Add or Manage Holds in Portfolio Financials
Objective
To add or manage holds for cost items in the Cost Tracker of a Portfolio Financials project.
Background
The Cost Tracker section in Portfolio Financials is used to track committed and forecasted costs against your budget over the course of a project. Holds are used to track any potential or anticipated project costs that you want to "hold" money for, but have not yet submitted as a formal cost.
Things to Consider
- Required User Permissions:
- 'Full Access' to the project or higher.
- Additional Information:
- Any holds entered are calculated as part of the Total Forecast for the project.
Steps
To add a hold:
- Navigate to the Cost Tracker section of the Project Page.
- Locate the cost item you want to add a hold to.
- Hover over the Holds column for the cost item and click the plus icon.
- On the Holds window, click Add Hold.
- Enter information in the following fields as necessary:
- Title: The title of the hold.
- Amount: The amount of the hold.
- Optional: Description: Add comments to explain the reason for the hold.
- Click Add.
- Optional: You can edit or delete the hold by clicking the vertical ellipsis icon and selecting the relevant action.
To edit a hold:
- Navigate to the Cost Tracker section of the Project Page.
- Locate the cost item with the hold you want to edit.
- Hover over the Holds column for the cost item and click the pencil icon.
- Click the vertical ellipsis icon and select Edit.
- Edit the Title, Amount and Description fields as necessary.
- Click Save.
To delete a hold:
Note: Deleting a hold will remove the hold from the cost item and deduct the amount from Total Holds.
- Navigate to the Cost Tracker section of the Project Page.
- Locate the cost item with the hold you want to delete.
- Hover over the Holds column for the cost item and click the pencil icon.
- Click the vertical ellipsis icon and select Delete.
- Click Delete Hold to confirm the deletion.