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After you create your cost code structures, you can create a chronological job schedule for the tasks within each job. You can set up your job schedules on your system, or you can download your cost code structure to a PC and use a PC scheduling tool, such as the Primavera Project Planner, to set up your job schedule. To do so, you must first link your system to the PC scheduling tool.
Complete the following tasks:
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Linking to Primavera
Downloading Schedule Information
If you schedule your jobs on a PC using the Primavera Project Planner, you must set up the link between your cost code structure and the Primavera Project Planner.
The link between the Job Cost system and the Primavera Project Planner is described below.
Job Cost | Primavera |
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Business unit category codes 21, 22, or 23 | Project |
Schedule number or cost code | Activity |
Cost type | Cost account |
Account category codes 21, 22, or 23 | Resource and resource designator |
The information in the following table describes how to set up the link.
From Job Cost (G51), choose Job Cost PC Interfaces
From Job Cost PC Interfaces (G5124), choose JD Edwards World to Primavera Download
You can use a PC to set up your job schedules. After you set up the link between the Job Cost system and the Primavera Project Planner, you can download your cost code structure information to a PC. To do so, run the JD Edwards World to Primavera Download program.
When you run the JD Edwards World to Primavera Download program, the system creates a table that can be downloaded to a PC and imported into Primavera. The table contains the following through the date that the table was created:
Project
Activity
Resource
Resource designator
Cost account
Actual amounts and units
After you run the program, the Job Cost system can print a report that indicates what information has been downloaded. The system can also print a report showing accounts that could not be downloaded. You can use this information to identify and correct problems. You specify the report format in the processing options for the JD Edwards World to Primavera Download program.
See Also:
The Primavera Project Planner User's Guide.