Primavera Cost Control Application

User’s Guide

Version 9.11.0.0
December 2012
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Table of Contents

Introduction to Primavera Cost Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

What You Receive with this Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Platform Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Business Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Dashboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cash Flows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Manager Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Setting Up the Primavera Cost Controls Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
What You Need to Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Introduction to Primavera Cost Control s
Primavera Cost Controls is an application for managing project costs. It contains the tools you need to
manage your project’s:
 Budget functions, including budget approvals, transfers, and changes, as well as estimating, fund
appropriations, and a cash flow graph
 Purchasing functions, including blanket POs, change orders, invoices, journal entries, payment
applications and payments, and work authorizations
 Vendor functions, including vendor evaluations, vendor approvals, contracts, and RFBs
 Resource functions, including timesheets and a basic set of roles to which you can assign your
company resources
These tools encompass business process forms, workflows, reports. and management tracking sheets to
monitor your project on a daily basis. Although you must enter your company users into Primavera
Unifier, add your company’s data into the management tracking sheets, and grant your company users
permissions to use Unifier, the rest of the Cost Controls application—the business process forms,
workflows, sheet structures, and budget calculations—are already designed and configured for use.

What You Receive with this Application

Primavera Unifier has been installed on your system and the Primavera Cost Controls Application has
been downloaded. With the Primavera Cost Controls Application, you receive the following components,
already designed and configured for your use:
 Selected platform structure to support the cost controls application
 A suite of business processes that work together to accomplish the tasks of cost control
 A suite of reports to keep you abreast of cost control progress
The information in this document refers to instructions in the following PDF files:

 Primavera uDesigner User’s Guide

 Primavera Unifier Administration Guide
 Primavera Unifier User’s Guide
You can download these PDFs from the Help menu on the menu bar.

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Platform Structure
Primavera Unifier is shipped with two modules:
 Primavera uDesigner
 Primavera Unifier

Primavera uDesigner
For Primavera uDesigner, in Design Mode, the following nodes in the left Navigator are populated with
the components necessary for the Primavera Cost Controls Application:

Business Processes node and a suite of
business processes (see the list below)
Schedule Manager node and these forms:
 An activity attribute form (necessary to set
up the schedule)
 A resource assignment attribute form for
assigning a resource type to an activity
Resource Manager node and this form:
 A role attribute form to specify the roles
necessary to perform the work of the
project, such as “carpenter.”
Although the business processes for this application
are already designed and set up for use, you can use
this node if you want to add and remove fields from
business process forms.
See the Primavera uDesigner User’s Guide:
 “Overview of Business Processes” chapter
 “Designing a Form” chapter
 “Designing a Workflow” chapter
Although the Schedule Manager is already designed
and set up for use with this application, you can use
this node if you want to add and remove fields from
the Schedule Manager attribute forms.
See the Primavera uDesigner User’s Guide:
 “Schedule Manager Overview” chapter
 “Designing a Form” chapter
The Resource Manager is set up with a role
attribute form that is linked to the Schedule
Manager for the purpose of populating activities on
the Schedule Sheet with roles for the work to be
done on the project. The attribute form is already
designed and set up for use with this application, but
you can use this node if you want to add and
remove fields from the Resource Manager role
attribute form.
See the Primavera uDesigner User’s Guide:
 “Resource Manager Overview” chapter
 “Designing a Form” chapter

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 Cost Manager node and these forms:
 A fund attribute form to set up funding and
the funding sheet
 A cost attribute form to set up the cost
sheet
Shell Manager node and the following shells:
 An anchor shell called All Projects
 A project shell called Projects
Although the Cost Manager is already designed and
set up for use with this application, you can use this
node if you want to add and remove fields from the
cost and fund attribute forms.
See the Primavera uDesigner User’s Guide:
 “Cost Manager Overview” chapter
 “Designing a Form” chapter
Although the Shell Manager is already designed and
set up for use with this application, you can use this
node if you want to add and remove fields from the
shell attribute form.
See the Primavera uDesigner User’s Guide:
 “Shell Manager Overview” chapter
 “Designing a Form” chapter

