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title: "Cost Codes in Job Costing Analytics & Reporting in Ontraccr"
url: "https://help.ontraccr.com/en/article/cost-codes-in-job-costing-analytics-reporting-in-ontraccr"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-08-22T18:24:53.282Z"
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# Cost Codes in Job Costing Analytics & Reporting in Ontraccr

## 🧾 **Cost Codes in Job Costing Analytics & Reporting in Ontraccr**

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### **📘 Overview**

Cost codes are central to Ontraccr’s **Analytics Engine**, enabling detailed reporting across labor, materials, equipment, overhead, subcontractors, and budgets. Every time data is logged using a cost code — whether via time entries, forms, or equipment logs — that information is captured and becomes **queryable and filterable** in the reporting layer.

This article covers how cost codes appear in analytics dashboards and how you can use them to drive cost analysis and performance reviews.

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### **📊 Where Cost Codes Show Up in Analytics**

Cost code data is available in:

-   **Progress Page Reports**
-   **Time Card Reports**
-   **Material & Equipment Reports**
-   **Analytics Engine Dashboards**
-   **Project Overview Dashboards**

Each of these reports allows you to:

-   **Filter by cost code**
-   **Group by cost code**
-   **Visualize actual vs. estimated per code**

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### **🧩 Analytics Engine Use Cases**

In the **Analytics Engine**, you can create custom dashboards using cost code data:

### **📘 Example 1: Labor Cost by Cost Code**

-   Chart type: Bar or Table
-   X-axis: Cost Code
-   Y-axis: Actual Labor Cost
-   Filters: Project = “Midtown Tower”

### **📘 Example 2: Cost Code Overrun Analysis**

-   Metric: % Over Budget
-   Group by: Cost Code
-   Visual: Conditional formatting (red/yellow/green) based on thresholds

### **📘 Example 3: Hours Burn Rate by Phase**

-   Metric: Hours Logged ÷ Estimated Hours
-   Group by: Phased Cost Code or Phase Label
-   Filters: Trade or Division

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### **📥 Data Sources Feeding Cost Code Analytics**

| Source | How It Links to Cost Code |
| --- | --- |
| Time Entries | Must include Labor/Overhead cost code |
| Forms | Use cost code field for materials, equipment, subcontractors |
| Budget | Estimated hours/cost entered by code in Step 5 |
| Invoices (Billable Codes) | Show billing value tied to code |

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### **📌 Report Configuration Options**

-   **Filter by cost code category** (Labor, Material, etc.)
-   **Filter by division** (if division tagging is used on cost codes)
-   **Compare multiple projects** by matching cost code across jobs
-   **Stack metrics** (e.g. Labor + Subcontractor cost per code)

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### **🔍 Tips for Cost Code-Based Reporting**

-   Use **consistent naming** conventions to simplify cross-project reporting (e.g. “LAB-001 – Rough-In” in all jobs)
-   Leverage **phased cost codes** to break reporting into stage-level views
-   Combine actuals with **contract value** to assess profitability per trade or activity