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Ribbon Bar: Project Tracking Tab

The Project Tracking tab of the ribbon bar is only visible when the main Project Tracking tab is active in Project Analyzer. It provides the user with tools for tracking current project progress.

How to access this ribbon bar tab

Click the Project Tracking tab, then click the Project Tracking tab in the Project Analyzer ribbon bar

What's on the Ribbon?

Item	Description
Show Financial Summary	Toggles on and off the display of the Current Financial Summary section of the Project Tracking tab. If access to financial summary data is restricted by permissions for the user, the button will be deselected and disabled. The default state is selected/on.
Base EAC on Task Complete	When selected, the Estimate at Complete value (EAC) is calculated using the data entered into the Tasks tab for each individual task by phase – functionally earned value. If not selected, the EAC is calculated ignoring the task complete information and uses elapsed time to determine current status in the EAC calculation – functionally ignoring the earned value. This is useful when the Task Percent Complete is known to be inaccurate or incomplete or when a firm decides not to plan at the task level.
Tracking	Changes the display of the Percentages by Period chart to represent values as percentages of the available labor and overhead value or to represent values as their actual dollar amounts. The default value is Show as Amounts

Item

Description

Show Financial Summary

Toggles on and off the display of the Current Financial Summary section of the Project Tracking tab. If access to financial summary data is restricted by permissions for the user, the button will be deselected and disabled.

The default state is selected/on.

Base EAC on Task Complete

When selected, the Estimate at Complete value (EAC) is calculated using the data entered into the Tasks tab for each individual task by phase – functionally earned value. If not selected, the EAC is calculated ignoring the task complete information and uses elapsed time to determine current status in the EAC calculation – functionally ignoring the earned value. This is useful when the Task Percent Complete is known to be inaccurate or incomplete or when a firm decides not to plan at the task level.

Tracking

Changes the display of the Percentages by Period chart to represent values as percentages of the available labor and overhead value or to represent values as their actual dollar amounts.

The default value is Show as Amounts

Common

For information regarding the Common toolbar options, please refer to the Ribbon Bar: Home Tab.