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title: "Project summary"
slug: "bc-project-summary"
description: "Explore the Project Summary page for key KPIs, including ProjectForecast, costs, invoicing, and labor details for effective project management."
updated: 2026-06-25T09:59:07Z
published: 2026-06-25T09:59:07Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/bc-project-summary"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.staedean.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Project summary

The **Project Summary** page displays the most important KPIs for a project. The ProjectForecast is an important part of the summary. To have an up-to-date view on the numbers, run the ProjectForecast. The ProjectForecast is calculated from the budget lines, where the settings on the **Budget card** determine the details of the forecast.

The **Project Summary** page is also available as a **Project Task Summary**, **Project Element Summary**, and **Project Activity Summary**. These pages are based on the same data but filtered on the project task, project element, or project activity respectively.

The summary pages provide the following information:

- The **General** FastTab of the **Project Summary** page consists of three separate parts:
  - The upper left part shows invoicing information based on the project contract lines. The information is grouped per invoicing method and separated between the main contract and change orders for additional work. A total is also shown.
  - The upper right corner shows the planned profit based on the budget and the forecasted profit based on the forecast.
  - The lower half of the **General** tab shows the costs, grouped per cost type and separated into **Budget**, **Actual**, **Estimate to Completion**, and **Forecast**, as well as the variances and the progress of the costs. Budget information is based on the project budget lines. Actual numbers are based on the project ledger entries and are always up to date because they are flow fields. Estimate to Complete and Forecast are based on the latest set of project forecast lines.
- The **Currency** FastTab shows the same information as the **General** tab but in a different invoicing currency as set for the project.
- The **Labor** FastTab shows the number of hours for resources of the type **Person** and **Machine** (equipment).
- The **Supply** FastTab shows the values of the purchase and production orders for the project.

## Related

- [Forecasting](/bc-forecasting.md)
- [Project budgeting](/bc-project-budgeting.md)