Add Costs Panel Fields
The following fields are found on the Add Costs panel in ELM.
The following fields are found on the Standard tab:
Labor section
- Employee: Select the employee from the drop-down list. This is a required field.
- Hours: Enter the number of hours of labor by the employee. This is a required field.
- Rates: Select the pay rates to be applied to the labor. This is a required field.
- Start Date: Enter the start date and time for the labor performed or select it using the calendar icon. When using Job Codes, this field is required.
- Finish Date: Enter the finish date and time for the labor performed or select it using the calendar icon. When using Job Codes, this field is required.
- Account: Select the account from the drop-down list if you want to associate the labor to an account.
NOTE: You can enter a new account field and select it from the list. The new account is automatically added in Custom Codes to GLACCOUNT if the user has permission for the Preferences page in Employee Relates. Otherwise, the new account is only added to the work activity.
- Description: Enter a description of the employee's labor.
Equipment section
- Equipment Category: Select the category that the equipment belongs to from the drop-down list.
- Equipment: Select the equipment used from the drop-down list or click Hierarchy in the Equipment field and then the drop-down arrow to select the equipment from a hierarchy list. This is a required field.
- Operator: Enter the name of the operator of the equipment. This field is only visible on for Actual costs, it does not appear for Estimated costs.
- Units: Enter the number of units of equipment used. This is a required field.
- Hours: Enter the number of hours the equipment is used. This is a required field.
- Start Date: Enter the start date and time for the equipment used or select it using the calendar icon.
- Finish Date: Enter the finish date and time for the equipment used or select it using the calendar icon.
- Account: Select the account from the drop-down list if you want to associate the equipment to an account.
Material section
- Source: Select the storeroom that the material came from. If you select a storeroom, the Material list is filtered based on the material associated to that storeroom. This is a required field.
- Material Category: Select a category from the drop-down list to filter the list to material assigned to the selected category. See Material Detail Fields in the Storeroom Guide for Trimble Unity Maintain for more information.
- Material: Type the material in the list and select from the options, the list is filtered based on the material associated to that storeroom. This is a required field.
- Units: Enter the number of units of the material used. This is a required field.
- Serial Numbers: Select the serial number for the material from the available list. This field is only active and required when a serialized material is selected from the Material field.
- Account: Select the account from the drop-down list if you want to associate the material to an account.
NOTE: You can enter a new account field and select it from the list. The new account is automatically added in Custom Codes to GLACCOUNT if the user has permission for the Preferences page in Employee Relates. Otherwise, the new account is only added to the work activity.
- Date: Enter the date and time for the material used or select it using the calendar icon.
- Add assembly parts: This appears when an assembly parts material is added to the Material field. Click to change quantities or material in the assembly parts. See Add Standard Assembly Parts Material for more information.
The following fields are found on the Crew tab:
- Crew: Select the crew from the drop-down list.
Labor section
- Start Date: Enter the start date and time for the labor performed or select it using the calendar icon. When using Job Codes, this field is required.
- Finish Date: Enter the finish date and time for the labor performed or select it using the calendar icon. When using Job Codes, this field is required.
- Account: Select the account from the drop-down list if you want to associate the labor to an account.
NOTE: You can enter a new account field and select it from the list. The new account is automatically added in Custom Codes to GLACCOUNT if the user has permission for the Preferences page in Employee Relates. Otherwise, the new account is only added to the work activity.
- Hours: Enter the number of hours of labor by the employee.
- Labor: Select the employee from the drop-down list.
- Rates: Select the pay rates to be applied to the labor.
- Description: Enter a description of the employee's labor.
Equipment section
- Start Date: Enter the start date and time for the equipment used or select it using the calendar icon.
- Finish Date: Enter the finish date and time for the equipment used or select it using the calendar icon.
- Account: Select the account from the drop-down list if you want to associate the equipment to an account.
NOTE: You can enter a new account field and select it from the list. The new account is automatically added in Custom Codes to GLACCOUNT if the user has permission for the Preferences page in Employee Relates. Otherwise, the new account is only added to the work activity.
- Equipment: Select the equipment used from the drop-down list or click Hierarchy in the Equipment field and then the drop-down arrow to select the equipment from a hierarchy list.
- Operator: Enter the name of the operator of the equipment. This field is only visible on for Actual costs, it does not appear for Estimated costs.
- Units: Enter the number of units of equipment used.
- Hours: Enter the number of hours the equipment is used.
