Setup Questions - Cost Activity Descriptions

Questions in this section are intended to help you make decisions about your setup. These questions follow the order of the fields as they are described in the Field List section of the topic for this page or form.

Field List

Refer to the following field list for more information: Cost Activity Descriptions

Instructions

  1. Print this topic. Right-click this topic to display a pop-up menu, and then select Print.
  2. Confirm that you have read the setup details on the topic.
  3. Answer each of the questions on this page.
  4. Use your answers to set up the system.

Phase

What phase identification do I want to use for this Cost Activity? Either Phase or Cost (or both) must be entered.

Enter an identification: __________________________

Cost

What cost identification do I want to use for this Cost Activity? Either Phase or Cost (or both) must be entered.

Enter an identification: __________________________

Description

What is the description I want to provide for this Cost Activity (examples: Excavation, Concrete, Labor)? This is required.

Enter a description:

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UOM

What unit of measure do I want to use for this Cost Activity (examples: Hours, Each)?
If your Description is Labor then enter Hours.

Enter a unit of measure: __________________________

Type of Unit

What type of unit do I want to use for this Cost Activity?

Circle one: Fixed, Variable. If your UOM is Hours then enter Fixed.

Workers Comp

What Workers Compensation code do I want to use for this Cost Activity?

Enter a Workers Compensation Code: __________________________

Description must be Labor and UOM must be Hours to select a Workers Comp code.

See Also

Cost Activity Descriptions Grid