The Project Estimate Total function permits a person to enter the estimated total number of hours (budgeted hours) that a project is scheduled to take to complete. This value is displayed in the Budgeted Time & Costs view, The Actual Time & Costs view, and in various reports to monitor actual vs. estimated hours.
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Warning: If estimated hours have been individually set using the Budgeted Time & Costs view, then using the Total Estimate Hours function will clear the individual values and evenly distribute the total hours across all task assignments. |
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Note: The Project Estimate total is not available for projects created in the Project Planning tool or for projects linked to Microsoft Project. |
You can also create or modify estimates at the individual task/employee level using the Budgeted Time & Costs view.
Prerequisites:
A Project Estimate Total can only be entered for a project when that project's status is set to Estimate.
Before entering estimated time for a project, you should complete all employee and task assignments for that project.
Select Project Assignments from the menu (Menu > Views tab > Employees & Projects > Project Assignments).
Locate and select the project 
in the assignment tree.
Click the Project Estimate button 
located on the toolbar. The Total Estimated Hours window opens.
Enter the total number of Estimated Hours.
Click OK to save the information and evenly distribute this total across all task assignments.
