This chapter provides an overview of PeopleSoft Project Costing and discusses:
PeopleSoft Project Costing business processes.
PeopleSoft Project Costing integration touchpoints.
PeopleSoft Project Costing implementation tasks.
The PeopleSoft Project Costing business processes are shown in this diagram:
PeopleSoft Project Costing business processes
We discuss these business processes in the business process chapters in this PeopleBook.
To use PeopleSoft Project Costing to full advantage, it is important to understand the integration points between Project Costing and the other PeopleSoft applications that you have purchased, such as the ones that are shown in this diagram:
PeopleSoft Project Costing integration flow with other applications
We cover integration considerations in the implementation chapters of this PeopleBook.
Supplemental information about third-party application integration is located on Oracle's My Oracle Support website.
Setup Manager enables you to review a list of setup tasks for your organization for the products that you are implementing. The setup tasks include the components that you must set up, listed in the order in which you must enter data into the component tables, and links to the corresponding PeopleBook documentation.
Project Costing also provides component interfaces to help you load data from the existing system into Project Costing tables. You can use the Excel to Component Interface utility with these component interfaces to populate Project Costing tables:
Component |
Component Interface |
Reference |
Define Standard Activities (FS_ACTIVITY_TBL) |
PC_STD_ACT_INTFC |
|
Project Costing Options (PC_BUS_UNIT_OPT) |
PROJECT_BU_OPTIONS |
|
Rate Sets (PC_RATE) |
PC_RATE_INTFC |
See Defining Rate Set Categories, Rate Sets, and Rate Plans. |
Rates by Employee (PC_RATE_EMPL) |
PC_RATE_EMPL_INTFC |
See Defining Rates for Employees, Job Codes, and Project Roles. |
Rates by Job Code (PC_RATE_JOBC) |
PC_RATE_JOBC_INTFC |
See Defining Rates for Employees, Job Codes, and Project Roles. |
Categories (PROJ_CATG_DEFN) |
PC_CATG_DEFN_INTFC |
|
Source Types (PROJ_RES_TYPE) |
PC_RES_TYPE_INTFC |
|
Subcategories (PROJ_SUBCAT_DEFN) |
PC_SUBCAT_DEFN_INTFC |
|
Accounting Rules (PSA_ACCT_SETUP) |
PSA_ACCT_SETUP_CI |
Other Sources of Information
In the planning phase of your implementation, take advantage of all PeopleSoft sources of information, including the installation guides and troubleshooting information. A complete list of these resources appears in the preface with information on where to find the most current version of each.
See Also
PeopleBooks and the Online Library
Enterprise PeopleTools PeopleBook: Setup Manager
Enterprise PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Component Interfaces