Standard Element (tppdm0180s000)

Use this session to maintain details of the currently selected standard element. You can maintain a library of standard elements that you can copy from when you are maintaining a project.

 

Element
The element name.
General
Description
The description or name of the code.
Search Key
The search key of the current standard element.
Sort Argument

Use this field if you want to register a characteristic of the element that you can use to sort elements in the following report sessions.

Text
If this check box is selected, a text is present.
Control
Control Element
The element defined as the control element. Costs are posted to this element.
Phys. Progress
If this check box is selected, project progress is recorded for the current element. You can then use the Phys. Progress Registr. field to specify the level that you want to record progress at. If this check box is cleared, progress is recorded only at lower levels in the element budget structure.
Phys. Progress Registr.
Indicates the default level where project progress is recorded. This field is available only if the Physical Progress check box is selected.
Cost Control
If this check box is selected, cost control is maintained for the standard element. If this check box is cleared, no costs can be posted to the element.
Invoicing Details
Progr. based Inv.
Indicates how the current element is to be invoiced.
Element Type
Indicates the type of work that makes up the element.
To be Settled
If this check box is selected, additional work relating to this element can be settled. This applies only where the invoicing method is Progress Invoice and the work is Direct.
Budget Details
Quantity
The unit of measurement associated with the standard element.
Quantity
The quantity of the element (where applicable).
Time Unit
The time unit appropriate to the element.
Production Rate
The number of units produced per time unit. This is relevant if use is made of labor norms.