Use this dialog box to specify how to spread the new value after you have modified the total value for a resource assignment the Time-phase pane or Time-phase Detail pane of the Project view.
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| Spread Changes Over
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Use these options to specify how the updated budget should be spread over calendar periods.
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| Remaining fiscal periods
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Select this option to spread the difference between the old and new budgets evenly across the control account or work package fiscal periods after the status date of the project, using the spread curve method defined for the resource.
You cannot select this option when the control account or work package associated with the resource has a status of
Planned.
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| All fiscal periods
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Select this option to spread the difference between the old and new budgets across all control account/work package fiscal periods. You can choose to use the spread curve currently defined for the resource or a different spread curve. Selecting this option enables the
Use existing spread and
Use spread curve fields.
Cobra selects the
All fiscal periods option by default when the control account or work package associated with the resource has a status of
Planned.
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| Use existing spread curve
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Select this option to use the existing spread curve for the new budget spread.
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| Use spread curve
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Use this drop-down list to select a different spread method (previously defined on the Spread Curves tab of the Application Preferences dialog box) for the new budget spread.
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| Last period only
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Select this option to put the difference between the old and new budgets in the last period for the resource assignment.
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