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title: "Estimated/actual cost fields"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/BGc/3539502441/Estimated%2Factual%20cost%20fields"
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> Macro (aura-html)

When fields are set to "Not Synchronized", the values are stored only in BigPicture.

![image](media://ceece646-f87d-4c51-8bbd-8a82c07e1391)

**Estimated cost and Actual cost can each be mapped to a Jira issue field -** this means you can associate cost with individual tasks and further automatically aggregate (roll up) the values in your boxes. 

Cost values need to be manually entered for tasks. 

![image](media://00d3e04b-2324-4434-b591-98b7d377fa15)

## Use

**Cost columns **

To edit the values, edit the column view (Overview/ Gantt/ Scope/ Board modules)

![image](media://01648c2f-e2dc-473b-aac4-c77122d49604)

## Limitations

**Estimated cost** and **Actual cost** are **NOT** automatically calculated based on the cost rate of the assigned resource.