Starting Labor Hours Reporting for a Service Order Using the Work Center Form

Only non-workset-enabled employees can start labor hours reporting for a service order. To add service order labor to a workset or to start a workset, use the Workset Maintenance form. Select Maintain to open this form. See Managing Worksets for more information.

To start labor hours reporting for a service order:

Open the Work Center form.
In the field marked with a person icon near the top of the form, specify your employee ID number. This number may be specified by default.
In the field marked with a factory icon near the top of the form, select a work center. Your work center may be specified by default. The service orders that are ready to be started are displayed on the Service Labor tab.
Optionally, specify a date and time to record for this transaction. The current date and time is specified by default. You can only modify the date and time if the Work Center Popup Enabled parameter is cleared and your user ID has the appropriate authorizations on the User Extensions form.
Select an operation from the Service Labor tab.
Specify this information:

Partner ID

Specify a partner number.

SRO

Specify a service order to for which to report hours.

Line

Scan the item number of the material you are issuing.

Operation

Select an operation.
Select Start Run.

If the Work Center Popup Enabled parameter is cleared, the operation is started.

If the Work Center Popup Enabled parameter is selected, the Start Service Labor form is opened. Use the Start Service Labor form to start the operation.