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# Financial Coordination and Controlling Journey

Maintain a dependable cost review cycle from data freshness through variance analysis, snapshot creation and management reporting.

### Recommended operating cadence

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Check the SAP Integration Log and confirm the most recent successful update.
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Review Cost Center by project scope and display the columns required for the cycle.
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Investigate material variance in Cost Insights & Analytics and Document Analysis.
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Reconcile Budget records, ETC and contingency before the reporting cut.
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Create a snapshot when the cost picture is ready.
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Compare closed snapshots to explain movement to management.
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### During daily control

| Need                       | Use                                              |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| Find a cost object         | Cost Center search, scope and hierarchy.         |
| Review expected final cost | Cost Insights & Analytics and EAC-related views. |
| Inspect budget entries     | Budget records, using Entries or By period.      |
| Analyze a flexible cut     | Pivot Table with row groups, columns and values. |

### At period close

* Review changed-order indicators before creating the reporting picture.
* Confirm the project exchange configuration.
* Confirm that ETC imports completed without errors.
* Create the snapshot for the intended project scope.
* Record the data cut, exchange basis and known exceptions in the reporting record.

### Shared guides for this journey

* [Navigate the cost structure](/ref/modules/capital-inteligence/shared-task-guides/navigate-the-cost-structure.md)
* [Customize scope, columns and levels](/ref/modules/capital-inteligence/shared-task-guides/customize-scope-columns-and-levels.md)
* [Interpret Cost Insights](/ref/modules/capital-inteligence/shared-task-guides/interpret-cost-insights-and-analytics.md)
* [Review budget and pivot analysis](/ref/modules/capital-inteligence/shared-task-guides/review-budget-records-and-build-a-pivot-analysis.md)
* [Create and compare snapshots](/ref/modules/capital-inteligence/shared-task-guides/create-and-compare-cost-snapshots.md)