Primavera Unifier
For Primavera Unifier, under the Company Workspace tab, in Administration Mode, the following
nodes in the left Navigator are populated with the components necessary for the Primavera Cost
Controls Application:

Data Structure Setup node and these
components:
 Data cube definitions
 Data views for reports and dashboards
Access Control node where you can grant
user permissions to areas of the application.
Although the data structure is already designed and
set up for use with this application, you can use this
node if you want to make changes to the data views
for the reports and dashboards.
See the Primavera Unifier Administration Guide:
 “Data Views” topic in the Company
Administration chapter
Use this node to grant persmissions to your
company users to work in areas of Unifier.
See the Primavera Unifier Administration Guide:
 “Managing Permissions and Access Control”
topic in the Company Administration chapter

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User Administration node and the following
groups to which you can add users so that they
have access to the application:
 All company users
 Company administrators
 Creator (of a business process)
 Project Administrators
 Reviewer
Configuration node and these sub-nodes with
appropriate data for Primaver Cost Controls
operation:
 Shell Manager and an anchor shell called All
Projects, as well as a project shell called
Projects
 Each business process provided with this
application (see list below)
Standards & Libraries node and the
following sub-nodes with appropriate data for
Primavera Cost Controls operation:
 Cash Flow > Data Sources
 Cash Flow > Distribution Profiles
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Use this node to add users to Primavera Unifier. In
this node, you can also assign users to groups.
See the Primavera Unifier Administration Guide:
 “Adding and Managing Company Users” topic in
the Company Administration chapter
Although the Resource Manager, the Shell Manager,
and the business processes are already designed and
set up for use with this application, you can use this
node if you want to make changes to the
configuration of a shell or business process, or add/
modify a role in the Resource Manager.
See the Primavera Unifier Administration Guide:
 “How to Create and Set Up Shells“ topic in the
Shell Administration chapter
 “Configuring Business Processes” topic in the
Business Processes Setup chapter
Although the Standards & Libraries node is already
set up for use with this application, you can use this
node if you want to change cash flow data sources or
distribution profiles.
See the Primavera Unifier Administration Guide:
 “Setting Up Cash Flow” topic in the Cost
Management Setup chapter
Company Workspace node and the
following sub-nodes in the Navigator with
appropriate data for Primavera Cost Controls
operation:
 Business Process Setup
 Resource Manager
 Rules
 Auto-update Status Setup
Templates node and the following template
components with appropriate data for
Primavera Cost Controls operation:
 Costs Sheets > Project Cost Sheet
 Funding - Funding Sheets > Funding Sheet
 General Spends SOV > General Spends
SOV
 Rules
 Schedule Sheets > Project Schedule Sheet
Templates > Shells node and a Projects
shell node. Under the Projects node are the
following template components with
appropriate data for Primavera Cost Controls
operation:
 Access Control
 User Administration > Users (default user:
OOTB Admin)
 User Administration > Groups > shell level
group permissions for All Project Users,
Creator, Project Administrators, Reviewer
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Although the Company Workspace node is already
set up for use with this application, you can use this
node if you want to change the setup of company-
level business processes, add roles to the Resource
Manager, or to change the rules and auto-update
status for funding functions in the Cost Manager.
See the Primavera Unifier Administration Guide:
 For business process setup, see the “Configuring
Business Processes” topic in the Business
Process Setup chapter
 For information on rules and status updating, see
the Cost Management Setup chapter
 For instructions on adding roles to the Resource
Manager, see the topic “Creating Roles and
Resources” in the Resource Manager Setup
chapter
Although a template is already designed and set up
for use with Primavera Cost Controls functions, you
can use this node to change the template for your
project cost sheet, funding sheet, SOV, project
schedule sheet, or rules for cost calculations.
See the Primavera Unifier Administration Guide:
 “Creating a Project Template” topic in the
Program and Project Administration chapter
Although a shell template called Projects is already
designed and set up for use with Primavera Cost
Controls functions, you can use this node to change
these pieces that are included in the template:
 Access control and user/group administration to
automatically add users to the shell
 Business processes that you want to
automatically include in the project
 A dashboard to display summary cost control
information on the landing page
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Templates > Shells node (continued)  A setup for project gates
 Setup > Business Processes  A set of rules to govern cost calculations
 Setup > Dashboards > Cost Controls  A Cost Manager with cashflows, a project cost
 Setup > Gates sheet, project funding sheet, SOV sheet, and
payment applications sheet
 Rules
 A Document Manager to store drawings,
 Cost Manager > Cash Flow > Project Cash spreadsheets, image files, specifications, and
Flow > Cost Controls Cash Flow other documentation about the project.
 Cost Sheets > Project Cost Sheet  A Schedule Manager with a project schedule
 Funding > Funding Sheets > Project Funding sheet
Sheet  Reports specific to Primavera Cost Control
 General Spends SOV (contains a default
See the Primavera Unifier Administration Guide:
sheet structure)
 “Managing Permissions and Access Control”
 Payment Applications (contains a default
topic in the Company Administration chapter
sheet structure)
 “Adding and Managing Company Users” topic
 Document Manager > Documents (contains
and the ”User and Group Administration” topic
a default folder structure)
in the Company Administration chapter
 Schedule Manager > Schedule Sheets >
Project Schedule Sheet
 “Setting up Business Processes” topic in the
Business Processes Setup chapter
 Reports (see list below)
 ”Create a Shell Template” topic and “Setting up
 Rules Shells” topic in the Shell Administration chapter
 “Configuring Shell Dashboards” topic in the Shell
Administration chapter
 “How to Set Up Gates” topic in the Shell
Administration chapter
 “Setting Up Cost Sheets” and Creating and
Setting Up Cost Templates” topics in the Cost
Management Setup chapter
 “Setting Up the Funding Manager” topic in the
Cost Management Setup chapter
 “Setting Up Schedule of Values (SOV)” topic in
the Cost Management Setup chapter
 “About the Document Manager” and “Setting up
the Document Manager” topics in the
Document Manager Setup chapter
 “Setting up User-Defined Reports” topic in the
Reports Setup chapter

