The benefit of this structure is that you can follow up on multiple transactions on a project at the same time by estimating the remaining work on a cost estimate. Expenses, hours, and items always refer to three different cost template lines. This mapping then maps transactions to cost templates lines, so that the following estimate information can be outlined for fixed-price projects:Įstimates on individual cost template lines. Cost template lines are mapped to categories by using the Cost lines form. Cost template linesĬost template lines determine which categories are included in the automatically-calculated percent complete.Įvery transaction has a project category. Because a cost template refers to a set of cost template lines, when you set up a cost template you must also set up cost template lines. For the latest release plans, see Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform release plans.Īpplies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012Ī cost template determines whether the automatically-calculated percentage of completion can be edited, and whether the percent complete is calculated in amounts or in units. For the latest documentation, see Microsoft Dynamics 365 product documentation. This content is archived and is not being updated.