Overhead

To improve usability, automation, and performance of the overhead calculation process, these modifications have been made:

• The Exclude Projects with Phase check box has been added to the Calculate Overhead (tppdm2200m000) session. A phase can be specified which indicates that the project is not active but waiting for final overhead rates. Projects with the specified phase are excluded from the calculation process, which improves performance.
• The Apply Overhead Calculation Results (tpppc6200m200) session is a new session to calculate and apply overhead. The session can be started from the LN menu, or from a job. If run from the menu, the overhead is calculated for the current user. If run from a job, the calculation results of the job user are applied.
• The Clear Overhead Calculation Results (tpppc6200m100) session is a new session to delete, for a range of users, the unprocessed overhead calculation results until a specific date. Deletion of these records reduces the number of records in the tables tpppc600, tpppc610, and tpppc620, which improves the performance of the calculation process. The session can be started from the LN menu, or from a job.
• Previously, the Calculate and Apply Overhead (tpppc6120m000) session only showed the calculation results of the current user. To view the overhead calculation results of other users, a different user than the current user can now be selected in this session. The Detailed Overhead Calculation Results (tpppc6110m000) and Overhead Cost Transactions (tpppc6100m000) sessions, which can be started from the References menu of the Calculate and Apply Overhead (tpppc6120m000) session, also show the results of the selected user. This new functionality provides a better insight in the overhead calculation results generated by other users or a job user and helps to delete the unnecessary results.