Redistribution of distributed labor

Use the Redistribute action to adjust or transfer costs to labor distributions to correct the original actual percentages. You can specify the adjusted or corrected actual percentages and preview the results before the redistribute action is run. Results of the redistribute action are reversed out of all of the original labor distribution records, and new adjustment records are created. Redistributed labor is created with the event code PJ. The processed labor lists contain a column to search for whether labor was redistributed.

Project assignment labor by period records must be in a Processed state for labor redistribution. You can use these methods to redistribute labor records:

• Users with the Project Resource role can specify the percentage of actual effort for the labor redistribution, but cannot redistribute labor.

  Users with the Project Accountant role can specify the labor cost transfer and redistribute labor.

• If someone other than the resource is required to approve actual effort percentages for labor redistribution, then the Submit For Approval action is appropriate. Use Process Automation to route the labor redistribution to the redistribution approver.

  An employee must be linked to an agent. Verify that agents linked are to employees for the redistribution approver and for the employee to submit for approval. Verify that the employee record contains a work email address. If the labor redistribution record is rejected by the redistribution approver, then a comment is required. The approver can provide the explanation for the rejection in the comment. The rejection of the labor redistribution including the comment is emailed to the employee for correction. The employee can correct the record and resubmit for approval. For information about the approval flow, see the Infor Process Automation Reference Guide for Infor Financials and Supply Management.

• If the Require Labor Distribution Equal 100% check box is selected on the project structure, then total labor redistribution for the employee period must equal 100%. If the total is over or under 100%, then an error is displayed when labor is redistributed or when labor is submitted for approval.
• If the Labor Distribution Confirmation on the project structure was provided, then the message is displayed when the labor is redistributed or is submitted for approval.
• If labor distribution approvals are required, then only labor distribution records that are in a processed state with a redistribution status of Approved can be redistributed.