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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

View financial summary of cost and monetary benefit plans

View a breakdown of the cost and benefit components of a demand to track the financials of your demands. The financial summary enables you to assess the progress of the demand and track financial changes and their impact on the demand over a period.

Before you begin

Role required: it_demand_manager

About this task

View a detailed breakdown of the cost components of a demand using the Financial Summary tab. The total planned cost, budget cost, actual cost, and planned returns with their breakdowns are displayed in the form of read-only cards. The cost plans, benefit plans, and their breakdowns are provided in an editable grid view.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Demand > Demands > All.

  2. Open a demand.

  3. On the Demand form, select the Cost Plans or Monetary Benefit Plans related list.

  4. Select Manage.

  5. Add additional fields, view plan details, or reorganize the financial data.

ActionSteps
Create a baseline or compare available baselinesSelect the baseline information icon
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and then select <strong>Create New Baseline</strong> or <strong>Compare Baselines</strong> option respectively. For more information, see <a href="../create-demand-baseline/">Create a baseline of a demand</a>.</td></tr><tr><td id="d243604e145"><strong>Create a cost plan or benefit plan for the demand</strong></td><td>In the <strong>Cost Plans</strong> or <strong>Benefits Plans</strong> tab, select <strong>New</strong>.</td></tr><tr><td id="d243604e163"><strong>View a cost plan or benefit plan details in a form</strong></td><td>Select the information icon [Omitted image "new-info-icon-coral.png"] Alt text: available in the <strong>Name</strong> column of the grid.</td></tr><tr><td id="d243604e180"><strong>View a cost plan or benefit plan details in yearly, quarterly, or monthly format</strong></td><td>Select the <strong>Year</strong>, <strong>Quarter</strong>, or <strong>Month</strong> views respectively.You can also edit the breakdown values of a cost plan or benefit plan without opening the plan in a form. Inline edit is available only in the <strong>Monthly</strong> view.</td></tr><tr><td id="d243604e205"><strong>Toggle the widgets on the <strong>Financial Summary</strong> section or add more fields</strong></td><td><ol>
  • Select the widgets icon
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    and then select the <strong>Show Widgets</strong> option.</li>
  • Select additional fields to show, clear them to hide.
  • Note:

    • By default, all the fields are selected.
    • The selected field preferences are saved and are available when you reopen the Financial Summary tab.
    • If the PPM Standard Multicurrency (com.snc.ppm_multicurrency) plugin is activated, you can add additional fields such as Benefit in demand currency, Actual Cost in demand currency, and Financial return in demand currency.
    Show or hide columns in the gridSelect the configuration icon
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    and select the field names.<strong>Note:</strong> You can’t hide the grouped columns.</td></tr><tr><td id="d243604e267"><strong>Reset to the default grid column layout</strong></td><td>Select <strong>Reset to defaults</strong>.</td></tr><tr><td id="d243604e279"><strong>Export financial information</strong></td><td>Select <strong>Export to csv</strong>.</td></tr><tr><td id="d243604e291"><strong>View the demand costs and benefits in demand currency</strong></td><td><ol>
  • Select the configuration icon
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    .</li>
  • Select additional fields to show demand currency amounts.
  • Note: If the PPM Standard Multicurrency (com.snc.ppm_multicurrency) plugin is activated, you can add additional fields.

    You can view both the functional and demand currencies in the currency indicator.

    In the Financial Summary grid view of the cost plan and benefit plan tabs, all items related to demand currency are configured in the column heads such as Cost in demand currency and Demand currency.

    View details of an item in the gridSelect the expand icon
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    or collapse icon \[Omitted image "new-collapse-icon.png"\] Alt text:.

    Parent Topic:Create a demand