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title: "Understanding Draw Overview Metrics"
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# Understanding Draw Overview Metrics

## **Overview**

The Draw Metrics feature within the Draw Ticket has been enhanced to provide **real-time financial insights** directly where draw decisions are made. These updates help users analyze funding pace, monitor contingency usage, and understand developer fee allocations with greater clarity and less manual effort.

By surfacing calculated metrics alongside the funding sources and uses, the enhanced Draw Ticket supports better decision-making and **increases transparency across stakeholders**—from the draw desk to asset management.

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## **Viewing Enhanced Draw Metrics in the Draw Ticket**

### **Description**

The enhanced Draw Ticket now includes three real-time metrics:

- **Funding Analysis**
- **Contingency Utilization Analysis**
- **Developer Fee Analysis**

Each card is **dynamically calculated** based on the current draw state, capital stack, and sources & uses. Users will see only the cards relevant to the setup of their project (e.g., contingency cards only show when contingency line items exist). Each metric includes **tooltips** that provide definitions and insight into how calculations are derived.

### **Step-by-Step Instructions**

**Step 1: Open the Draw Ticket** Navigate to the desired project or draw record and open the relevant Draw Ticket.

**Step 2: Locate the Draw Metrics Section** Scroll to the **Draw Metrics** section embedded within the Draw Ticket layout.

**Step 3: Review Funding Analysis** This card shows how much of the project’s budget has already been disbursed, how much is changing with the current draw, and what the new total would be if the draw is approved.

**What you’ll see:**

- **Funded to Date**
- **Change This Draw (Δ)**
- **Funded if Approved**

**How it helps:** Quickly assess if funding is ahead, behind, or on pace with construction progress.

#### **Step 4: Check Contingency Analysis**

These cards (Hard, Soft, or Total) show how much contingency was originally allocated, how much has been used to date, what’s being applied in this draw, and how the total has changed.

**What you’ll see (if applicable):**

- **Original Amount**
- **Adjusted to Date**
- **Current Adjustment (This Draw)**
- **Revised Amount**
- **Remaining Contingency vs. Remaining Uses**

**How it helps:** Provides context for contingency buffer changes over time. Helps confirm whether draw adjustments remain within acceptable limits or require reallocation.

#### **Step 5: Explore Developer Fee Analysis**

This card shows how the developer fee is being earned and paid over time, distinguishing between deferred and cash payouts. Now includes visibility into originally planned amounts.

**What you’ll see (if applicable):**

- **Original Amount**
- **Adjusted to Date**
- **Current Adjustment (This Draw)**
- **Revised Amount**

Displayed for:

- Total Developer Fee
- Deferred Developer Fee
- Cash Developer Fee (Only if cost items with Developer Fee type exist.)

**How it helps:** Clarifies changes to the total fee amount and composition over time. Makes it easier to audit payout decisions and understand capital stack impacts.

**Step 6: Use Tooltips for Clarification** Hover over any row label in the metric cards to reveal helpful tooltips.

**Tooltips explain:**

- Data sources
- Calculation logic
- Thresholds or assumptions (e.g., when cards display)

**How it helps:** Encourages self-service understanding and reduces dependency on manual explanation.

> [!NOTE]
> ## **Note:**
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> - Metric cards **only appear** when applicable based on project setup (e.g., if no contingency line items exist, those cards won’t display).
> - Draw Metrics are **read-only** and update automatically based on the draw’s data.
> - All data is synced with the draw grid, funding source table, and capital stack.

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## **Understanding the Value of Metrics Integration**

### **Description**

With these metrics now embedded in the Draw Ticket, users no longer need to toggle between spreadsheets, reports, or external tools. All key project funding insights are surfaced in real time, directly alongside the draw submission and review experience.

This reduces turnaround time, improves communication across teams, and increases confidence in draw approvals.

### **Example Use Case**

A **draw approver** reviewing a mid-project draw needs to confirm:

- That the project isn’t ahead of schedule in funding
- That contingency hasn’t been overused
- That the developer fee is being disbursed appropriately

They can now:

- Open the Draw Ticket
- Review the **Funding Analysis** card
- Check the **Contingency Utilization** card
- Explore the **Developer Fee Analysis** card
- Hover over tooltips to understand if thresholds are being crossed
- Identify next steps or questions — without needing a separate report