Actual Cost Resource doesnt get updated based on % complete – Project 2013

Name: Effective Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Project Management
Start: 2024-05-15T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-15T13:00:00-04:00
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This topic has 2 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 4 years, 2 months ago by Carlos Santos.

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- 02/25/2020 at 12:39 am #417363
  
  Gayathry
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  Hi, Im a scheduler in construction field, I have prepared resource loaded schedule (cost, work, material) in MS projects, while tracking through % complete I find the actual cost column is not getting updated whereas the material & work gets updated. One more finding is that when a particular activity is having only one resource ie cost then actual cost gets updated, but if the activity is having more than one resource (eg cost & work) then actual cost doesnt get updated. Kindly clarify
- 02/25/2020 at 8:43 am #417364
  
  Larry Christofaro
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  Hi Gayathry, the behavior you are getting is by design. Best practice and Microsoft recommendation is not to combine cost and other resources on the same task because of the behavior differences. Hope that helps…
- 02/26/2020 at 9:24 am #417366
  
  Carlos Santos
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  Hi Gayathry
  
  I have had that problem too.
  So I looked for a solution and found this article on Mpug.
  Larry is right.
  
  https://www.mpug.com/articles/using-cost-resources-best-practice/
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