Understanding Activity Units and Costs

Units and costs in Primavera Cloud are used to measure the effort required to complete your activities and the price of that effort. Unit and cost fields for each activity are broken down into types to measure the different possible aspects of activity progress, including planned, actual, remaining, and at completion.

Activity-level values roll up to the project level to provide an overall measure of project effort and cost. Depending on how you intend to manage your project, activity-level values may also be distributed down to the individual resources and roles assigned to perform the activity work. Unit and cost fields are further broken down according to the type of resource work being performed.

There are specific rules that govern when units and costs can be entered at the activity level or assignment level, as well as the types of values that can be entered. Use the topics below to learn more about activity and assignment unit and cost fields, the rules for updating them, and the types of values that can be entered.