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Use the Cost Estimate tool

Applies to User Roles:

System Administrator

To use the Cost Estimate tool:

  1. Click System Administration > Base System Configuration > Scheduled Maintenance > Scheduled Maintenance Tasks.

    Service Manager displays a blank Scheduled Maintenance form.

  2. Click Search to run a query of Scheduled Maintenance tasks. Scheduled Maintenance displays a record list of Scheduled Maintenance tasks.
  3. From the record list More Actions menu, choose Estimate Costs. Scheduled Maintenance displays a form where you can specify the cost estimate parameters.
  4. Specify a start and an end date for your estimation period using the drop-down calendars.
  5. The default currency value is US Dollar. Click the row to choose a different value from the drop-down list.
  6. Click Proceed.

Scheduled Maintenance calculates the number of times that each task will run within the time frame you specified and the cost to run each task once. The results of these calculations display in a spreadsheet.

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