## Cost Information

Putting cost information into the right hands can help ensure project approval and keep costs to a minimum. Print cost information for team members who need to approve or keep track of project costs, such as your manager or members of the accounting department.

To print | Use
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Summary of resource costs | Resource Sheet view, with Cost table and All Resources filter
Cost information broken down by task and resource over time | Resource Usage view, with Cost table and Cost details displayed in the timescale
List of planned and actual resource costs | Resource Sheet view, with Cost table
Cost of each task per specified time period, total cost of all tasks per time period, and total cost of each task | Cash Flow report (in Cost reports)
List of resources whose costs will exceed baseline cost | Overbudget Resources report (in Cost reports)
Graph of the cumulative cost per resource over the life of the project | Resource Graph view, with Cumulative Cost
List of the cumulative cost per task | Task Usage view, with Cumulative Cost details displayed in the timescale
List of tasks showing whether you’re ahead of or behind schedule as compared with the actual costs incurred | Earned Value report (in Cost reports)
List of tasks showing the budgeted cost of each task and variance between budgeted costs and current costs | Budget report (in Cost reports)
List of tasks whose costs will exceed the baseline cost | Overbudget Tasks report (in Cost reports)

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