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title: "Estimated/actual cost fields"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/BGdc/3525935912/Estimated%2Factual%20cost%20fields"
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When fields are set to "Not Synchronized", the values are stored only in BigPicture.

![image](media://b2fe7d62-adbd-477d-b07a-7aaf5deccfd5)

**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://ecfd189b-aed9-4cd6-8cba-4b8cbbe0749d)

## Use

**Cost columns **

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

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## Limitations

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