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> 📝 The **Financials module** is available only to **BigPicture Enterprise** users.

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## About the Financials module

In most organizations, managing a portfolio of projects involves tracking tasks and monitoring the financials. It is also about monitoring the financials. Instead of using another tool for finance tracking, you can now use a dedicated BigPicture function: The Financials module.

The Financials module lets you track real-time actual costs (cost of past tasks) and estimated costs (cost of future tasks). The costs are calculated based on hourly rates assigned to a box or a team and estimated time and effort for tasks. You can also verify if those costs align with the planned budget. 

The cost calculations can be done for a single initiative or a portfolio of initiatives, giving you real-time insight into the financial side of the portfolio.

![financial-module.png](media://53e03721-bd74-4c89-9a2f-43f00b725b22)

## Videos

The following videos give a quick overview of setting up the Financials module when you use hourly estimates.

### Initial setup of the Financials module


### Get your tasks read for accurate financial calculations

 

### Understanding the work cost breakdown