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Create Operating Costs Manually

Costs that cannot be imported to be included in a Cost Data grid can be created manually.

Steps

  1. Access a Cost Data grid.
To Create a Blank Row Closed

  1. In the Operating Cost cell, select , and then select Blank Row.

    A new row appears.

  2. In the new row, enter values in the cells.

To Create a Known Interval/Cost Closed

  1. In the Operating Cost cell, select , and then select Known Interval/Cost.

    The Add Known Interval Cost window appears.

  1. Enter values in the Cost Name, Cost, Interval, Interval Unit, Start Date boxes.

  2. Select OK.

    The Known Interval Cost is added in a new row in the Cost Data grid according to the interval within the analysis period row or column.

To Create a Distributed CostClosed

  1. In the Operating Cost cell, select , and then select Distributed Cost.

    The Add Distributed Cost window appears.

  2. As needed, modify the Cost Name, Mean Cost, Interval Unit, Interval Distribution Type, Beta, Eta, and Gamma boxes, and then select OK.

    Based on the Interval Distribution Type selection, the Distributed Cost is added in a new row to the Cost Data grid.

Note: In the Cost Data grid, when the area outside of a cell is selected, the value in that cell is saved automatically.

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