Job Allocation Combinations Concepts

You can set up rules governing allocation combinations and apply the rules to jobs in this workspace.

An allocation combination is the combination of dimension values that you use when you create a job entry.

A rule regarding job allocation combinations serves three purposes:

• It controls which combinations of dimension values are allowed when you create a job entry. For example, it can determine that only activities in a certain range can be used when you enter time on a timesheet or post a job journal.
• It controls whether or not a job entry with certain dimensions will be included in the fixed price of a job.
• It determines which dimensions can be used in a job entry and which are mandatory to include in a job entry.

Note: The rules do not apply to budget journal entries in budget journals.

Note: The Fixed Price Contract Budget job parameter must have the Include Outlays in Fixed Price attribute set to Yes or the job allocation combinations are ignored.

Use this workspace to specify the dimensions that you can and must specify manually when you create entries for the jobs that are assigned this rule. In the table, enter the combinations of activities, dimension values, and tasks that are allowed.

You can also specify rules that control whether or not entries are included in the fixed price of both fixed price jobs and time and-materials jobs. Entries that are not included in the fixed price are invoiced separately.

For this to work, the job must be set up with a Pricing Principle job parameter with the Fixed-Price Inclusion attribute set to By Job Allocation Combination. This functionality applies to the following:

• All fixed-price jobs that you assign to the job allocation combination in question.
• Time and material jobs that you assign to the job allocation combination.
• Time and material jobs that are set up to use revenue recognition by completion percentage and/or to handle overruns.

If you create a completely blank line, Maconomy displays a warning because that type of line would allow all allocation combinations on job entries.

You can refer to these job allocation combinations on the job.