Category profit and loss (actual vs. budget) report (ProjProfitLossCateg2Column)

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Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Use this report to analyze profit or loss on projects by project category and to compare actual values to budgeted values.

How to filter the data on this report

When you generate this report, the following default parameters are displayed. You can use these parameters to filter the data that will be displayed on the report. For more information, see Filter the data on a report.

Field

Description

Include project types

Select the project types that you want to include on the report. You must select at least one project type.

Include transaction types

Select the transaction types that you want to include on the report. You must select at least one transaction type.

(Project date)

From date / Break date / To date

Select a starting date and an ending date to include transactions that are posted to projects.

Note

When you select Sum in the Actual vs. budget field, the break date that you enter determines where the calculation of Actual ends and the calculation of Budget starts.

(Ledger date)

From date / Break date / To date

Select a starting date and an ending date to include transactions that are posted to the ledger.

Note

When you select Sum in the Actual vs. budget field, the break date that you enter determines where the calculation of Actual ends and the calculation of Budget starts.

Actual vs. budget

Select from the following options:

  • Deviation – Select to view the difference between the actual and budgeted values.

  • Sum – Select to view the sum of actual and budgeted values.

Forecast model

Select the forecast model that you want the report to use.

Note

If you are using project budget control, select the budget forecast model that is used by this project.

Skip blank ID

Select whether to exclude transactions that are not associated with a project ID.

Skip zero

Select whether to exclude all rows on the report where the amounts are equal to zero.

Show amount

Select how you want decimals to appear on the report. Select from the following options:

  • With decimals – Amounts are displayed to two decimal places of your company currency.

  • Without decimals – Amounts are rounded to integers.

  • Amount in 1,000 – Amounts are rounded to the nearest 1,000 units of your company currency.

  • Amount in 1,000,000 – Amounts are rounded to the nearest million units of your company currency.

Category

Click Select. In the Category profit and loss (actual vs. budget) form, in the Criteria field, select a project category to include on the report. To add more than one category, click Add.

How to work with reports

The following topics explain how to print a report and how to filter and sort the data on a report.

Details of this report

The following table explains where to find the report in the Application Object Tree (AOT) and how to navigate to the report in the Microsoft Dynamics AX client.

Detail

Description

Name of report in the AOT

ProjProfitLossCateg2Column

Location of report in the AOT

SSRS reports\Reports\ProjProfitLossCateg2Column

Menu item of the report

ProjListProjProfitLossCategory2Column

Navigation to the report

Click Project management and accounting > Reports > Project statements > Profit and loss > Profit and loss (actual vs. budget) > Category profit and loss (actual vs. budget).

Where the data in this report comes from

The data on this report comes from the following sources:

  • ProjListProjProfitLossCategory2ColDP.processReport

  • ProjCategory table

  • PROJLISTPROJPROFITLOSSTMP table

Note

To determine where the data in the temp table comes from, view the cross-references for the ProjListProjProfitLossCategory2ColDP.processReport class.

If you are a developer, you can learn more about where the data on a report comes from by using the following procedure.

  1. Open the AOT.

  2. Locate the report in the SSRS Reports\Reports node.

  3. Right-click the report and click Add-Ins > Cross-reference > Using (instant view).