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Department inquiry

Departments allow you to track project and financial information by different classifications.

Use this inquiry to see information about each of your departments, such as description and status.

If needed, you can add predefined columns and view supplemental information such as direct personnel expense, overhead, and notes.

Using the inquiry

From the Inquiry menu, click Department.

Audience

Accounting staff

Inquiry conditions

The inquiry automatically contains a condition to show only data from active departments. You can always add, change, or delete conditions on an inquiry.

Standard columns

Columns

Links to this inquiry

Description

Date range available

Description

Phase

The description of the department

Status

The status of the department

Examples: Active, Inactive

Predefined columns

You can add predefined columns to this inquiry.

Column	Links to this inquiry	Description
Department Key	Phase	The database identifier of the department
Order		The position of the department in the Department List window Example: You may sort the inquiry by order so it mirrors the order of the Department List.
DPE		The percentage applied to project labor costs for the department to reflect direct personnel expense paid on behalf of employees
Overhead		The percentage applied to project labor costs for the department to reflect general operating expenses
Notes		Any notes about the department
Defined links:
Link - Project	Project	A link to the Project inquiry
Link - Phase	Phase	A link to the Phase inquiry
Link - Employee	Employee	A link to the Employee inquiry
Link - Project Manager	Project Manager	A link to the Project Manager inquiry
Link - Vendor	Vendor	A link to the Vendor inquiry
Link - GL Entry - Accrual	GL Entry	A link to the GL Entry inquiry
Link - GL Entry - Cash	GL Entry	A link to the GL Entry inquiry with a condition limiting the information to cash entries