Overview

The Project Groups feature of the XTRF Home Portal allows you to collect several projects and quotes in one entity. Grouping projects is especially beneficial to project managers as it helps to:

• monitor complex orders with a lot of linked subtasks

• manage long-term projects with a predefined budget

• keep track of finances on a higher level.

In a nutshell, you just add the selected projects and quotes to a group. This won’t affect the projects or quotes themselves but will allow you to manage and monitor several projects as one entity.

By default, the Project Groups feature is accessible to all user groups with rights to access the Projects domain. To learn more about groups and rights settings, see the https://help.xtm.cloud/xtrf/home-portal/configuration-menu/en/user-groups-and-rights.html article.

Add a Project Group

To create a new group:

1. Go to the Projects module → Groups tab, and click the Add Group button.

   

2. You will be directed to the Add Group page.

   

   1. Provide a Group Name.

   2. Select one or several clients from the Client drop-down list.

3. Click the Add Group button. You will be directed to the newly created group page.

Link a project or quote to the group

You can link projects and quotes to an existing group in two ways: on the group page or while creating a project or quote.

On the group page:

1. If there are no linked projects or quotes, click the Link Project button in the middle of the screen.

If this group already has linked projects, a Link Quotes button appears under the Linked Projects card.

If this group already has linked projects and quotes, click the Link Project or Link Quotes button on the corresponding card.

A pop-up window with a list of projects or quotes appears.

2. Check the box(es) in the left column to select the desired project(s)/quote(s) from the list. To narrow down the list, click the  icon and use the expanded filters.

3. Click the Link button.

On the Add Project/Quote page:

1. From the Project Group drop-down menu, select the desired group.

2. Click the Add Project / Add Quote button.

Monitor the group’s finances

The Project Groups feature can be used for simultaneously tracking the finances of several linked projects.

The financial data of the group is collected automatically and shown in five sections:

• Total Payables.

• Total Receivables.

• Profit (calculated as total receivables minus total payables).

• Margin (calculated as profit divided by total receivables, multiplied by 100).

• ROI (calculated as profit divided by total payables, multiplied by 100).

The numbers are displayed in different colors:

• Red - for negative profit or margin and ROI less than 10%.

• Orange - for 10-20% margin and 10-30% ROI.

• Green - for positive profit, margin more than 20%, ROI more than 30%.

For groups with a preset budget, you can provide the sum in the Budget Usage section:

1. Click the icon in the top right-hand corner.

2. Enter the budget sum.

3. Close the Budget pop-up.

A colored bar will now reflect the usage of your budget:

• Green for up to 79%

• Orange for 80-89%,

• Red for over 90%.

Unlink a project or quote

To delete the association of a project or quote with a group, go to this group page. Select the desired project or quote in the Linked Project/Quotes sections. The Unlink Project/Quote buttons will appear on top of the project/quote list. Click this button and confirm the unlinking.

Delete the group

To erase the group from your system:

• On the group page, click the  icon in the top right-hand corner and select Delete.

or

• In the Groups tab, select the group in question and click the Delete button that appears on top of the list.

Edit several projects or quotes at once (Multiple change)

You can simultaneously edit several Smart projects or quotes linked to a group. To do so, perform the following steps:

1. Select the required projects or quotes on the Linked Projects or Linked Quotes card.
   Changes in quotes and projects should be performed separately.

2. Click the Multiple Change button that is displayed in the top right-hand corner of the Linked Projects/Quotes card. You will be directed to the Multiple change display.

3. Provide the required changes. For details, see the Smart projects or quotes linked to a project group guide.

4. Click the Confirm all changes button in the top right-hand corner of the screen.

5. Click the Apply all changes button.