Change Start Dates

You can change the start dates of planned projects, but not those in execution. When you change a start date, the system shifts the end date to preserve the project duration, and also shifts the cash flow numbers (excluding pre-actuals) left or right to preserve the cash flow distribution.

To change a start date

Double-click the date in the Start Date column. The system displays a calendar.
Choose the new date from the calendar.
The system shifts the end date and the cash flow numbers to reflect the change.

How the System Distributes Cash Flow

The system stores all cash flow amounts by month in the database. The logic that the system uses to distribute cash flow dollars is rendered in monthly allocations and presented as follows:

If you move the start date backwards by (for example) three months, the system will move all the cash flow amounts (excluding the pre-actuals column) left by three months and display a zero dollar amount in the last three month columns for that year. Amounts from the following fiscal year will not move left.
If you move a start date forward by three months, the system will move all the cash flow amounts (excluding the pre-actuals column) right by three months and display a zero dollar amount in the first three month columns. The cash flow amounts will continue to move forward in time, replacing the values of the next three months with the values of the past three months. If the cash flows through multiple years, the total for the next year will increase by the three months' amount, and the monthly cash flow for the last three months of the previous year will replace the new year's first three months. The rest of the new year's monthly values will move forward three columns.

Last Published Monday, August 28, 2023