Data authorization requirements for Costing

This table lists the production authorization for the tasks that are considered as a part of the costing process.

Note:

Only the other (secondary) attributes are listed in this table.


Authorized Roles	Tasks	Secondary Attribute/Other Attribute	Permissions
Item Cost Engineer	Creates and maintains item – costing data	PCS Project Enterprise Unit Calculation Office Project Employee Other Attribute Item Project	An employee is allowed to view all assigned items. An employee is allowed to create and modify items for which the employee is assigned the modify permission. An employee can view and use assigned (PCS) projects.
	Creates and maintains simulated purchase prices	PCS Project Enterprise Unit Calculation Office Project Employee Other Attribute Item	An employee is allowed to view all assigned items. An employee can only modify simulated purchase prices for items for which the employee has modify permission. An employee can view and use assigned PCS projects.
	Calculates and actualize standard costs View item – standard costing data	Other Attribute Item	An employee can only calculate standard cost for items for which the employee has use permission. An employee can view item – standard costing data of all assigned items.
	Calculates sales prices	Other Attribute Item	An employee can only calculate sales prices for items for which the employee is assigned the use permission.
	Calculates estimated cost by project	PCS Project Enterprise Unit Calculation Office Project Employee	An employee can only calculate estimated cost by project for projects for which the employee has use permission.
	Prints cost comparison Prints cost comparison by budget Print cost calculation	PCS Project Enterprise Unit Calculation Office Project Employee Other Attribute Item	An employee can print cost comparisons and calculations for all assigned items. An employee can view assigned PCS projects
	Prints sales price calculation	Other Attribute Item	An employee can print sales price calculations for all assigned items.
Application Administrator	Deletes costing data Archives/deletes cost history		Application administrator must be able to clean up all the data that needs to be removed. The employee is therefore not subjected to data authorization.