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title: "Estimated/actual cost fields"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/DLP/2212237464/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.

![Actual and Estimated cost fields in App Configuration](media://adbad867-1c44-4cd2-ae74-3026e40ce91c)

**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. 

![Estimated Cost column](media://b5a220bd-9d9a-4c10-b5fe-537f31141f0b)

## Use

**Cost columns**

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

![actual-cost-tasks-time.png](media://a04681de-fd53-43e1-8cba-4e9ad14d1c66)

## Limitations

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