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Calculate Earned Value Totals

This procedure describes how to calculate earned value totals.

Follow these steps:

1. Select the earned value calculation method at the project level or task level.
2. Baseline your project if you want those earned value fields that require Budget at Completion (BAC) as input for earned value analysis calculated.
3. Do one of the following:
   • Update cost totals. The Update Earned Value and Cost Totals job runs.
   • Schedule the Update Earned Value and Cost Totals job to run at recurring intervals.