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Create a Cash flow curve from a Schedule Sheet

You can cost-load a schedule sheet by assigning roles and resources to project-related activities. When you associate a WBS code with an activity in the schedule sheet, Primavera Unifier can distribute its cost over a period of time based on activity dates and the calendar. You will be able to view this distributed cost along with other cash flow curves related to the project.

In the baseline curve you can view the cost distribution information by WBS code in a schedule sheet. When defining the cash flow curves, you select the schedule sheet so you can view the curve in the cash flow worksheet.

To set the cash flow curve for a schedule sheet

Open the project or shell and click Cost Manager > Cash Flow in the left Navigator. The Cash Flow log opens.

Click New > Detail Curves. The Properties window opens.

Enter your settings into the General tab. Detail Level selections can be Project/Shell, or WBS.

In the Curves tab, select the Use data from Schedule Sheet field. When this field is selected, the rest of the options in the Curves tab become disabled.

Note: With this option, you can push a cash flow curve with a schedule sheet name, then match the schedule sheet name under the destination project. If the schedule sheet exists, the cash flow curve will link to that schedule sheet.

Click the Select button and choose the schedule sheet. Selecting a schedule sheet is optional. If a schedule sheet is not selected, the distribution will display zeros along the bottom of the cash flow curves’ graph.

Click OK. The cash flow worksheet displays the cash flow worksheet with the WBS codes from the Schedule sheet in the details level.

In the detail window, the following information for the cash flow baseline type of curve will be pulled from the schedule sheet:


Field	Definition
Number	WBS Codes taken from the Schedule Sheet
Name	Name of the WBS code
From Date	Taken from the “from” date of the activity that the WBS code is assigned to.
To Date	Taken from the “to” date of the activity that the WBS code is assigned to.
Profile	This field is blank as the distribution is coming from the schedule sheet.

You can open the details sheet and view the distribution of the costs by individual WBS code. Data in the details sheet is read-only.

It is possible for a user to create another baseline curve by selecting Cost Sheet as the source for cost or create a Forecast, Spends, and Custom curve. In all these cases, the list of WBS codes will be from the cost sheet and will not be filtered by the schedule sheet.

Cash Flow will pull distribution data (Linear, S-Curve, On Start and Finish) from a schedule sheet. See Select the activity budget distribution profile.

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