Material section
- Source: Select the storeroom that the material came from. If you select a storeroom, the Material list is filtered based on the material associated to that storeroom. This is a required field.
- Date: Enter the date and time for the material used or select it using the calendar icon.
- Account: Select the account from the drop-down list if you want to associate the material to an account.
NOTE: You can enter a new account field and select it from the list. The new account is automatically added in Custom Codes to GLACCOUNT if the user has permission for the Preferences page in Employee Relates. Otherwise, the new account is only added to the work activity.
- Name: Type the material in the list and select from the options, the list is filtered based on the material associated to that storeroom.
- Add assembly parts: This appears when an assembly parts material is added to the Name field. Click to change quantities or material in the assembly parts. See Add Crew Assembly Parts Material for more information.
- Units: Enter the number of units of the material used.
- Serial Numbers: Select the serial number for the material from the available list. This field is only active and required when a serialized material is selected from the Name field.
The following fields are found on the Line Items tab:
Labor section
- Contractor: Select the contractor from the drop-down list. This is a required field.
- Rate Type: The rate type of the contractor, this field is automatically populated based on the selected contractor.
- Hours: Enter the number of hours of labor by the contractor. This is a required field.
- Start Date: Enter the start date and time for the labor performed or select it using the calendar icon.
- Finish Date: Enter the finish date and time for the labor performed or select it using the calendar icon.
- Account: Select the account from the drop-down list if you want to associate the labor to an account.
NOTE: You can enter a new account field and select it from the list. The new account is automatically added in Custom Codes to GLACCOUNT if the user has permission for the Preferences page in Employee Relates. Otherwise, the new account is only added to the work activity.
- Description: Enter a description of the contractor's labor.
Equipment section
- Contractor: Select the contractor from the drop-down list. This is a required field.
- Start Date: Enter the start date and time for the equipment used or select it using the calendar icon.
- Finish Date: Enter the finish date and time for the equipment used or select it using the calendar icon.
- Equipment ID: Enter the ID for a new equipment or for an existing equipment, select from the list. This is a required field.
- Equipment: Enter the name of the equipment if the Equipment ID is new. If an existing Equipment ID is used, the field is automatically populated. This is a required field.
- Units: Enter the number of units of the equipment used. This is a required field.
- Hours: Enter the number of hours the equipment is used. This is a required field.
- Cost: Enter the cost of the equipment is used. This is a required field.
- Account: Select the account from the drop-down list if you want to associate the equipment to an account .
NOTE: You can enter a new account field and select it from the list. The new account is automatically added in Custom Codes to GLACCOUNT if the user has permission for the Preferences page in Employee Relates. Otherwise, the new account is only added to the work activity.
Material section
- Contractor: Select the contractor from the drop-down list. This is a required field.
- ID or Material: Enter the Material Uid for the material in the ID field or the Description of the material in the Material field. This field can be populated using the drop-down list or manually entering a value. Depending on which field is used, the other field is automatically populated with the information. The ID is a required field.
- Units: Enter the number of units of the material used. This is a required field.
- Other Storerooms: Click Other Storerooms in the Units field to view stock on hand for the material available in another storeroom. On the Stock on Hand panel, click Switch To for the Source storeroom to be changed.
- Cost: Enter the cost of the material is used.
- Account: Select the account from the drop-down list if you want to associate the material to an account.
NOTE: You can enter a new account field and select it from the list. The new account is automatically added in Custom Codes to GLACCOUNT if the user has permission for the Preferences page in Employee Relates. Otherwise, the new account is only added to the work activity.
- Date: Enter the date and time for the material used or select it using the calendar icon.
- Add assembly parts: This appears when an assembly parts material is added to the Material field. Click to change quantities or material in the assembly parts. See Add Contractor Assembly Parts Material for more information.
The following fields are found on the Contractor tab:
- Contract: Select the contract from the drop-down list. This is a required field.
- Cost Type: Select the cost type from the drop-down list.
- Units Required: Enter the number of units used of the line item to set the cost. This is a required field.
- Verification: When the Cost Type is Actual, select the status of the verification. This is a required field.
- Inspected By: When the Cost Type is Actual, select the name of person who performed the inspection from the drop-down list. This is a required field.
- Date Inspected: When the Cost Type is Actual, enter the date and time for the verification inspection or select it using the calendar icon.
- Comments: When the Cost Type is Actual, enter any comments for the line item cost.