This chapter contains the following topics:
This section discusses:
Creating change requests.
Creating planned change orders and change orders.
The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Change Management system is a flexible system of interrelated programs that lets you create a change management process to suit the organization. You can set up a very simple process by using only change requests to track changes to the accounts that are affected by changes to a job. You can also create a more comprehensive process to automatically move change requests through an approval process; send information about changes to other JD Edwards EnterpriseOne systems, such as JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Subcontract Management and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Contract and Service Billing; and track details about changes to a job.
The change management process begins with change requests. You create change requests to track changes such as those to costs or to accounts charged or credited. When you create a change request, you assign detail status codes to each line item of account distribution information. These detail status codes indicate the line item's current stage in the approval process. As you revise account distribution information for a line item, you can update the status codes to move the change request to the next approval stage. If you set up the detail status codes to refer to account ledgers, you can automatically update ledgers with revised amounts when you update the status of a change request.
After you create change requests, you can group related change requests by attaching them to planned change orders (PCOs). You can group related PCOs by attaching them to change orders (COs). Grouping change requests and PCOs makes it easier to locate information about related changes.
After you create change requests, you might need to modify them.
As a job progresses, you might need to modify change requests. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Change Management system lets you set a processing option so that the system creates an audit trail. When you set the Audit Trail processing option, the system writes information to the Account Ledger table (F0911).
You can also track changes by generating requotes. A requote is a version of the change request. When you modify a change request, you can save the modified version as a requote. Then, when you need to view a history of changes, you can view the versions to compare the changes.
As the job progresses, you change the status of the change requests that are associated with it. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Change Management system lets you create detail status codes that you use to track the approval stage of the change request. You can associate ledger types with detail status codes. When you assign a status code that has a ledger type associated with it to a line item on a change request, you can update the appropriate ledger from the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Change Management system. You can update detail status codes individually, or you can use the Global Status Update program to update numerous accounts simultaneously.
You can review the history of modifications made to a change request by viewing requotes; account ledger history; and by viewing original, quoted, and final amounts for affected accounts. You can also review all of the change requests for a job that have the same cost code, cost type, supplier, or ledger type.
The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Change Management system uses these tables: