Work Type identifies the type of work done on a project and/or task. Work Type can identify whether this particular task is billable, capitalizable or for training; and assigns a weight to the level of utilization of the person performing the task.
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This task is only applicable for Peoplesoft Project Resource Management.Many metrics in Project Analytics Resource Management solution depends on the work type. For example, Training Hours considers only those tasks which are of type Training. In PeopleSoft Resource Management, Resource tasks are managed with a set of predefined task categories that are delivered with PeopleSoft Resource Management, and user definable categories that are available for tasks that are specific to the organization. However, in Peoplesoft Resource Management UI, there is no way to specify the work type associated with these task categories. The Task Types defined in PeopleSoft Resource Management is mapped to Work type Dimension. Work Type Dimension for PeopleSoft is not applicable for other Project Subject areas except Resource Management.
To Configure Projects Resource Management Work Type Dimension for PeopleSoft: