that remain to be completed for a subproject on a given day.

What is Remaining Cumulative Work field?


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The Remaining Cumulative Work fields contain the remaining amount of time scheduled for all resources assigned to tasks, accumulated over time.

What is Remaining Cumulative Actual Work field?


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The Remaining Cumulative Actual Work field contains the work that still needs to be completed on a task or by a resource assigned to a task.

What is Remaining Actual Tasks field?


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The Remaining Actual Tasks field shows the total number of actual subtasks that remain to be completed for a summary task on a given day. This field also shows the total number of actual tasks that remain to be completed for a subproject on a given day.
What is CV field?
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The CV (earned value cost variance) field shows the difference between how much it should have cost and how much it has actually cost to achieve the current level of completion up to the status date or today's date.
What is CPI field?
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The CPI (cost performance index) field shows the ratio of budgeted (or baseline) costs of work performed to actual costs of work performed, up to the project status date or today's date.
What is BCWS (Planned Value or PV) field?
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The BCWS (budgeted cost of work scheduled) field contains the cumulative timephased baseline costs up to the status date or today's date.
What is BCWP (Earned Value or EV) field?
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The BCWP (budgeted cost of work performed) field contains the cumulative value of the task's, resource's, or assignments's percent complete multiplied by the timephased baseline costs.
What is Baseline0-10 Remaining Tasks field?
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The Baseline0 through Baseline10 Remaining Tasks fields contain the number of scheduled subtasks that remained to be completed on a given day for a summary task, when the baseline was set. They also contain the number of scheduled tasks that remained to be completed on a given day for a subproject, when the baseline was set.
What is Baseline0-10 Remaining Cumulative Work field?
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The Baseline0 through Baseline10 Remaining Cumulative Work fields contain the remaining amount of time scheduled for all resources assigned to tasks, when the baseline was set.
What is ACWP field?
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The ACWP (actual cost of work performed) field shows costs incurred for work already done on a task, up to the project status date or today's date.
How can I save dashboard files to Drive 365 cloud?
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You can save dashboard files in Drive 365 by using the Save to Drive365 option in Dashboard dialog.  In order to do that, go to menu Report - Dashboard. In the Dashboard dialog, upload the desired files and press Save to Drive 365. Type the dashboard file’s name and then press Save.

You can save dashboard files directly in Drive365 in the backstage. To do so, go to the menu File - Save as - My Projects - Drive 365, type the dashboard file’s name and press Save.
How can I open dashboard files from Drive 365 cloud?
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To open dashboard files from Drive365 go to menu Report - Dashboard. In the Dashboard dialog select Open from Drive 365, use your account to sign in, choose the desired dashboard file and then press Open.

You can open dashboard files directly from Drive 365 cloud in the backstage. In order to do that, go to the menu File - Open - My Projects – Drive 365 and then select the desired dashboard file (the one with .xml extension) and press Open.
How can I upload files from Drive 365 cloud in Dashboard?
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In order to upload Drive 365 files in Dashboard go to menu Report - Dashboard. In the Dashboard dialog, select from the dropdown Drive 365 and then click Browse. Sign in with your account, choose the desired document and then press OK.
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