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Business Processes
Following is a list of the business processes you receive with the Primavera Cost Controls application and
a short description of each one. These business processes have been designed for immediate use; they
do not need to be configured or set up.

Business Process Description

Blanket Purchase Orders A company-level purchase order that supports umbrella agreements
with vendors to provide services across multiple projects. Released on a
per-project-period basis with work authorizations billed against a set
maximum money amount.
Budget Approval A shell-level business process used to approve the initial project budget.
Includes a workflow for budget approval.
Budget Changes Business process for requesting additional (or less) budget authorization
than previously approved.
Includes a workflow for change approval.
Budget Transfers Business process for transferring budget from one WBS code to
another. Typically used to release contingency to other cost items.
Includes a workflow for the transfer and approval.
Change Orders Business process for committing a formal change to a contract.
Includes a workflow for change approval.
Contracts Form for gathering key contract information, such as names and phone
numbers, for reference or use in procurement workflows.
Includes a workflow for contract approval.
Estimates Project “scratch pad” for developing multiple project estimates (SD, DD,
CD, or alternates) and identifying the preferred scenario.
Fund Appropriations A business process for assigning fund account to projects.
Includes a workflow for approvals.
Invoices General business process for requesting and approving payments against
commitments.
Includes a workflow for approvals.
Journal Entries Business process for adjusting spending line items. Usually used to
reassign costs to alternate cost centers or GL codes.
Includes a workflow for approvals.
Payment Applications A business process for making spends against projects.
Includes a workflow for payment approval.

