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Job Costs Query

You use this program to view the total costs for a hierarchical job, including details of the head/section costs.

Job Costs Query

Field Description
File  
Notepad Select this to use the Admin Notepad Editor (Rich Text) program to assign free format notes to the entry currently highlighted in the listview.
Details  
Sales and Adjustments Select this to use the P&C Hierarchy Costs Sales Orders program to view the sales orders and any adjustments posted against the hierarchical job.
Billings Select this to use the P&C Hierarchy Costs COS & Billings program to view the Billings which have been posted against the job.
Cost of Sales Select this to use the P&C Hierarchy Costs COS & Billings program to view the Cost of Sales costs which have been posted against the job.
Committed
Option Description
Issues - Material Select this to use the P&C Hierarchy Costs Material program to view the material costs which have been issued against the job.
Issues - Operations Select this to use the P&C Hierarchy Costs Labor program to view the operation costs which have been issued against the job.
Issues - Subcontract Select this to use the P&C Hierarchy Costs Labor program to view the subcontract costs which have been issued against the job.
Purchase Orders Select this to use the P&C Hierarchy Costs Purchase Orders program to view the items which are linked to a purchase order, regardless of whether they have been issued to the job.
Uncommitted
Option Description
Allocations - Material Select this to use the P&C Hierarchy Costs Material program to view the material costs which have been allocated against the job.
Allocations - Operations Select this to use the P&C Hierarchy Costs Labor program to view the operation costs which have been allocated against the job.
Allocations - Subcontract Select this to use the P&C Hierarchy Costs Labor program to view the subcontract costs which have been allocated against the job.
Costs  
Show rolled up costs Select this to display only the hierarchy heads and to roll the costs of the levels below them up to each head.

This option can be toggled on and off.
Job

Enter the job code of the job for which you want to view the costs.
Notepad Select this to use the Admin Notepad Editor (Rich Text) program to assign free format notes to the entry currently highlighted in the treeview.

Job Hierarchy

The hierarchy for the job you entered is displayed in a treeview structure in this pane.

The following information is included in the listview for each head/section:

Column Description
Hierarchy This indicates the hierarchy level for which the information is being displayed.
Description This indicates the description of the corresponding hierarchy level.
Head/sections This displays the code for the corresponding hierarchy level.
Revenue sales This displays the sales value from Sales Orders or from sales orders created from Part Billings.
Revenue billings This displays the billing value created from the Part Billings program.
COS from part billings This indicates the cost of sales assigned to the billing (derived from Part Billings (see Part Billings).
COS for committed This indicates the cost of sales for allocations attached to purchase orders and allocations not attached to purchase orders, but which have been issued to Work in Progress.
COS for uncommitted This indicates the cost of sales for allocations that have not been issued or purchased.
Total cost This indicates the cost of sales (C.O.S + Committed + Uncommitted).
Gross profit % This indicates the sales less cost of sales (C.O.S. + Committed + Uncommitted) multiplied by 100 and divided by sales.

Rolled up Cost Details

This pane displays the rolled up costs for the corresponding head/section currently highlighted in the Job Hierarchy treeview. The rolled up costs are the totals of the costs for all levels below the currently highlighted level plus the cost of the currently highlighted level (i.e. the sum of the totals for the selected head/section and below).

Column Description
Hierarchy This displays the code of the currently highlighted in the Job Hierarchy treeview.
Description This displays the description of the head/section currently highlighted in the Job Hierarchy treeview.
Revenue sales This displays the total sales value from Sales Orders or from sales orders created from Part Billings.
Revenue billings This displays the total billing value created from the Part Billings.
Cost of sales from part billings This displays the total cost assigned to the billing (derived from Part Billings - see Part Billings).
Cost of sales for committed This displays the total cost of allocations attached to purchase orders and allocations not attached to purchase orders, but which have been issued to Work in Progress.
Cost of sales for uncommitted This displays the total cost of allocations that have not been issued or purchased.
Total cost This displays the total cost of sales (C.O.S + Committed + Uncommitted).
Gross profit % This displays the total sales less cost of sales (C.O.S. + Committed + Uncommitted) multiplied by 100 and divided by sales.

Costs Graph

This displays a graphical representation of the total costs for the selected hierarchy.

Inserting Application Help

You would typically follow this procedure to display help for the current program in a customized pane that can be pinned to the program window.

Information includes step-by-step instructions for the various functions available within the program, including a brief overview of what the program does, what setup options are required and how to personalize the program.

  1. Open the program for which you want to insert application help into a customized pane.

    This functionality is only available for a program that has panes.

  2. Right-click any form field.

    You can also click the triangle menu icon that appears in the title area of a pane.

  3. Select Insert Application Help from the context-sensitive menu.

    The application help appears in a pane within your program. You can reposition the pane using the docking stickers or pin it to the program window.

Removing the Application Help pane

If you no longer want to display application help in a pane for your current program, you can simply remove it.

  1. Select the Close icon in the right-hand corner of the application help pane.

  2. Confirm that you want to delete the pane.