Baseline Variance Fields

You can view variances for your original, current, supplementary, and user baselines. Variances are useful in identifying the activities with the greatest impact to your original project plan.

Note User baseline variance fields are not available in filters. All Current, Original, and Supplemental baseline variance fields are available as filtering options when you create filters and charts for dashboards, except for BL Variance - Finish and BL Variance - Start.

Depending on your settings, the following fields might appear on the page as table columns, spreadsheet rows, or in detail windows. Fields that are generic across the application, such as Name, may not be included here.

Dates

BL Variance - Finish

The duration difference between the activity Finish date and BL Finish date.

The following baselines have unique names and values for this field: Current, Original, Supplementary, User 1, User 2, User 3.

BL Variance - Start

The duration difference between the activity Start date and BL Start date.

The following baselines have unique names and values for this field: Current, Original, Supplementary, User 1, User 2, User 3.

Durations

BL Variance - Duration

The duration difference between the activity At Completion Duration and BL Duration.

The following baselines have unique names and values for this field: Current, Original, Supplementary, User 1, User 2, User 3.

Financial

BL Variance - Labor Cost

The difference between the associated project baseline planned labor cost and the current schedule at completion labor cost.

Calculated as BL Planned Labor Cost minus At Completion Labor Cost.

The following baselines have unique names and values for this field: Current, Original, Supplementary, User 1, User 2, User 3.

BL Variance - Material Cost

The difference between the associated project baseline planned material cost and the current schedule at completion material cost.

Calculated as BL Planned Material Cost minus At Completion Material Cost.

The following baselines have unique names and values for this field: Current, Original, Supplementary, User 1, User 2, User 3.

BL Variance - Nonlabor Cost

The difference between the associated project baseline planned nonlabor cost and the current schedule at completion nonlabor cost.

Calculated as BL Planned Nonlabor Cost minus At Completion Nonlabor Cost.

The following baselines have unique names and values for this field: Current, Original, Supplementary, User 1, User 2, User 3.

BL Variance - Total Cost

The difference between the associated project baseline planned labor cost and the current schedule at completion labor cost.

Calculated as BL Planned Total Cost minus At Completion Total Cost.

The following baselines have unique names and values for this field: Current, Original, Supplementary, User 1, User 2, User 3.

Units

BL Variance - Labor Units

The difference between the activity At Completion Labor Units and the BL Planned Labor Units.

The following baselines have unique names and values for this field: Current, Original, Supplementary, User 1, User 2, User 3.

BL Variance - Nonlabor Units

The difference between the activity At Completion Nonlabor Units and the BL Planned Nonlabor Units.

The following baselines have unique names and values for this field: Current, Original, Supplementary, User 1, User 2, User 3.