Add or Manage Holds in Portfolio Financials
Objective
To add or manage holds for cost items in the Cost Tracker of a Portfolio Financials project.
Background
The Cost Tracker section in Portfolio Financials is used to track committed and forecasted costs against your budget over the course of a project. Holds are used to track any potential or anticipated project costs that you want to "hold" money for, but have not yet submitted as a formal cost.
Things to Consider
- Required User Permissions:
    
- 'Full Access' to the project or higher.
 
 - Additional Information:
    
- Any holds entered are calculated as part of the Total Forecast for the project.
 
 
Steps
To add a hold:
- Navigate to the Cost Tracker section of the Project Page.
 - Locate the cost item you want to add a hold to.
 - Hover over the Holds column for the cost item and click the plus 
 icon. - On the Holds window, click Add Hold.
 - Enter information in the following fields as necessary:
    
- Title: The title of the hold.
 - Amount: The amount of the hold.
 - Optional: Description: Add comments to explain the reason for the hold.
 
 - Click Add.
 - Optional: You can edit or delete the hold by clicking the vertical ellipsis 
 icon and selecting the relevant action.  
To edit a hold:
- Navigate to the Cost Tracker section of the Project Page.
 - Locate the cost item with the hold you want to edit.
 - Hover over the Holds column for the cost item and click the pencil 
 icon. - Click the vertical ellipsis 
 icon and select Edit. - Edit the Title, Amount, and Description fields as necessary.
 - Click Save.
 
To delete a hold:
Note: Deleting a hold will remove the hold from the cost item and deduct the amount from Total Holds.
- Navigate to the Cost Tracker section of the Project Page.
 - Locate the cost item with the hold you want to delete.
 - Hover over the Holds column for the cost item and click the pencil 
 icon. - Click the vertical ellipsis 
 icon and select Delete. - Click Delete Hold to confirm the deletion.
 

