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System fields provide additional information about the program, such as the planned costs or the percentage of completion across all contributing projects. Below, you can find out which fields are available in Meisterplan for programs and how they are calculated.
System Fields for General Program Information
Meisterplan provides a number of system fields for programs with core data and general information about the program. You can also create your own program fields under Manage > Fields > Program Fields.
| Name | Available in View |
Calculation/Definition |
| Goal |
Program Details Program Overview |
Editable; the goal the program is assigned to, it can be different from the goal(s) of contributing projects. |
| Name |
Program Details Program Overview |
Editable |
| Program Key |
Program Details Program Overview |
Editable |
| Program Manager |
Program Details Program Overview |
Editable |
| Rank Category |
Program Details Program Overview |
Not editable; the program's position is displayedin relation to the Must-Have and Cut-Off lines |
| Status |
Program Details Program Overview |
Editable; you can change the options of the status field under Manage > Fields > Program Fields |
| OBS Fields |
Program Details Program Overview |
Editable; top level OBS units |
| Custom Program Fields |
Program Details Program Overview |
Editable; all fields under Manage > Fields > Program Fields |
System Fields for Summed Project Information
The following fields are a total of the values from contributing projects, i.e., they are calculated from the sum of the respective field from all projects assigned to the program.
| Name |
Available in |
Calculation/Definition |
| Actual Allocation Costs |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Actual Allocation Costs of all contributing projects. |
| Actual Benefit |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Actual Benefit of all contributing projects. |
| Actual Financial Events Costs |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Actual Financial Events Costs of all contributing projects. |
| Actual Time Worked |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Actual Time Worked of all contributing projects. |
| Allocation Estimate at Completion |
Program Details Program Overview |
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| Cost Estimate at Completion |
Program Details Program Overview |
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| Deviation of Actual Allocation Costs from Plan |
Program Details Program Overview |
The difference between the sum of Actual Allocation Costs of all contributing projects + the sum of Planned Allocation Costs of all contributing projects. |
| Deviation of Actual Time Worked from Plan |
Program Details Program Overview |
The difference between the sum of Actual Time Worked of all contributing projects and the sum of Planned Allocations of all contributing projects. |
| Estimated Benefit at Completion |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Actual Financial Events of the benefit type of all contributing projects + sum of Planned Financial Events of the benefit type until today of all contributing projects + sum of Future Financial Events of the benefit type of all contributing projects + sum of Actual Allocation Benefit of all contributing projects + sum of Planned Allocation Benefit from today onward of all contributing projects. |
| Estimated Net Value at Completion |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Estimated Benefit at Completion of all contributing projects minus sum of Cost Estimate at Completion of all contributing projects. |
| Finish |
Program Details Program Overview |
Last finish date of all contributing projects. |
| Future Allocations |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Future Allocations (from today) of all contributing projects. |
| Future Allocation Costs |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Future Allocation Costs (from today) of all contributing projects. |
| Future Costs |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Future Costs (allocations and financial events, from today) of all contributing projects. |
| Future Financial Events Costs |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Future Financial Events Costs (CapEx and Opex, from today) of all contributing projects. |
| Last Booking Date |
Program Details Program Overview |
Date of the last booking of actual time worked entries across all contributing projects. |
| Percentage of Completion |
Program Details Program Overview |
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| Planned Allocations |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Planned Allocations of all contributing projects. |
| Planned Allocation Costs |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Planned Allocation Costs of all contributing projects. |
| Planned Allocations until Last Booking Date |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Planned Allocations of all contributing projects until and including the last booking date of actual time worked. |
| Planned Allocation Costs until Last Booking Date |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Planned Allocation Costs of all contributing projects until and including the last booking date of actual time worked. |
| Planned Benefit |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of all Planned Financial Events of the benefit type of all contributing projects + sum of Allocation Benefit Estimate at Completion (EAC) of all contributing projects. |
| Planned CapEx |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Planned Costs (allocations and financial events) with the cost type CapEx of all contributing projects. |
| Planned Costs |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Planned Costs (allocations and financial events) of all contributing projects. |
| Planned Financial Events Costs |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Planned Financial Events Costs of all contributing projects. |
| Planned Net Value |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Planned Benefit of all contributing projects minus sum of Total Planned Costs of all contributing projects. |
| Planned OpEx |
Program Details Program Overview |
Sum of Planned Costs (allocations and financial events) with the cost type OpEx of all contributing projects. |
| Start |
Program Details Program Overview |
Earliest start date of all contributing projects. |