PCS Project Hours (bptmm1170m000)

	PCS Project Hours (bptmm1170m000) Use this session to register hours spent on a PCS project. The hours input comes from: Assignments From the appropriate menu, select Use Assignments. See also the Assignments (bpmdm0130m000) session. Manual entry Click the New button on the toolbar or, from the File menu, select New. Global registration of hours Distributing team hours Note If you use a working time schedule code, you can enter an amount of hours in the details session. These hours are distributed according to the labor types specified in the Working Time Schedule (tcppl1100m000) session. If you do not want to distribute hours, leave the WTS field empty. Then, the labor type from the transaction type data is defaulted. Related topics People – overview Distributing team hours Working time schedules Year/Period The year for which you register hours. The year and the period code identify a unique period. Period period code WTS A schedule used to define the number of working hours per day and distribute these hours according to different labor types. As a result, different labor rates can be used for regular time and overtime. Start Time The date on which the employee is scheduled to start working on a task, an activity, or an assignment. End Time The date on which the employee is scheduled to stop working on a task, an activity, or an assignment. Labor Type The classification of work performed, and the time of day at which the work is performed (either normal working hours or overtime). Based on the kind of work and the hour type, you can use labor types to specify surcharges so that LN can calculate the actual labor costs in People. Employee The employee's code. Important! To enter machine hours only, leave the Employee field empty. Do not enter "0" (zero). Current View The unit in which regular time and overtime is expressed. Note Overtime is usually booked in hours. Current View The regular time accumulated for this view. Current View The overtime hours accumulated for this view. Total The unit in which regular time and overtime totals are expressed. Total The regular time accumulated for this period. Total The overtime hours accumulated for this period. Employment The unit in which employment is expressed. Employment The number of regular hours that an employee works per defined period. Start Date The project start date. End Date The project end date. Project (PCS) A collection of manufacturing and purchasing actions that are performed especially for a particular customer order. A project is initiated by a customer order for items having a To Order order policy. The purpose of a project is to plan and coordinate the production of these items. For a standard-to-order production, the project is only used to link the item with the customer order. Otherwise, a project can include: Customized item data (BOMs and routings) Project planning (activity planning) A budget is a special type of project. A budget is used to plan and estimate, not to carry out production. Activity An activity that is relevant for the (rough) planning of a project. Activities are used to plan the rough material and capacity requirements of the project. Activities are also used to control the (final) assembly planning of the project. Task An activity to manufacture or repair an item. For example, sawing, drilling, or painting. A task is carried out on a work center, and can be related to a machine. Machine In LN, a mechanical object on which operations can be carried out to produce items. Machines are linked to operation rates. The operation rate and the labor rate together form the basis for the actual costing of production orders. Overtime If this check box is selected, the entered labor hours are seen as overtime. You cannot manually change this setting: it is determined by the labor type used on the time line. Transaction Status If the transaction type is Production, Assembly or PCS Project, the transaction status can be one of the following: Active The task's start date was entered. Interrupted The task's hours registration was suspended. Closed The task's end date was entered. See also Hours Transaction Status. Note For all other transaction types, the status is not applicable and only Closed will be displayed. Line Origin This field can have one of the following values: Manual Assignment Global Registration Team Hours Backflushing Day-End Hours External Logon Code logon code Transaction Date The date and time the hours line was created. App If this check box is selected, the hours of this line were approved. Processed If this check box is selected, the hours of this line were processed to Financials. Text If this check box is selected, a text is present. Use Assignments Starts the Use Assignments (bptmm1204m000) session. Create Assignments Creates an assignment for the selected lines. Close Assignments Closes the assignment associated with the selected lines. Delete Assignments Removes the assignment associated with the selected lines. As a result, the assignment will no longer be shown in the Assignments (bpmdm0130m000) session. Direct Processing Use this command to process hours without closing the session. Approve Hours Use this command to approve a selected range of hours transactions. This command is only available if, in the People Parameters (bpmdm0100m000) session, the appropriate Approval Required check box is selected. Undo Approve Hours Use this command to unapprove a selected range of hours transactions. This command is only available if, in the People Parameters (bpmdm0100m000) session, the appropriate Approval Required check box is selected.