Defining Activities

Define activities by:

Setting up common activities.
Defining your Activity-Based Management activities and properties.

Note: To expand on the delivered activity dictionary, use the Common Activities page. Time and Labor, Manufacturing, and Projects also use the activity dictionary. The Application Messaging feature in PeopleSoft EPM let these products automatically share data.

Pages Used to Define Activities

Page Name	Definition Name	Navigation	Usage
Common Activities	FS_ACTIVITY_TBL1	select Activity Based Management, then select Setup, then select Activities, then select Common Activities	Set up the activity dictionary used by Activity-Based Management and several other PeopleSoft applications such as Time and Labor, Manufacturing, and Projects.
Activities	ACT_TBL1	select Activity Based Management, then select Setup, then select Activities, then select Activities	Set up activities that your model uses to represent processes or procedures that cause work performance.
Activity Description Long	ACT_TBL2S	Click the Group Message button.	Enter additional comments about this activity.
Jobcode Profile	ACT_JOBCODE_TBL	Activity Based Management, Setup, Activities, Jobcode Profile.	Associate job code with the activity.

Common Activities Page

Use the Common Activities page (FS_ACTIVITY_TBL1) to set up the activity dictionary used by Activity-Based Management and several other PeopleSoft applications such as Time and Labor, Manufacturing, and Projects.

Navigation

select Activity Based Management, then select Setup, then select Activities, then select Common Activities

To set up common activities:

In the Used by group box, select Projects, and then enter a Project Type if PeopleSoft Projects will use this common activity.
Select Performance Measurement if EPM uses this common activity.

Note: Consider selecting both check boxes regardless of whether you will actually use the activity with either application because doing so makes the activity more flexible.

To delete the common activity, click the Delete button.

Activities Page

Use the Activities page (ACT_TBL1) to set up activities that your model uses to represent processes or procedures that cause work performance.

Navigation

select Activity Based Management, then select Setup, then select Activities, then select Activities

Image: Activities page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Activities page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

To set up activities:

Enter a Description for this activity, and then click the Group Message button to enter additional comments about this activity.
In the Owner ID field, enter the unique identifier of the user designated as the owner of the resource (for reporting purposes only).

Select the type of Activity Use for this activity:

Primary

Select for activities that represent a final result.

Secondary

Select for activities that are dependent on another primary activity, or that represent tasks not directly related to your organization's output.

Note: Selecting this value makes unavailable the Assignment Type and Activity Group Information group boxes unavailable.

Select a Consumption Pattern (which classifies activities for reporting purposes and does not affect the calculation of activities by the Activity-Based Management engine).

Administrative

Specifies an activity that supports an overall dimension for the organization.

Batch

Specifies an activity that must be performed for each batch or setup of work performed.

Unit

Specifies an activity that must be performed for each unit of product or service—the default.

Select a Value (High, Low, or Medium) to indicate the level of importance this activity has to your organization.

For primary activities, in the Assignment Type group box:

Target

Select to assign costs to this activity from a source activity or resource.

Source

Select to assign costs from this activity to another activity (if this is a secondary activity) or a target cost object.

Source and Target

Select to have the object serve both as the source and the target of values assigned from and to other objects.

(No selection)

Deselect both check boxes to neither have values derived from nor assigned to this object.

Select Sustaining if this is a product- or customer-sustaining activity.
In the Activity Group Information group box, specify whether the activity is Multi-dimensional or Single Dimensional. For a single dimensional activity, select the appropriate dimension for the activity: Channel, Customer, Department, or Prod/Serv (product/service).
Enter an Attribute ID to further categorize the activity.

Note: ABPS uses the Job Code Profile page to assign capacity to the job code that can do the activity better.