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Business Process Description
Payments A business process to hold checks processed information from financial
system.
PO Amendments A business process for approving purchase order changes.
Includes a workflow for amendment approval.
Potential Change Orders A business process for initiating a potential change order from a
contractor.
Includes a workflow for potential change order approval.
Purchase Orders Project-level business process for requesting and issuing commitments
with a vendor.
Includes a workflow for PO approval.
Request for Bid Business process for publishing bids, inviting participantys, providing
updates, and receiving and comparing bids. Enables Unifier users to
invite non-Unifier users to enter bid information online.
Includes a workflow for the bidding process, including analysis and
award.
Request for Substitution A business process for requesting to substitute identical material or
equipment for what was specified in the contract.
Includes a workflow for the substitution approval.
Risks & Issues Log for documenting, tracking, and estimating the impacts of open
issues and risks.
Timesheets A business process used by company personnel for charging hours to
projects.
Includes a workflow for submission and approval.
Vendors A register of vendors, used to track contact information, invite bidders,
prepare commitments, and send payments.
Vendor Evaluations A business process for evaluating vendor performance to use in
consideration for future work on projects.
Includes a workflow for evaluations and approval of vendor.
Vendor Prequal Requests A business process to request that a new vendor be pre-qualified for
considertaion for future work on projects.
Includes a workflow for vendor approval.
Work Releases A shell-level business process that references the blanket purchase
order.
Includes a workflow for approval.

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Dashboards
Configurable dashboards provide executive-level information in an at-a-glance format. With the Primavera
Cost Controls application, you will receive a pre-designed dashboard showing Project Cost:

The dashboard consists of four blocks that aggregate project business process records:
 Contracts by Status
 Payment Applications by Status
 Change Orders by Reason
 Potential Change Orders by Reason

Cash Flows
With the Primavera Cost Controls application, you receive a cost control cash flow that shows baseline,
forecast, and actuals curves in an S-curve display. Once your project/shell is in operation, your manager
sheets are set up, and the business processes are in use, Primavera Unifier will collect the curve data from
the Cost Sheet and produce the cost control cash flow curves.

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Manager Sheets
You will receive the following sheets for the Cost, Funding, Schedule, and Resource Managers,
respectively.

Cost Sheets
You receive two Cost Sheets with the Primavera Cost Controls application: a company-level cost sheet
and a project-level cost sheet.

Company-Level Cost Sheet

The company-level cost sheet displays cost data across projects or shells. Projects or shells on the
company cost sheet are added by default as project- or shell-level cost sheets are created. Projects and
shells are listed in order by number. Data rolls up to the company cost sheet columns from project or
shell cost sheet columns.
The company-level Cost Sheet contains the following columns:

This column: Shows the:

Project Number Project number

Project Name Project name
Original Budget Sum of all the costs for each cost code breakdown in each project.
Pending Budget Revisions Sum of all budget revisions for each cost code breakdown in each
project.
Approved Budget Revisions Sum of all approved budget revision costs for each cost code
breakdown in each project.
Revised Budget Sum of all the revised budget numbers for each cost code
breakdown in each project.
Risks & Issues Sum of all closed “Risk and Issues” business process records in each
project
Forecasts Sum of all the revised budget numbers, plus forecast adjustments,
plus open risks and issues for each cost code in the project.
Original Commitments Sum of all the approved contract and approved purchase orders for
each cost code breakdown in the project.
Pending Commitments Sum of all the pending change orders and pending PO amendments
for each cost code breakdown in the project.
Approved Commitment Sum of all the approved change orders and approved PO
Changes amendments for each cost code breakdown in the project.

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Commitments Sum of all the original commitments and approved commitment

changes for each cost code in the project.
Pending Actuals Sum of all the pending payment applications and pending invoices for
each cost code in the project.
Actuals Sum of all the approved payment applications and approved invoices
for each cost code in the project.
Original Variance Difference between the original budget and the original
commitments for each cost code in the project.
Approved Variance Difference between the revised budget and the revised
commitments for each cost code in the project.
Variance Difference between the forecase and the revised budget for each
cost code in the project.
Budget Percent Revised budget, divided by the total of the revised budget
Commitments Percent The "Revised Commitments" for each WBS code, divided by the
total "Revised Commitments" for the project.

Project/Shell-Level Cost Sheet

The project or shell cost sheet is a detailed accounting of the project’s or shell’s budget and costs. The
project/shell cost sheet rows contain unique WBS codes (or cost codes), which can be used to link
project or shell costs to the general ledger for finance. Cost information is added to this sheet
automatically from business processes when transactions occur.
The project/shell-level Cost Sheet contains the following columns:

This Column: Shows the:

Cost Code Cost code

Cost Name Cost name
Estimates Sum of all the (closed) estimates for each cost code in the project.
Original Budget Sum of all the costs for each cost code in the project.
Pending Budget Revisions Sum of all pending budget changes, plus pending budget transfers for
each cost code in the project.
Approved Budget Revisions Sum of all approved budget changes, plus approved budget transfers
for each cost code in the project.
Revised Budget Sum of all the original budget and approved budget changes for each
cost code in the project.

