Job Budget Lines Sub-Tab

This section includes the fields and descriptions for the Job Budget Lines sub-tab.

Field	Description
Description	Enter text for a description of the time budget line.
External Description	Enter text to be transferred to job quotes and used instead of the internal description on the time budget line.
Line Type	Select the line type: Sum/Text or Time. Sum/Text — If you select this value, you can use the current line as a text line, adding a line of text to the budget, or as a sum line. A sum line functions as grouping level when you use a work breakdown structure. In both cases, you cannot specify a reference to an activity or task on the line, and you cannot mark the line as a milestone. Time — If you select this value, Maconomy uses the current line to specify a time activity. The activity number changes to the activity that the Default Time Activity job parameter attribute of the Budgeting type specifies.
Remarks 1	Enter any additional information as remarks.
Task	Enter the task that is related to the time budget line. You cannot enter a task that overwrites the activity with an amount activity.
Task Description	This field shows the description of the task that is related to the time budget line.
Activity No.	Enter the activity number that is related to the time budget line. You can only enter time activities.
Activity Name	This field shows the name of the activity that is related to the time budget line.
Employee Category No.	This field shows the employee category number that is related to the budget line.
Employee No.	This field shows the employee number that is related to the budget line.
Quantity	This field shows the total quantity on the budget line. If you selected Time Budget in Days for the job, this quantity appears in days; otherwise, it is the number of hours. If you change this value, the value of the field Not Allocated also changes.
Quantity, Days	This field only applies to time activities. The field shows the number of days budgeted for the current job budget line.
Planned Starting Date	Enter the date on which you plan to begin the activity. Maconomy uses the prices valid as of this date when deciding which version of the price list assigned to the job, if any, should be used for price calculation on job budget lines. If you do not specify a date in this field, Maconomy uses today's date for the calculation of prices. If you later change the value in this field, Maconomy will recalculate prices on job budget lines only if the budget has not been approved, and if the system is set up to update prices upon dimension change in the System Parameters workspace. You can also choose to have Maconomy recalculate prices by using the Recalculate Job Budget action. When you use this action, Maconomy will also use the price lists valid as of the date specified in this field, if any, for the recalculation. By using the Transfer Job Dates action, you can prepopulate this field with the value of the Start Date field in the Jobs workspace for the current job. At the same time, the Planned Ending Date field is populated with the value of the Estimated Ending Date field in the Jobs workspace. When you create requisitions or purchase orders from the current line, the date in this field is transferred to the Pref. Deliv. Date field in the tab of the requisition or purchase order and the Delivery Date field in the sub-tab. In addition, the specified date can be used in reports. If you copy a budget with a planned starting date to a new budget with the same job number, this field will also be copied to the new budget. However, you should note that a date in this field does not influence the possibility of assigning periods to the budget line in the Periodic Job Budgets workspace. When the Calculate Dates on Budget Sum Lines Only When All Sublevels Have a Date system parameter is enabled, the planned starting date is displayed only when all the sublevel lines have a date.
Planned Ending Date	Enter the date you plan to end the activity. The date specified will be of importance in the Detailed Planning workspace in the Resource Planning module; the date specified in this field will be copied to planning lines created based on the budget in question. By using the Transfer Job Dates action, you can prepopulate this field with the value of the Estimated Ending Date field in the Jobs workspace for the current job. At the same time, the Planned Starting Date field is populated with the value of the Start Date field in the Jobs workspace. When the Calculate Dates on Budget Sum Lines Only When All Sublevels Have a Date system parameter is enabled, the planned ending date is displayed only when all the sublevel lines have a date.
First Possible Starting Date	This field shows the first possible starting date of the activity. The specified date is for reference only, for example, for use in reports. When the Calculate Dates on Budget Sum Lines Only When All Sublevels Have a Date system parameter is enabled, the first possible starting date is displayed only when all the sublevel lines have a date.
Last Possible Ending Date	This field shows the last possible ending date of the activity. The specified date is for reference only, for example, for use in reports. When the Calculate Dates on Budget Sum Lines Only When All Sublevels Have a Date system parameter is enabled, the last possible ending date is displayed only when all the sublevel lines have a date.