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Project Types Window Reference

General Information (for all project types)

Name. The name of the project type.

Class. The project type class for the project type. You choose from the values of Indirect, Capital, or Contract. You can only define contract project types using Oracle Project Billing.

Service Type. The default service type to use when creating new top tasks.

Default Starting Project Status. The default initial status for projects of this type. You select from the list of values of all eligible project statuses. This is a required field.

See Also

Effective Dates

Costing Information (for all project types)

Burdened. Indicates whether to burden raw costs charged to projects using this project type for internal costing purposes.

Schedule. The burden schedule to use as the default cost burden schedule. You enter a schedule only if the project type is burdened. If the project type is burdened, this field is required.

Allow Schedule Override. Indicates whether you can override the default cost burden schedule when entering and maintaining projects and tasks. If you want to ensure that all projects of a project type use the same schedule for internal costing, do not check this box. If you want to allow update of the cost burden schedule on the projects and tasks, check this box. You can enter this only if you enabled the Burdened check box.

See Also

Overview of Costing

Burden Cost Accounting Information (for project types that use burdening)

Burden Cost on Same Transaction / Different Transaction. Indicates whether burden amounts will be stored in the same expenditure item as the raw cost (Same), or summarized in separate expenditure items (Different).

Account for Burden Components in Separate Project/Task. This option is available if you selected Same in the previous field. If this option is selected, burden amounts are also accounted for in a separate project/task.

Project/Task for Separate Burden Component Accounting. The project and task where burden amounts will be accounted for.

Suggestion: While it is not required, it is recommended that you select an indirect project for separate accounting of burden amounts, to avoid duplicate posting of the amounts.

Budget Control (for all project types)

Allow Cost Budget Entry. Indicates if you allow entry of cost budget types.

(Cost Budget) Entry Method. The default budget entry method for cost budgets. See: Defining Budget Entry Methods.

(Cost Budget) Resource List. The default resource list for cost budgets. See: Defining Resource Lists.

Allow Revenue Budget Entry. Indicates if you allow entry of revenue budget types. You may choose to not allow entry of revenue budgets for indirect or capital projects. You must enter a revenue budget for a contract project before it can accrue revenue and be billed.

(Revenue Budget) Entry Method. The default budget entry method for revenue budgets. See: Defining Budget Entry Methods.

(Revenue Budget) Resource List. The default resource list for revenue budgets. See: Defining Resource Lists.

Resource List for Status Reporting. The default resource list to use for summarizing project amounts for status reporting. You must enter a value to ensure that you can view information in the Project Status windows and project status reports, even when you have not baselined a budget for the project. You typically select the same resource list as one of the resource lists you use for budgeting. When you create a new project template from scratch, Oracle Projects automatically creates a resource list assignment using this resource list.

Capitalization Information (for capital project types only)

CIP Cost Type. For the project type, you determine whether to capitalize CIP costs at their burdened or raw cost amount.

CIP Grouping Method. You assign a Grouping Method to each type to determine the amount of summarization you want for the asset lines you generate. You can assign one of the following Grouping Methods to your project type:

Require Complete Asset Definition. You specify whether an asset definition must be complete in Oracle Projects before you can send capitalized costs to Oracle Assets. If you choose this option, you do not need to enter additional required information for the imported asset line in the Prepare Mass Additions window in Oracle Assets. The Asset Interface process places asset lines with complete definitions directly into the Post queue in Oracle Assets. If the asset definition is not complete or allowed, you must complete the asset definition for the asset in the Prepare Mass Additions window in Oracle Assets.

See Also

About Capital Projects

Workflow Control

Enable Workflow for Projects. If you enable this check box, projects with this project type will initiate Workflow for all workflow-eligible project statuses. See: Project Statuses.

Enable Workflow for Budgets. If you enable this check box, projects with this project type will initiate Workflow for all eligible project budgets. See: Budget Types.

See Also

Integrating with Oracle Workflow

Billing Information (for contract project types only)

Billing Offset Days. The default number of days that elapse between the project start date and the date of the project's first invoice.

Billing Cycle. The default billing cycle for projects of this type. See: Billing Cycles.

Funding Level. The level at which you allow funding for contract projects of this project type. You can choose from the values of Project, Top Task, or Both.

Labor Schedule Type. The type of labor schedule that you want to use for the default labor billing schedule. You can choose either Burden or Bill Rate. This controls what type of schedule you enter in the next region.

Non-Labor Schedule Type. The type of non-labor schedule that you want to use for the default labor billing schedule. You can choose either Burden or Bill Rate. This controls what type of schedule you enter in the next region.

Revenue (Burden Schedule). The burden schedule used for revenue accrual which defaults. If you select Burden as the labor and non-labor schedule type, you use this schedule for both labor and non-labor items.

Invoice (Burden Schedule). The burden schedule used for invoicing which defaults. If you select Burden as the labor and non-labor schedule type, you use this schedule for both labor and non-labor items.

(Bill Rate Schedule) Organization. The organization that owns the labor or non-labor bill rate schedule that you want to default.

(Bill Rate) Schedule. The name of labor or non-labor bill rate schedule that you want to default.

Labor Invoice Format. The labor invoice format that defaults.

Non-Labor Invoice Format. The non-labor invoice format that defaults.

Billing Assignments (for contract project types only)

Name. You select billing extensions which are used in revenue accrual and/or invoicing.

Amount, Percentage. You may also enter an amount or percentage which may be used in the billing extension calculation.

Active. You may disable the billing assignment for use in future processing by unchecking the Active flag.

Distribution Rules (for contract project types only)

Name. You select the distribution rules that can be allowed for any project of this project type. You can choose any predefined distribution rule:

Cost/Cost Accrue revenue and bill using the ratio of actual cost to budgeted cost (percent spent).
Cost/Event Accrue revenue using the ratio of actual cost to budgeted cost (percent spent), bill based on events.
Cost/Work Accrue revenue using the ratio of actual cost to budgeted cost (percent spent), bill as work occurs.
Event/Event Accrue revenue and bill based on events.
Event/Work Accrue revenue based on events, bill as work occurs.
Work/Event Accrue revenue as work occurs, bill based on events.
Work/Work Accrue revenue and bill as work occurs.
Default. Check the box if you want to use the distribution rule as the default value for projects of this project type. You can only have one default distribution rule for each project type.

See Also

Billing

Setting Up Contract Projects

Defining Project Types


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