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 This Column: Shows the:

Risks & Issues Sum of all closed “Risk and Issues” business process records in each
project
Original Commitments Sum of all the approved contract and approved purchase orders for
each cost code in the project.
Pending Commitments Sum of all the pending change orders and pending PO amendments
for each cost code in the project.
Approved Commitment Sum of all the approved change orders and approved PO
Changes amendments for each cost code in the project.
Revised Commitments Sum of all the original commitments and approved commitment
changes for each cost code in the project.
Pending Actuals Sum of all the pending payment applications and pending invoices for
each cost code in the project.
Actuals Received Sum of all the approved payment applications and approved invoices
for each cost code in the project.
Forecast Adjustment Sum of all approved Forecast Adjustment buisess process records
Forecast Sum of all the revised budget numbers, plus forecast adjustments,
plus open risks and issues for each cost code in the project.
Original Variance Difference between the original budget and the original
commitments for each cost code in the project.
Approved Variance Difference between the revised budget and the revised
commitments for each cost code in the project.
Variance Difference between the forecase and the revised budget for each
cost code in the project.
Budget Percent Revised budget, divided by the total of the revised budget
Commitments Percent The "Revised Commitments" (as defined above) for each WBS code,
divided by the total "Revised Commitments" for the project.

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Funding Sheets
You receive two Funding Sheets with the Primavera Cost Controls application: a company-level funding
sheet and a project-level funding sheet.

Company-Level Funding Sheet

The company funding sheet tracks all sources of funding for the expenses of all projects or shells.
Funding sources at project or shell sheet level are rolled up to the company sheet, which maintains the
overall fund information. The columns on the company funding sheet are used to track project and shell
level funding and keep track of fund balances.
Fund assignments are added to this sheet via a Fund Appropriations business process. Each project or
shell fund assignments are totalled on the project/shell sheet, and rolled up to the company sheet.
Each row in the company funding sheet corresponds to one fund.
The company-level funding sheet contains the following columns:

This column: Shows the:

Fund Code Fund code

Fund Name Fund name
Project Funding Each project’s funding transactions and total.
Manual Funding by Project Manual entry of each project’s funding transactions and total.
Transient Records Funded at "Fund Appropriations" that are in process (have not yet reached
Project Level approved terminal status).
Records Funded at Project Records that have been approved for funding.
Level
Fund Remaining Balance Project funding, minus the total Transient Records Funded at Project
Level and total Records Funded at Project level

Project/Shell-Level Funding Sheet

The project/shell funding sheet tracks how funding is being allocated and consumed at the project/shell
level. It tracks individual transactions, which are rolled up to the company funding sheet. Fund allocation,
assignment, and credits can be done manually, or through business processes.
Each row in the project/shell funding sheet corresponds to a fund that has been allocated for use on this
project/shell.
The project/shell-level funding sheet contains the following columns:

This column: Shows the:

Fund Code Fund code

Fund Name Fund name

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Project Funding Allocation amount of each fund for the project

Manual Funding by Project
Transient Records Funded at
Project Level
Records Funded at Project
Level
Fund Remaining Balance
Manual entry of each project’s funding transactions and total.
"Fund Appropriations" that are in process (have not yet reached
approved terminal status).
Records that have been approved for funding.
Project funding, minus the total Transient Records Funded at Project
Level and total Records Funded at Project level

Schedule Sheet
With the Primavera Cost Controls Application, you receive a Project Schedule Sheet. It displays project/
shell activities and tasks. On it, you can assign resources to tasks, create relationships between activities,
track schedule progress and variables, and calculate the schedule’s critical path.
Each project/shell can have multiple schedule sheets, and one master schedule sheet. This master sheet
drives project start and end dates, tracks the project’s progress, and serves as the interface between the
Schedule Manager and other Primavera Unifier modules. In particular, the master schedule updates
resource assignment information in the Resource Manager, which affects timesheets and resource
utilization figures; and it integrates cost items on the schedule with the Cost Manager. You can refresh
resource rates on the schedule sheet and post the new rates to the Cost Manager, update the cost sheet
with assignment costs, and refresh costs on the sheet to recalculate labor costs and post them to the cost
sheet.
The project/shell-level schedule sheet contains the following columns:

