SET UP RESOURCES TAB

Use this tab to set up mappings between Costpoint Labor and Non-labor items and P3 Resources.  The selection of mapped resources is refined using the fields in the Resource Group By group box.

Use this tab after completing the Set Up Projects tab. You must complete this tab before you can use the Move tab to move data into P3. You can update this tab at any time; however, you will normally populate it when you initialize the interface, when you need to map new Costpoint Project resources, or when you map new Costpoint Project IDs in the Set Up Projects tab.

Costpoint Project

Enter, or use Lookup to select, a Costpoint Project ID for which you want to create resource mappings. You can select only Costpoint Project IDs that have been mapped in the Set Up Projects tab. The system validates the value in this field against the Costpoint Project IDs in the Set Up Projects mapping table.

P3 Activity

This non-editable field displays the corresponding P3 Activity ID from the Set Up Projects tab that is mapped to the selected Costpoint Project ID and P3 Project ID.

P3 Project

This non-editable field displays the corresponding P3 Project ID from the Set Up Projects tab that is mapped to the selected Costpoint Project ID.  

Resource Group By

Use this group box to select the resource groupings for labor and non-labor that will populate the mapping grid.  The fields in this group box will assist you in mapping resources between the two systems. 

Example

The Costpoint Project ID to be mapped has 100 individual employees that have charged time to it. However, all of these employees are assigned to a Project Labor Category (PLC) of "Engineer." Using the Resource Group By group box, you can map each individual Costpoint Employee ID to a unique P3 Resource (one-to-one mapping) by selecting "Employee/Vendor/Vendor Employee" in the Labor drop-down box. You can also map all of these employees to one P3 resource in one step by selecting "Project Labor Category" in the Labor drop-down box. If you select "Project Labor Category," the PLC, "Engineer," will populate the Project Labor Category column of the Mapping table. This will be mapped to a P3 resource that you identified (e.g., engineer). The interface will then determine a total for hours and costs for the PLC ("Engineer") for the given Costpoint Project ID before moving the values to the P3 resource.

Labor

Use this drop-down box to select labor groupings that will populate the Mapping grid. The valid choices are as follows:

Non-Labor

Use this drop-down box to select non-labor groupings that will populate the mapping grid.  The valid choices for non-labor groupings are as follows:

Fill Table

Select this pushbutton to load Costpoint labor and non-labor resources that have been charged to the selected Costpoint Project ID in the past into the Mapping grid. Typically, the Project Workforce table is used to identify these resources. The process automatically groups the labor and non-labor resources in accordance with the selections in the Resource Group By group box. All applicable columns of the Mapping grid will be populated with the exception of the P3 Resource field.  Labor resources will populate the mapping grid from the Labor History and non-labor resources will populate the mapping grid from the Project Summary and Prior Year Project Summary tables.

Save

Select this pushbutton to save the resource mapping entries.

Mapping Grid

Populate this grid by using the Fill Table Pushbutton, manually entering data, or both.  Columns in the Mapping grid are enabled or disabled depending on the criteria selected in the Resource Group By group box. For manual entry, the enabled columns always depend on the criteria selected in the Resource Group By group box. The P3 Resource column is always enabled.  For example, if you select "Project Labor Category and Account" in the Labor drop-down box, enabled columns in the Mapping grid will be Project Labor Category, Account, and P3 Resource.

Employee

This field is enabled or disabled depending on your selections in the Resource Group By group box. Manually entered Employee IDs must be valid entries in the Costpoint Employee (EMPL) table.

Vendor

This field is enabled or disabled depending on your selections in the Resource Group By group box. Manually entered Vendor IDs must be valid entries in the Costpoint Vendor ID (VEND) table.

Vendor Employee

This field is enabled or disabled depending on your selections in the Resource Group By group box. Manually entered Vendor Employee IDs must be valid entries in the Costpoint Vendor Employee (VEND_EMPL) table.

Project Labor Category

This field is enabled or disabled depending on your selections in the Resource Group By group box. Manually entered PLCs must be valid entries in the Costpoint Project Labor Category (BILL_LAB_CAT) table for the mapped Costpoint Project ID.

General Labor Category

This field is enabled or disabled depending on your selections in the Resource Group By group box. Manually entered GLCs must be valid entries in the Costpoint General Labor Category (GENL_LAB_CAT) table.

Account

This field is enabled or disabled depending on your selections in the Resource Group By group box. Manually entered Account IDs must be valid entries in the Costpoint Account ID (ACCT) table and must be valid in the Costpoint Account Group (ACCT_GRP_SETUP) table for the project selected.

