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   <Header>
      <Title>How to register progress</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2273635">
         <Level1>progress</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2273639">
         <Level1>progress</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2273643">
         <Level1>project</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can register project progress for:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Elements (element, element/cost type, element/cost object).</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Activities (activity, activity/cost type, activity/cost object).</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Extensions (extension/cost type, extension/cost object).
You can use the progress to determine the quantities and performed costs
and carry out invoicing. Use the registration of progress at the element
and activity levels for project invoicing and for performance measurement.
At the other levels you can use the registration for monitoring.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Element progress
You can globally update progress for a range of elements,
activities, specific cost types, or all cost types.
You can register progress based on generated control data. If your generated
control data is based on elements, you can register progress on elements.
This is the case if:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>The control budget reads elements</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The project budget reads elements, but the control budget reads activities
(the control data will read elements as well as activities).
However, if your generated control data is only based on elements, you cannot
register the activity progress.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Activity progress
The progress of activities can be derived from the planning progress.
You can register progress based on generated control data. If your generated
control data is based on activities, you can register progress on activities.
This is the case if:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>The control budget reads activities.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The project budget reads activities, but the control budget reads elements
(the control data reads elements as well as activities).</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>Activity progress allows you to view the time-based progress of the accompanying
PCS project. You can link milestones to customized items in the project. You can
report the progress for each customized item in the PCS product structure to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp" role="package">Project</GUIRef> project.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Extension progress
You can enter fluctuations in fluctuation settlements. These determine
the data required for invoicing the variations of a project contract.
If quantities, prices, or times spent vary, the invoicing of these
scope changes is based on the registered progress.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000083" role="manual">How to use progress and monitoring</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000096" role="manual">To register costs and commitments</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000097" role="manual">To register revenues</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000092" role="manual">To use extensions</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>