Starting Labor Hours Reporting for a Project Using the Work Center Form

Only non-workset-enabled employees can start labor hours reporting for a project. To add project 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 project:

  1. Open the Work Center form.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 projects that are ready to be started are displayed on the Project Labor tab.
  4. 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.
  5. Select an operation from the Project Labor tab.
  6. Specify this information:
    Project
    Specify a project number. The project name, customer, start date, and project type are displayed on the Details tab. 
    Task
    Select a task.
    Cost Code
    Select a cost code.
  7. 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 Project Labor form is opened. Use the Start Project Labor form to start the operation. See Reporting Labor Hours for a Project for more information.

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