Assignments (bpmdm0130m000)

Use this session to define and modify assignments per employee. You can use assignments to facilitate efficient data entry in the hours accounting sessions.

In this session, assignments are displayed that originate from Project through the Update Assignments in Hours Accounting (tpptc2211m000) session. Only projects with status Active can update assignments. On the Project tab, the Assignment Origin field will display Project. If you change a project assignment, note that the budget line is not updated.

To specify recurrence, on the General tab, in the Recurrence field, zoom to the Recurrences (tcccp0143m000) session.

How to use assignments

The assignments you enter in the Assignments (bpmdm0130m000) session provide the employee with a list of predefined tasks in the hours accounting sessions. The employee can decide to retrieve only those assignments for the current period. If a recurrent assignment is displayed, for example, a weekly meeting, the employee can book hours on the selected assignment as if the assignment were a task.

When you enter a new assignment, not all fields are mandatory. However, if you wish to use an assignment in an hours accounting session, you must enter all fields, otherwise, you will get an error message.

You can decide to leave the labor time of the assignment empty. This means that LN generates zero lines in the hours accounting session. If the employee does not edit these generated hours entries, zero lines are automatically deleted when the hours are processed.

Note: 
  • If a working time schedule code is entered for an employee, the start time of the assignment is checked with the start time of the working time schedule. Make sure the assignment does not start before the working time schedule day starts.
  • To remove outdated assignments from the list, use the Delete Assignments command on the appropriate menu.
  • If this session is accessed from the various hours entry sessions, only the assignments related to the specific hours entry session and the assignments which are effective for the current hours period, are displayed.
Note: 

Field Information

General
Employee

The employee's code.

Transaction Type

An assignment can only become a task for the employee if the assignment is linked to a transaction type.

Recurrence

recurrence

You can zoom to the Recurrences (tcccp0143m000) session to select a recurrence.

Assignment Origin
Employee

The assignment was created in one of these sessions:

  • Project Hours (bptmm1111m000)
  • General Hours (bptmm1111m200)
  • Project (PCS) Hours (bptmm1170m000)
External

The assignment was created by an application external to LN.

Manual

The assignment was created in the Assignments (bpmdm0130m000) session.

Project

The assignment was created by the Update Assignments in Hours Accounting (tpptc2211m000) session.

Pattern
Recurrence Type

The description of the pattern retrieved from the Recurrences (tcccp0143m000) session.

Time Details
Working Time Schedule

A working time schedule code linked to the assignment.

Registration/Start Date

The start date.

End Date

The end date of the job or task.

Start Time

The time at which the employee is scheduled to start working on the assignment.

End Time

The time at which the employee is scheduled to finish working on the assignment.

Labor Time

labor time

Note: If the hours originate from Project, the assignment is a daily assignment and the calculated time per day per entered hours is displayed.
Time Unit

The time unit in which the machine time is expressed.

Labor Type

labor type

You can zoom to the Labor Types (tcppl0130m000) session to select a labor type.

Overtime

If this check box is selected, the hours entered for the assignment are calculated as overtime.

You cannot manually change this setting: it is determined by the labor type.

General Task

general task

Cost Component

cost component

Assembly Line

assembly line

Line Station

Enter an assembly station.

Labor Line

The labor line.

Travel Line

The travel line.

Project

The project code.

Activity

activity

Service Order

production order

Operation

operation

Task

task

Element

element

Task

The task name that appears in the Project Hours (bptmm1111m000) session.

Extension

extension

Activity Line

The activity line number.

Machine

machine

Reference Activity

reference activity

Task

The task name that appears in the Service Order Hours (bptmm1130m000) session.