Element Relationships (tpptc1505m000)
Use this session to maintain a parent-child relationship between two elements. You should run this session for all elements in the project to create a layered, multilevel tree structure of element relationships. This structure forms the basis for the element budget. You can maintain an unlimited number of parent-child levels.
- In any single session, you can specify only one parent and only one child.
- You can define an element as a parent (or child) in one session, and as child (or parent) in another.
- Use the Frequency field, to link a child more than once to a parent. This specifies how many instances of the child element must be linked to the parent in this parent-child relationship.
- You can link a child element to different parent elements by entering different parent elements for the same child element, however, you must restart the session to enter each record.
- You can link a parent element to different child elements by entering different child elements for the same parent element, however, you must restart the session to enter each record.
- You can maintain parent-child relationships only for projects with a Free or Active project status.
Field Information
- Project
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The project code.
- Project Status
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The project status.
Allowed values
- Free
- Active
- Finished
- Closed
- Archived
- Parent Element
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The parent element.
- Budget Status
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The budget status of the element.
Allowed values
- Free
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The data can be modified.
- Actual
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The data other than the total contract amount, management reserve, and the profit fee, can be modified.
- Final
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The amounts per activity or cost type in the Top Down Budget Data (tpptc5110s000) session cannot be modified.
- Sequence Number
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The sequence number.
- Child Element
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The child element.
- Frequency
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The number of times the child element appears in the selected part of the structure. This selected part is determined by the element on the Parent Element field.
Note: The value in this field is 1 if the Budgeting Method field in the Project (tppdm6600m400) is set to Production Rate. - Plan
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The code that uniquely identifies the plan.
- Child Activity
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The activity to be associated with the budget lines of the child element.
This field is only applicable if:
- You intend to copy the element budget to an activity budget, by using the Copy Element Budget to Activity Budget (tpptc1240m000) session.
- You intend to generate activity-based control data based on the element budget, by using the Generate Control Data (tpptc1230m000) session.
- Budget Quantity
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The budgeted number of elements. You only need to enter a value if you invoice by element.
If the elements are related in a tree-like structure, LN performs calculations by using the Frequency field which indicates the number of times the element appears in that place of the element structure.
- Unit
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The unit of measure used to express the budget quantity.
- Budget Status
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The budget status of the parent-child relationship. The budget status of the element relationships determines which functions of Project may be applicable. The budget status, which can also be assigned to budget lines, must be equal or higher than the status of the element to which it belongs.
Allowed values
- Free
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The data can be modified.
- Actual
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The data other than the total contract amount, management reserve, and the profit fee, can be modified.
- Final
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The amounts per activity or cost type in the Top Down Budget Data (tpptc5110s000) session cannot be modified.
- Text
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If this check box is selected, a text associated to the element relationship is present.