Understanding the POC Contracts tab

POC (percentage-of-completion) contracts get five extra columns before January that the other contract tabs don't have.

Input Mode: Enter Revenue vs. Enter Cost

Each POC contract has an Input Mode picker:

• Enter Revenue (the default) — you type Revenue, and Cost auto-calculates and locks to hold the contract's own Gross Margin % steady.
• Enter Cost — the reverse: you type Cost, Revenue auto-calculates and locks.

Whichever field is calculated shows as read-only — that's expected, not a bug. The Gross Margin % being held constant is the entire point of the Input Mode setting.

JTD Rev / JTD Cost

JTD (job-to-date) Rev and Cost sum the plain Revenue/Cost actuals — not Contract Revenue/Contract Cost — across every month up through the closing month. If you're comparing JTD to Contract Revenue directly, don't be confused that they're not the same figure; they're deliberately different things.

Why a row turns red

A row highlights when JTD Rev + the remaining forecasted Revenue doesn't reconcile to Contract Rev (tolerance: one cent). This is a flag that the contract's total forecast doesn't currently add up to its Contract Revenue value — worth a second look, not necessarily an error on your part. If you're mid-way through entering a forecast, expect to see red until you've finished spreading the remaining revenue (see the Spreading tool article).