This column: Shows the:

Row ID Row ID
Activity Name Activity name
Start Date Starting date for the activity.
Finish date Finish date of the activity
Duration Amount of time (usually in days) the activity should take.
week columns Progress of the activity by day

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Reports
The following reports are included with the Primavera Cost Controls application and need no additional
setup. These reports should give you insight into the progress of your project cost control.
Shell-Level Reports Budget Alert
Budget Approval Details
Budget Approval Summary
Budget Changes Summary
Budget Transfers Summary
Change Orders
Contracts Details
Contracts Summary
Project Cost Summary
Estimates Summary
Invoices Details
Invoices Summary
Journal Entries Summary
Payments Summary
PO Amendments Summary
Pending Change Orders Progress
Purchase Orders Summary
Purchase Orders Detail
Requests for Bid Summary
Requests for Substitution Summary
Risk Items Summary
Work Releases Summary
Company-Level Reports Blanket Purchase Orders Summary
Timesheets Summary
Vendors Summary
Vendor Prequal Requests Summary
Vendor Evaluations Summary
Shell- and Company-Level Report Pending Invoices and Pay Apps

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Setting Up the Primavera Cost Controls Application
The Primavera Cost Controls application has been designed and configured for immediate use. However,
there are a few actions you need to take to complete the setup.
You may also have been given access to additional features of Unifier and uDesigner. You can use these features to
make other changes to the Primavera Cost Controls business process forms, workflows, rules, cashflows, data
cubes, and data structure; however, we do not recommend using these features until you are familiar with Primavera
Unifier and how it works.

What You Need to Do

 Create a project/sub-shell.
The Primavera Cost Controls Application is shipped with an anchor shell called “All Projects.” You
will need to create at least one project or sub-shell under this shell. We have provided a shell
template to use to create the project/sub-shell. For instructions on creating this project/shell, please
see the “Creating a Shell by Copying a Template or Shell” topic in the Shell Administration chapter of
the Primavera Unifier Administration Guide.
 Add users to the company.
For instructions on adding users to the company, please see the “Adding and Managing Company
Users” topic in the Company Administration chapter of the Primavera Unifier Administration Guide.
We recommend that you add all your users to the group categories we have provided. Doing so
makes assignments and permissions more efficient.
 Assign users to the shell.
Once you have added users to the company and assigned them to groups, you can then assign them
to your project or shell. For instructions on assigning users to a shell, please see the “Managing Shell
Users and Groups” topic in the Shell Administration chapter of the Primavera Unifier Administration
Guide.
 Grant users permissions to the application.
For instructions on granting user permissions to the Primavera Cost Controls application, please see
the “Managing Permissions and Access Control” topic in the Company Administration chapter of the
Primavera Unifier Administration Guide.
 Add rows to the Cost, Funding, and Schedule sheets.
Primavera Unifier provides the basic structure for these sheets; that is, the columns of information
you are likely to need on the sheets. However, you will need to add the rows to these sheets that will
contain your company data. For example, you will need to add WBS (cost) codes to the Cost Sheet
according to how they are structured in your company. You will need to add your funding sources to
the Funding Sheet. You will need to add activities to the Schedule Sheet.

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 • For instructions on adding rows to a Cost Sheet, please see the topic “Adding Cost Rows
(WBS Codes)” in the Cost Management Setup chapter of the Primavera Unifier Administration
Guide.
• For instructions on adding rows to a Funding Sheet, please see the topic “Creating a Project/
Shell Funding Sheet” in the Cost Management Setup chapter of the Primavera Unifier
Administration Guide.
• For instructions on adding activities to a Schedule Sheet, please see the topic “Schedule Sheet
Activities” in the Schedule Manager chapter of the Primavera Unifier User’s Guide.

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