Definitions of Terms Used in Oracle Projects Multiple Organization Support
Chargeable Projects
For each expenditure, chargeable projects are projects to which the expenditure can be charged or transferred. The displayed list of values of chargeable projects for an expenditure includes all projects in project operating units that share the following three characteristics with the expenditure operating unit:
Expenditure Operating Unit
For an expenditure, the expenditure operating unit is the operating unit where the expenditure item was incurred against a project. The expenditure operating unit is the operating unit where the incurring employee submits and gets paid for time and expenses. It is the operating unit into which non-labor resources, commitments, and supplier invoices are entered.
Expenditure Organization
For timecards and expense reports, the expenditure organization is the organization to which the incurring employee is assigned, unless it is overridden by project or task using organization overrides.
For usage, supplier invoices, and purchasing commitments, the expenditure organization is the incurring organization entered on the expenditure.
Legal Entity
An organization that represents a legal company for which you prepare fiscal or tax reports. You assign tax identifiers and other relevant information to this entity.
Operating Unit
An organization that partitions data for subledger products (AP, AR, PA, PO, OE). It is roughly equivalent to a single pre-multi-organization installation.
Project Chargeable Employees
Project chargeable employees are employees included as labor resource pool to a project. The displayed list of values of project chargeable employees for a project includes all employees, as defined in Oracle Human Resources, who belong to the business group associated with the project operating unit.
Project Burdening Organization Hierarchy
For each business group, the project burdening organization hierarchy is the version of organization hierarchy that Oracle Projects uses to compile burden schedules for that business group. Each business group must designate one and only one version of an organization hierarchy as its project burdening organization hierarchy.
Note: In Oracle Projects implementation options, each operating unit is associated with an organization hierarchy version for project setup, invoice level processing, and project reporting. The project burdening organization hierarchy selected for the business group does not have to match the hierarchy version for a corresponding operating unit.
Project Operating Unit
The project operating unit is the operating unit within which the project is created.
Project Organization
The project organization is the organization that owns a project. This can be any organization displayed in the list of values when the project is defined. The project/task organization list of values contains organizations that are of the project/task organization type in the organization hierarchy below the start organization associated with the project operating unit.
PA Period Type
For each operating unit, the PA period type is the period type associated with the operating unit (the PA Period Type field in the PA implementation options). Oracle Projects uses the periods in the PA Period Type defined in the calendar of the operating unit's set of books to populate each operating unit's PA periods. The PA periods are mapped to GL periods when generating accounting transactions. The PA periods also drive the project summary for Project Status Inquiry.
