Why Can't I Group By User Values on Cost Plans?

Products

• Clarity PPM On Premise

Issue/Introduction

The grouping attributes on cost plans include User Value 1 and User Value 2 but when you use these for your Grouping Attributes an error is shown "You cannot use this action when the grouping attributes contain User Value 1 or User Value 2." The cost plan is created with no grouping.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a Cost Plan choosing 'New From Investment Team' or 'New from Task Assignment' action
2. Select Grouping Attributes User Value 1, User Value 2
3. Click 'Save' button 

Expected Result:  The Cost Plan is created grouped by the selected grouping attributes.

Actual Result:  The Cost Plan is created but not grouped by the selected grouping attributes.

Error message is shown on the Cost Plan create page as follows:

You cannot use this action when the grouping attributes contain User Value 1 or User Value 2.

Note:  Similar behavior can be seen when setting the values on the Plan Defaults (on the Entity.)  You can add User Value here and can save it here because the plan is not actually populating here.  However, when it is on the plan defaults you will still see the Error Message when you try to create a plan using these values.  

 

Environment

Release: All Supported Clarity releases
Component:

Resolution

The grouping attributes (User Value 1 and User Value 2) are not available on the Rate Matrix as column selections and therefore cannot be grouped on a cost plan created from 'New From Investment Team' or 'New From Task Assignments'.  These attributes are intended for use with 'actual' Timesheet entries or financial transactions and not intended for use with financial planning computations.  Therefore, the use of the cost plan population feature does not allow these attributes to be used in the grouping for computing the planned costs.  You can create a 'Manual Plan' that uses the 'User Value' attributes. The 'Populate From Investment Team' or 'Populate From Task Assignments' also will not work after creating the manual plan. Use manual entries and planning on these two attributes.  Actual transactions posted into WIP will automatically appear on the selected groupings in the same manner as other grouping attributes.

Additional Information

Please also see:

User value 1/2 field usage on Transaction entries (Clarity PPM)