Field Descriptions

Table Information

 

Labor Utilization Report

What can I do in this screen?

Use this screen to print a report that displays direct and indirect labor utilization hours.

In general, direct hours are usually associated with billable projects and non-direct hours are associated with non-billable projects; however, since the definition of "direct" may vary from company to company, numerous options are provided in this application for inclusion or exclusion of various project types.

This report is useful if you want to analyze employee utilization hours for specific projects, employees, and accounting periods. The report provides a breakdown of period and year-to-date utilization percentages.  It also displays open (unposted) timesheet information.

There are several sort options available in this application, allowing you to group the report data by "Home Organization," "Employee Name," and "Employee ID." You may also choose to include part-time and temporary employees in the report population.

You can click the Preview Default Report icon to print the report output to your screen, or you can click the Print Default Report icon to send the report to a printer.

When should I use this screen?

Use this screen to review employee labor utilization.

Field Descriptions

Identification

Use the fields in this block to create a new parameter ID or to retrieve a previously saved parameter ID.  A parameter ID represents a set of screen selection parameters.  Once you have saved a parameter ID and its related parameters, you can retrieve them using Query.  

You can use the retrieved parameters to produce reports and run processes more efficiently and with greater consistency.  Many users save a unique set of parameters for each different way they run a report or process.  If you select a previously saved parameter ID or parameter description, the associated saved screen selection parameters will automatically display as selection defaults.  You can change any of the associated selection defaults as necessary.

Use the checkbox (top right corner) to select/deselect the record.  You might select the checkbox if you want to mark the record for deletion, for example. This option is particularly useful if you need to delete multiple records.

Parameter ID *

Enter, or use Query to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters.  You should choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made in the screen, such as “PERIOD” or “QUARTERLY.”  

When you save your record, all the selections made in the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query.

You can use the parameter to produce reports and run processes more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. Once the default selections display in the screen, you can override the defaults as necessary.

Parameter Description *

Enter, or use Query to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

Selection Ranges

Use the fields in this block to specify the accounting period and home organization.

Accounting Period (Option)

This option includes one record.  This field is non-editable.

Fiscal Year *

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the fiscal year for which the report should be printed.

Period *

This field displays the period for which the report should be printed.

This field populates automatically based on the data you entered in the Fiscal Year field.

Subperiod (Option)

This option includes a record range.  This field is non-editable.

Start

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the beginning subperiod to be included in the report.

End

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the ending subperiod to be included in the report.

Home Organization (Option)

Use this drop-down box to select the range option for your report.  The following options are available:

Start

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the first home organization to be included in the report.

End

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the last home organization to be included in the report.

Sort By

1st Sort *

Use the drop-down box to make a selection.  Your choices are "Home Organization," "Employee Name," and "Employee ID."

2nd Sort *

Use the options in this drop-down box to choose the report's secondary sort.

The options in this drop-down box are enabled based on your selection in the first sort option drop-down box.  For example, if you choose "Home Organization" as the first sort option, the "Employee ID" and "Employee Name" will be available for selection.

If you select the "Employee Name" or "Employee ID" options as the first sort, "None" must be the second sort option.

Your choices include the following:

Options

This block displays the Include, Non-Billable Projects, Other, Compute Option, Standard Hours, and GLC Option group boxes.  

Include

Use the fields in this group box to include non-billable projects as "direct" utilization hours in the report.  If you do no select any checkboxes in the Non-Billable Projects group box, the utilization hours will still be evaluated; however, they will not appear in the report as "direct" hours.

Non-Billable Projects

Use the fields in this group box to associate non-billable projects with direct hours.

Bid and Proposal

Select this checkbox to include bid and proposals in the direct hours utilization fields of the report.

Independent R and D

Select this checkbox to include independent research and development in the direct hours utilization fields of the report.

Indirect

Select this checkbox to include indirect projects in the direct hours utilization fields of the report.

Intercompany Multiple

Select this checkbox to include intercompany multiple projects in the direct hours utilization fields of the report.

Intercompany

Select this checkbox to include intercompany projects in the direct hours utilization fields of the report.

Common Inventory

Select this checkbox to include common inventory in the direct hours utilization fields of the report.

Direct Project

Select this checkbox to include direct projects in the direct hours utilization fields of the report.

Work in Process

Select this checkbox to include work in process in the direct hours utilization fields of the report.

Others

Use the fields in this group box to include or restrict additional report data.

Leave Accounts

Select this checkbox to include leave accounts in the report.  If included, they are designated as indirect hours.

Part-Time Employees

Select this checkbox to include part-time employees in the report.

Temporary Employees

Select this checkbox to include temporary employees in the report.

Compute Option

Use the fields in this group box to establish the method for computing labor costs.

Percent of Actual

Select this radio button to compute the labor percentage using actual hours.

Percent of Standard

Select this radio button to compute the labor percentage using standard hours.

For example, 2080 may be the standard number of labor hours for the fiscal YTD.

Standard Hours

If you select the Percent of Standard radio button, you must provide the number of standard hours in these three fields. Standard hours are defined as the number of "normal" hours in a period.

Open Timesheets

Enter the standard number of hours for open timesheets in this field.

Accounting Period

Enter the standard number of accounting period hours in this field.

Fiscal YTD

Enter the standard number of hours in a fiscal year in this field.

GLC Option

Use these radio buttons to determine the labor category to be printed on the report.

Employee Home GLC

Select this radio button to display the GLC from the Employee Salary Information screen (People\Maintain\Employee).

Timesheet GLC

Select this radio button to display the GLC from the timesheet.

* A red asterisk denotes a required field.

Table Information

The following are source tables whose data is evaluated after you enter your selection criteria:

ACCTING_PD (Accounting Periods)

EMPL (Basic Employee Info)

EMPL_LAB_INFO (Salary Info & History)

FY (Fiscal Years)

GENL_LAB_CAT (General Labor Categories)

LAB_HS (Labor History)

LV_TYPE (Leave Types)

ORG (Organizations)

PROJ (Projects)

SUB_PD (Sub Periods)

TS_HDR (Timesheet Header)

TS_LN (Timesheet Line)

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