{"id":7715,"date":"2022-04-02T04:04:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T04:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/?post_type=article&#038;p=7715"},"modified":"2025-08-04T13:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:22:10","slug":"cost-definition","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/article\/cost-definition\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add and Manage the Cost Definition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we will help you to understand how to add and manage the cost definition.<\/p>\n<table style=\"line-height: 10px; height: 26px; width: 99.8764%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f7f7f7;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 108px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 26px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Skip Ahead to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 10px; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/article\/cost-definition\/#Overview\">Overview<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/article\/cost-definition\/#Navigation\">Navigation<\/a><a id=\"Overview\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/article\/cost-definition\/#AddCost\">Add and Manage Cost Definition<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>Cost Definition in the application makes it easy for organizations to find the resources of each persona with the required location and skill sets against the cost, and the cost of resources can vary from location to location. The Resource Managers\/Admins maintain the cost of resources at the monthly rate for different roles. The cost can be updated periodically in USD effective from a particular date.<\/p>\n<p>Cost Definition gives a complete picture of resource <b>Location<\/b>, type of <b>Persona<\/b>, <b>Skill Premium, Cost, <\/b>and <b>Effective Date <\/b>to plan projects that reflect realistic resource capabilities and assignment durations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-135034.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21913 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-135034.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1616\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-135034.png 1616w, https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-135034-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-135034-1024x510.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-135034-768x383.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2025-08-04-135034-1536x765.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1616px) 100vw, 1616px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"Navigation\"><\/a>Navigation<\/h2>\n<p class=\"root-block-node\" data-paragraphid=\"34\" data-from-init=\"true\" data-changed=\"false\">In the left navigation panel, expand the <strong>Apps<\/strong> menu and select the <strong>Account Space<\/strong>. <a id=\"AddCost\"><\/a>Hover over the top breadcrumb, expand the <strong>People Management<\/strong> module, and select <strong>Cost Definition<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 data-paragraphid=\"34\" data-from-init=\"true\" data-changed=\"false\">How to Add and Manage the Cost Definition<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Prerequisites:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure that the required skill level is defined in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/article\/master-lists-for-people-management-module\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Master List<\/a> menu.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that the required Personas are defined <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/article\/how-to-manage-users\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Users <\/a>menu.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the<\/span><b> ADD <\/b>button<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter the details as explained below:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Location: Select the location of the persona using the drop-down<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Persona: Select the standard or custom or persona using the drop-down.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skill Premium: Select the skill level. To learn more about how skill levels are defined, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/article\/master-lists-for-people-management-module\/\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cost: Define the cost based on Location, Persona, Skill Premium, and Effective Date<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Effective Date: Set the date for the persona to begin working on the project\/organization.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><strong>Note: <\/strong>The effective date must be greater than or equal to today&#8217;s date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the <\/span><b>SAVE <\/b>button<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To edit or delete the Skills and Proficiency:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Edit: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the <\/span><b>EDIT <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">button, make changes, and click the <\/span><b>SAVE <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">button.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Delete: <\/b>Click the delete icon to delete the required row.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"helpful-block-content wth-theme-thumbs\" data-title=\"\" >\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"wth-title\">Was this helpful?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a data-post=\"7715\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/article\/cost-definition\/\" data-post-title=\"How to Add and Manage the Cost Definition\" data-response=\"1\" href=\"#\" class=\"wth-green-btn icon-thumbsup\">Yes<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a data-response=\"0\" data-post=\"7715\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/article\/cost-definition\/\" data-post-title=\"How to Add and Manage the Cost Definition\" href=\"#\" class=\"wth-red-btn icon-thumbsdown\">No<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","multi-rating":{"mr_rating_results":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/7715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7715"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/7715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21914,"href":"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/7715\/revisions\/21914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}