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title: "Estimated/actual cost fields"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/SPM/1918767526/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://0b59ecd9-305f-4e76-bd3b-0997d2612cc8)

**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://1229f40f-048d-4713-9a44-20cb4e3cb940)

## Use

**Cost columns **

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

![image](media://01da6eed-cc0f-49b3-b8d0-39112e76e9c5)

## Limitations

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