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Overview

The Pending Cost Estimates page gives administrators visibility into all cost estimates currently awaiting a signature approval step. When a CAM submits an estimate for review on the Budget Form, it enters the signature workflow and appears here until all approval steps are completed or the estimate is reset.

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Permissions

Administrator role required.

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What It Shows

The pending estimates grid lists every cost estimate that has at least one outstanding signature step. For each estimate:
ColumnDescription
ProjectThe project the estimate belongs to
WBSThe WBS element
Work PackageThe work package number and title
Current StepThe signature step currently awaiting approval
Assigned ToThe user whose signature is required at this step
SubmittedWhen the estimate entered the current step

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Filtering

Filter the list by project to focus on a specific project’s pending estimates.

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Resetting a Signature

Administrators can reset the signature chain on any estimate — returning it to unsigned state so the approval process restarts from the beginning. Use this when:
  • The estimate has been revised after partial approval and needs to go back through the full review
  • An approver is unavailable and the estimate needs to be reassigned
  • An estimate was submitted prematurely and the CAM needs to make corrections
To reset: click Reset Signatures on the estimate row. All completed signatures for that estimate are cleared and the workflow returns to step 1.
Resetting signatures does not modify the estimate’s cost data — only the approval status is affected. The CAM’s estimate data remains intact.

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Relationship to Budget Form Signatures

Signature steps are configured per project in the Signatures tab of Edit a Project. The users assigned to each step are the only ones who can approve that step from the Budget Form. This admin page provides a system-wide view for administrators to monitor and unblock the approval pipeline.