Labor Resource Requirements General Tab

Use the General tab to select report options for the Labor Resource Requirements report and to save sets of options for reuse.

Contents

Field	Description
Report Name	You can change the default report name.
Format	Select the type of data the report displays for each employee: Hours Cost Amount Billing Amount Your access to labor cost rates and amounts may be restricted by role security.
Average Available Hours	Enter the average number of employee work hours available for the period you select in Period Scale. When you make a selection in Period Scale, Vision displays a default average number of hours, but you can change it.
Period Scale	Select one of the following period scales. Daily Weekly Bi-Weekly — A two-week period. Semi-Monthly — One semi-monthly period runs from the first to the fifteenth of the month. The second semi-monthly period runs from the sixteenth to the end of the month. Monthly Accounting Period Quarterly Yearly For example, if you want the report to display monthly totals of hours or amounts, select Monthly.
Start Day of the week	If you select Weekly or Bi-Weekly in Period Scale, select the starting day of the week. The default selection is the day specified in Starting Day of Week on the Plan Settings form (Configuration > Planning > Plan Settings).
Range	Select the number of reporting periods to display. The maximum number is 20. This option determines the number of periods, and the Period Scale option determines the type of period. For example, if you select Monthly in Period Scale and 6 in Range, the report displays data for six monthly periods.
Decimal Setting	Select the number of decimal digits to display for planned hours or amounts. (This option does not apply to hours or amounts in the Actual, Actual Var., Available, and Available Var. rows.) If you select Hours in Format, your options are the following: No Decimal — The report displays the number of hours without decimal digits (12). 1 Digit — The report displays the number of hours with one digit to the right of the decimal point (12.1). 2 Digits — The report displays the number of hours with two digits to the right of the decimal point (12.13). If you select Cost Amount, Billing Amount, or Revenue in Format, your options are the following: No Decimal — The report displays amounts without decimal digits (12). Currency — The report displays amounts with the number of decimal digits specified for the currency in the Currency Configuration form.
Exclude Non-working Days	If you select Daily in Period Scale, select this check box if you do not want the report to display reporting period columns for the non-work days specified in the company calendars on the Holiday Configuration form (Configuration > General > Holiday Calendar). The primary purpose of this option is to reserve space on the report for work days.
Column Width	Enter the width of the data columns in inches or millimeters based on which one you selected in the Unit of Measure field on the Layout tab of the Options dialog box.
Include Unposted Labor	Select this check box to include hours from unposted timesheets. Vision includes hours from the following: Unposted timesheet transaction entry files Time & Expense timesheets that are in progress or submitted, but not posted Vision uses extensions for cost and billing rates to calculate unposted labor amounts when timesheets are saved. The report displays u beside unposted time.
Start Date	Select the starting date for the data on the report: Today — The report displays data starting with the current date. Specific Date — The report displays data starting with the date you specify. Enter the date, or click and select the date.
Show	Select one or more of these check boxes to indicate the types of hours or amounts you want the report to display: Planned Actual Actual Variance Available Available Variance Your access to labor cost rates and amounts may be restricted by role security.
Calculate Available Hours using Target Ratio	Select this check box if you want Vision to use the target ratio to calculate each employee's available hours. The target ratio is the percentage of an employee's time that you expect to be charged to regular (revenue-producing) projects. You enter an employee's target ratio on the Accounting tab in the Employee Info Center.
Only include plans marked for Utilization and Project Reports	If you select this option, the report includes only those plans that you select in the Plan Lookup dialog box for which the Include in Utilization and Project Reports option is selected on the General tab of the Project Planning form. If you do not select this option, the report includes all plans that you select in the Plan Lookup dialog box.