If you selected "One Account and Organization combination to one P3 Resource" in the Non-Labor drop-down box, the Account ID and Organization ID must be a valid entry in the Costpoint Organization/Account (ORG_ACCT) table.

Organization

This field is enabled or disabled depending on your selections in the Resource Group By group box. Manually entered Organization IDs must be valid entries in the Costpoint Organization ID (ORG) table. If you select "One Account and Organization combination to one P3 Resource" in the Non-Labor drop-down box, the Account ID and Organization ID must be a valid entry in the Costpoint Organization/Account (ORG_ACCT) table.

P3 Resource

Enter, or use Lookup to select, a P3 Resource ID that is mapped to the Costpoint Labor and/or Non-labor groupings populating the Mapping grid for the given Costpoint Project, P3 Activity ID, and P3 Project. Manually entered P3 Resource IDs must be valid resources created in P3 for a given project.

Vendor Employee Name

This non-editable field displays the vendor employee name.

Costpoint Project

This non-editable field displays the Costpoint project being mapped.

P3 Project

This non-editable field displays the P3 project mapped to the Costpoint project in the Set Up Projects tab.

P3 Activity

This non-editable field displays the P3 activity mapped in the Set Up Projects tab.

Account Name

This non-editable field displays the Costpoint account name.

Project Labor Description

This non-editable field displays the Costpoint project labor category description.

General Labor Description

This non-editable field displays the Costpoint general labor category description.

Organization Description

This non-editable field displays the Costpoint organization name.

Vendor Description

This non-editable field displays the Costpoint vendor name.

Employee Name

This non-editable field displays the Costpoint employee name.

P3 Resource Description

This non-editable field displays the P3 Resource description for the resource that has been mapped to this line.

Screen Error Messages

Do you wish to ignore this warning and continue?

You can treat this message as a warning if the employee assignment has not been set up in the Costpoint database, but you expect that it will be done before you move any data. If the setup has been completed, enter a valid employee.                                  

Do you wish to ignore this warning and continue?

You can treat this message as a warning if the vendor's employees have not been set up in the Costpoint database, but you expect that it will be done before you move any data. If the setup has been completed, enter a valid vendor.  

Do you wish to ignore this warning and continue?

You can treat this message as a warning if the vendor employee has not been set up in the Costpoint database, but you expect that it will be done before you move any data. If the setup has been completed, enter a valid vendor employee.

Do you wish to ignore this warning and continue?

You can treat this message as a warning if the PLC assignment has not been set up in the Costpoint database, but you expect that it will be done before you move any data. If the setup has been completed, enter a valid PLC.

Do you wish to ignore this warning and continue?

You can treat this message as a warning if the GLC assignment has not been set up in the Costpoint database, but you expect that it will be done before you move any data. If the setup has been completed, enter a valid GLC.                                   

Do you wish to ignore this warning and continue?

You can treat this message as a warning if the account assignment has not been set up in the Costpoint database, but you expect that it will be done before you move any data. If the setup has been completed, enter a valid account.

Do you wish to ignore this warning and continue?

You can treat this message as a warning if the account/organization combination has not been set up in the Costpoint database, but you expect that it will be done before you move any data. If the setup has been completed, enter a valid account/organization combination.

This message is a warning if you auto-fill the Mapping grid and the grid already has valid mappings. If you answer Yes, all mapping records will be overwritten for the selected Costpoint Project ID. Any P3 Resource mappings must be re-mapped.

Each labor and non-labor can only have one "grouping."                                                                                

Keep the existing one?  Choose "Yes" to show the existing mappings. Choose "No" to delete the existing mappings and start new mappings.

You can one have one grouping for labor and another one for non-labor. If you select Yes, the existing one will display. If you select No, you will be warned again that you are deleting the existing one and starting a new mapping.

"BURDEN" cannot be used for mappings.  It is reserved for the automatic transfer of burden and must be setup in P3 Activity to receive the costs.

If a project has burden type "T" or "A" in the Project Set Up tab, the Move processing summarizes all non-labor rows and puts them in Burden resource. Therefore, it cannot be mapped to a specific grouping combo.

If you wish to transfer burden from Costpoint to P3, you must create a resource identified as "Burden" in P3 and assign it to P3 Activity IDs where burden is to be tracked. Burden is automatically transferred from Costpoint to P3 Activities that have a resource identified as "Burden" assigned to them. DO NOT MAP COSTPOINT DATA TO A P3 RESOURCE IDENTIFIED AS "BURDEN."

All P3 Resource Names for a P3 Project must be unique.