How does Job/Opportunity type and how I'm driving my budgets affect the Forecast tab? : Metis Help Centre

So you've got a job/opportunity in Metis. You've already defined the Type and are now deciding how to drive your budgets. If you need to, you can revisit what we mean by Job/Opportunity Type, and the two ways you can drive your budgets by reading those articles.

By choosing a different combination of Job Type and how you are driving your budgets (revenue vs effort driven), you'll see a different view on the Forecast tab of the Job.

You can read more on how Metis calculates the values on the Forecast tab here.

Choose the Job Type-Budget driving style combination you want to see:

Fixed Price - revenue-driven
Time & Materials - revenue-driven
Fixed Price - effort-driven
Time & Materials - effort-driven

Job Type	Revenue-driven	Effort-driven
Fixed Price	As team members charge time and expenses to the job, the actual costs will change (viewable through the Forecast tab). Remember - You cannot make a comparison of budget vs actuals on an individual basis.	As team members charge time and expenses to the job, the actual costs will change and it is possible to analyse the costs variances down to the individual level. However, project revenues for people and time will remain fixed (viewable through the Forecast tab).
Time and Materials	As team members charge time and expenses to the job, the actual costs will change (viewable through the Forecast tab). Remember - You cannot make a comparison of budget vs actuals on an individual basis.	As team members charge time and expenses to the job, both the actual costs and actual revenues will change and it is possible to analyse the variances down to individual level (viewable through the Forecast tab).