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Alina_Andreica
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Mar 23, 2023
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Project Desktop - Cost resources in Actual Cost

Hello, In Project Desktop I've assigned Cost resources to some tasks and, when tasks are marked as 100% completed, the cost resources do not appear in Actual Cost, but in Remaining Cost. Shouldn't t...
  • Dale_HowardMVP's avatar
    Mar 23, 2023
    Alina --

    When you updated the % Complete value on a task that has BOTH a Work resource AND an Expense Cost resource, Microsoft Project will only update the Actual Work for the Work resource, but it will NOT update the Actual Cost for the Expense Cost resource. This means that you will need to manually update the Actual Cost information for the Expense Cost resource. The best way to do this is to apply the Task Usage view and then display the Cost table. Enter the Actual Cost information for the Expense Cost resource assignment on the task. Hope this helps.

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