Autodesk Cost Management Integration Overview

In this article, we will walk you through how to connect Clearstory with Autodesk, how to push CORs to PCOs, and how to attach files from Autodesk to Clearstory CORs.

Getting Started:

  1. How to enable the integration and authenticate your Autodesk Account. 
  2. How to map your Autodesk project to a project in Clearstory
  3. How to push a COR from the Clearstory COR Log into an Autodesk PCO
  4. Editing a COR and updating Autodesk PCO
  5. Filtering COR Log by Autodesk PCO

How to Enable the Integration and Authenticate your Autodesk Account

You will need to be logged in as an Account Owner or Admin role to make these changes.

  1. On the left navigation pane, select Settings
  2. Select Offices, then select the office you would like to integrate with Autodesk
  3. Towards the top of the pages, select Office Integrations
  4. Enable the Autodesk Integration
  5. Select the Autodesk Account you would like to connect to your Clearstory Office

Enable ACC-2

How to Map your Autodesk Project to your Clearstory Project

  1. Select the Clearstory Project you would like to connect to your Autodesk Project
  2. Under Advanced Settings, select Autodesk
  3. Select Edit. This will bring a pop up asking you to login with your Autodesk credentials.
  4. Select your project from the drop down and Save

ACC Project Mapping

How to Push a COR from Clearstory to Autodesk

  1. Select one or multiple CORs you would like to push to a Autodesk PCO, then select +Autodesk
    How to push 1
  2. Select the Autodesk PCO or Create a New PCO, select
    NextHow to push 2
  3. Select your Scope, Budget Code and ContractHow to push 3

When changes are made to the COR in Clearstory, an alert on the COR Log will appear, letting you know you should push the update to the PCO in Autodesk

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To update the Autodesk PCO, follow previous steps 1 - 3. This will show the previous and new totals.

Filtering COR Log by Autodesk PCO

When filtering the COR Log, you have the ability to filter by Autodesk PCO statuses in the Autodesk PCO drop down. Filtering COR Log