Clarity

Clarity Experts,

I have been asked to remove the required attribute, Cost Type from the Project > Main > Settings view without first considering what this move may affect.  Currently, Cost Type is a required field in PROD, but defaults to 'Operating' rather than 'Expense'.  My understanding is that Cost Type is used to identify at the project level if the investment is generally classified as operating or expense.  The task level will adopt this general setting until the task is altered for a different purpose at that level.  My question is, does it make sense to set Cost Type to default to 'Operating' and remove it from the view?  If not, I would like to itemize the Clarity functionality dependent on this setting to give a case to keep it in view and train users how Cost Type was designed.

Thanks in advance for your participaiton!

-JR

Cost Types have only 2 valid values 'Capital' and 'Operating' and are used in Portfolio Planning.

Reference the Clarity 13.2 Change Impact and Upgrade Guide, and the Tuesday Tips Topic discussing the new Cost Type attributes (it is a series of 3 postings)

• CA Clarity Tuesday Tip: 13.2 Cost Type and Capitalization - Part 1 of 3
• CA Clarity Tuesday Tip: 13.2 Cost Type and Capitalization - Part 2 of 3
• CA Clarity Tuesday Tip:13.2 Cost Type and Capitalization - Part 3 of 3

Also, when v13.2 was released, there were a few video recordings on the BrightTalk channel for CA Clarity PPM that may help you understand the new functionality.

If you are not interested in using this functionality, you should be able to have the default value selected and 'hide' the attribute.  It is a required attribute and must have a selected value.

Kathryn, I knew if I asked this open ended question it would spark a fire of knowledge transfer.  You have presented several compelling reasons to utilize Cost Type.  Your hard work does not go unnoticed

Thanks again!!  -JR