Service Order Hours (bptmm1130m000)

Use this session to register hours spent on a service order task.

The hours input comes from:

  • Assignments
    From the appropriate menu, select Get 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 Working Time Schedule field empty. Then, the labor type from the transaction type data is defaulted.

 

Sequence Number
The number that identifies a data record or a step in a sequence of activities. Sequence numbers are used in many contexts. Usually LN generates the sequence number for the next item or step. Depending on the context, you can overwrite this number.
Service Order
Orders that are used to plan, carry out, and control all repair and maintenance on configurations as present on customer sites or as present with the company.
Cost Type

The type of line to link the hours to an existing order line in Service:

  • If the hours are working hours, specify Labor Line.
  • If the hours apply to traveling, specify Travel Line.
Year/Period
The year for which you register hours.

The year and the period code identify a unique period.

Period
The identification of a period table. The different periods of a year, including the period number, start date and end date are linked to the period-table code.
Start Date
The project start date.
End Date
The project end date.
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 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.
Working Time Schedule
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.
Employee
The employee's code.
Labor Time
The amount of time spent by an employee on a task or activity.
Task
A specification of the type of work that is carried out by a service employee. You can use tasks to specify the labor required to carry out an activity. A specific labor rate can be linked to a task.
Service Department
A department that consists of one or more persons and/or machines with identical capabilities, that can be considered as one unit for the purposes of service and maintenance planning.
Cost Component
A cost component is a collection of cost objects with a certain characteristic. A cost component does not depend on the cost type, therefore, for example, a project can be monitored from another dimension. For example, all the costs that refer to electrical work, for example, cable and installation work, are visible if the applicable cost objects are linked to the cost component Electrical work.
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.

Activity Line
The activity line number.
Start Time
The date on which the employee is scheduled to start working on a task, an activity, or an assignment.
Line Origin
This field can have one of the following values:
  • Manual
  • Assignment
  • Global Registration
  • Team Hours
  • Backflushing
  • Day-End Hours
  • External
Logon Code
The identification code for the LN user. This code is used for system security.
Transaction Date
The date and time the hours line was created.
Approved
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.

 

Get Assignments
Starts the Assignments (bpmdm0130m000) session.
Process Now
Use this command to process hours without closing the session.
Approve Hours
Use this command to approve a selected range of hours transactions.

If the Approval Required field in the People Parameters (bpmdm0100m000) session is cleared, this command is available.

Undo Approve Hours
Use this command to undo the approval of a selected range of hours transactions.

If the Approval Required field in the People Parameters (bpmdm0100m000) session is cleared, this command is unavailable.

Intercompany Trade Orders
Starts the Intercompany Trade Orders (tcitr3100m000) displaying the intercompany trade orders for the selected employee, year and period.
Intercompany Trade Orders - Sales Lines
Starts the Intercompany Trade Orders - Sales (tcitr3100m200) session displaying the intercompany trade orders for the selected line.