One of the new capabilities Deltek Cobra 8 offers its users, is the easier interface and updating capabilities in the Project Details screen. Here we will walk you through cutting and pasting the time phased forecast details to excel and back into Deltek Cobra 8 for updating budget and forecast. Under the projects Navigation pane […]
Deltek Cobra 8 New Project View
The Deltek Cobra 8 new project view takes a huge step forward towards ease of use. The two biggest take-aways from the new project view are: You can see multiple resource assignments at one time on the screen (you use to have to run a report). You can interact directly with the data through the […]
Deltek Cobra 8 What’s New – Code Tab
With the release of Deltek Cobra 8, there is finally a way to easily leverage the powerful coding capability in Cobra using the new Code Tab. The ability to assign codes in Cobra has been around a while, but the full impact of this capability has been muted because working with coding (assigning reporting attributes […]
Deltek Cobra 8.0 is Coming June 29
Earlier this year we talked about a fairly major new version of Deltek Cobra that was planned to be released in late June. This new version will be called Deltek Cobra 8.0. Today we were given a preview by Deltek of this exciting new version and this article provides a few highlights of what you […]
Deltek Releases PM Compass 8.0
Deltek has released PM Compass 8.0 and like the other Deltek PPM tools, mildly observant users will notice the jump from version 2.x to 8.0. All of the Deltek PPM tools are moving to version 8.0 this year. One key benefit of this, is that the new version numbering system allows users and administrators to […]
Using SQL Scripts in Cobra to Update Change Log Entries
I’ve had several clients who have run into a problem with their Baseline Change Log because multiple changes get clumped into a single change log reference number. The scenario has happened on projects that are processing multiple changes on a program within a given month. The change process will be completed in the schedule to […]
Calculated Results in Deltek Cobra
Deltek Cobra allows you to create ad-hoc calculated results when running reports. The purpose of this feature is to allow you to output values that do specific math on results that fall outside of those calculations performed in the Resource Calculations ancillary file. This article looks at the calculated results feature in Deltek Cobra and […]
What To Expect From Deltek Cobra In 2016
As we move into the New Year it is a good time to take a look at what we can expect from Deltek Cobra in 2016. During the Deltek User Conference in late 2015 Deltek made some announcements about what to expect in the road map for this year and there are some big changes […]
Primavera P6 to Deltek Cobra Integration Warning
Have you experienced this Primavera P6 to Deltek Cobra Integration Warning? [Warning]Finish date for budget resource ENG (04/25/2017) after finish date of activity 1.2.2.1.6.1 (11/01/2016) Almost every time I attempt integration from Primavera P6 to Deltek Cobra, I see these warnings and thus my labor units and dollars come up short as a result. The […]
Cobra Tip: Set up a Template Project
It is easy to expedite the setup of a program in Deltek Cobra and ensure consistency across programs by setting up a template project. This approach will be particularly beneficial if your organization uses a corporate Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS), Rate structure