Task Variance Properties dialog - Bar tab
You use the Bar tab of the Task Variance Properties dialog to view information on how the currently selected bar differs from the state it was in when a specific baseline was produced.
Each row in the dialog displays information in the following columns:
- Property: the type of information being compared.
- Live: the current value in the live data.
- Baseline: the value at the time at which the selected baseline was produced.
- Difference: the difference between the live and baseline values.

To access the Task Variance Properties dialog, click Variance on the Bar and Task Properties dialog.

Field | Description |
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Cost centre | Select the cost centre for which you want to compare the baseline data against the live data. |
Baseline | Select the baseline that contains the data against which you want to compare the live data. |

Field | Description |
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Name | The descriptive name of the bar. |
Start | The date and time on which the earliest task on the bar starts. |
Finish | The date and time on which the latest task on the bar finishes. |
Unschedulable |
This check box is selected if one or more of the tasks on the bar is incapable of being rescheduled for any reason. This can be caused by calendar conflicts, or by a task being part of a link loop.
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Priority |
The priority of the bar, for example None, Low, Medium or High.
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Cost from cost centre | The costs that have been recorded against the bar's tasks, either from a selected cost centre or from all cost centres. |
Income to cost centre | The income that has been recorded against the bar's tasks, either to a selected cost centre or to all cost centres. |
Actual quantity | The quantity of consumable resource that has been completed on the bar's tasks. |
Quantity remaining | The quantity that remains to be completed against the bar's tasks. |
Actual work | The amount of work that has been completed on the bar's tasks. |
Work remaining | The work that remains to be completed against the bar's tasks. |
Actual effort | The amount of effort that has been completed on the bar's tasks. |
Effort remaining | The amount of effort that remains to be completed against the bar's tasks. |
Milestones done | The number of milestones on the bar that have been completed. |
Milestones remaining | The number of milestones on the bar that remain to be completed. |
Effort percent complete | The percentage of required effort that has been completed against the bar's tasks. |
Work percent complete | The percentage of required work that has been completed against the bar's tasks. |
Quantity percent complete | The percentage of required quantity that has been completed against the bar's tasks. |
Milestone percent complete | The percentages of milestones on the bar that have been completed. |
How do I...

- Select the cost centre for which you want to compare the baseline data against the live data in the Cost centre field.
- Select the baseline that contains the data against which you want to compare the live data in the Baseline field.