Using the Contracts WorkCenter

This topic provides an overview of the Contracts WorkCenter and discusses the following:

  • MyWork pagelet

  • Links pagelet

  • Queries pagelet

  • Reports and Processes pagelet

  • Contracts WorkCenter Dashboard

This section discusses:

  • Terms

  • Contracts WorkCenter

Terms

These terms are commonly used when referring to the Contracts WorkCenter:

Term

Definition

Alert

An alert in the events and notifications framework.

Exception

A report used to identify contract configuration or processing in need of review.

Pagelet Area

A collection of application-defined pagelets that contain links, task lists, and other content. This area is part of the PeopleTools framework, but the pagelet content is defined by individual product needs.

WorkCenter

A central work area that is used to increase the productivity of a specific role by streamlining and simplifying the job tasks. The left pane of a WorkCenter should help drive the transaction or work area for users to complete their tasks based on the functional area.

Contracts WorkCenter

The Contracts WorkCenter is designed for specific roles and provides a central area for users to access key components. The WorkCenter enables users to access various pages and keep multiple windows open while doing their daily work.

For a general understanding of WorkCenters and how to set up WorkCenters as an end user, see Working With and Personalizing the Classic WorkCenter As an End User

Click to watch a short video about PeopleSoft Contracts 9.2 WorkCenter.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Contracts WorkCenter Page

CA_WORKCENTER

View and edit various components.

Customer Contracts > Contracts WorkCenter

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

Contracts WorkCenter page

The WorkCenter navigation is located on the left side of the page and includes two main tabs: Main and Reports/Queries.

The two main tabs in the WorkCenter include these pagelets:

  • Main tab

  • My Work

  • Links

  • Reports/Queries

  • Queries

  • Reports and Processes

A Contracts WorkCenter Dashboard pane appears to the right of the navigation pane. A dashboard is a collection of information summaries that enable users to monitor different objects and data. Multiple grids display various data, such as Top Five Contracts, Most Recent Contracts, and metrics. You can select and edit required contracts from the Dashboard.

The My Work section of the Main tab includes links to pages that you may want to access frequently. The My Work section is where you need to take some type of action; it includes exceptions and alerts. All users can access all delivered components by default; however, system administrators can control access for the exceptions using User, Role, and Permission List security at the setup level of the WorkCenter framework.

The My Work section in the Contracts WorkCenter is divided into two groups:

  • Process Exceptions

  • Setup In Need of Review

Exceptions

This group contains these exceptions:

  • Billing Plans Requiring User Action

  • Revenue Plans Requiring User Action

  • Billing Events Not Processed

  • Revenue Events Not Processed

  • Posted Budget Amount <> Billing Limit

  • Contract Lines Missing Rate Set/Plan

  • Contracts Set to Expire

  • Incorrect Revenue Analysis Group

  • Undocumented Price Adjustments

  • LOC Doc ID not in Contracts

  • LOC Doc ID Not in Sponsor File

  • LOC Authorized Amount <> Limit Amount

  • Invalid Billing Plans

You can select required rows and perform necessary actions on the rows. This following section discusses each exception in detail.

Setup In Need of Review

This group contains these exceptions:

  • Closed Contracts With Open Projects

  • Contract Lines Missing Rate Set/Plan

  • PC ChartField Discrepancies

  • Contract Revenue Transition

  • Contracts for Activation

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Billing Plans Requiring User Action

CA_WC_BI_STATUS

View and edit billing plans that require user action.

Revenue Plans Requiring User Action

CA_WC_REV_STATUS

View and edit revenue plans that require user action.

Billing Events Not Processed

CA_WC_BI_EVENT

View and edit billing events not yet processed.

Revenue Events Not Processed

CA_WC_REV_EVENT

View and edit revenue plan events not yet processed.

Posted Budget Amount <> Billing Limit

CA_WC_GRANTS

View Grants Contracts where the posted budget amount <> Billing Limit on the contract line.

Contracts Set to Expire

GM_WC_AWD_EXPIRY

View contracts whose end date is approaching or where contract has expired.

Incorrect Revenue Analysis Group Page

CA_PC_WC_AN_GRP

View projects whose analysis group for reporting revenue does not agree with the contract identifier to separate billing and revenue.

Undocumented Price Adjustments

CA_WC_PRCADJ

Review undocumented price adjustments.

LOC Doc ID Not in Contracts

CA_WC_SPNSR_NOPS

Review letter of credit document IDs that have been uploaded through a Sponsor file but are not specified on any Contract or Contract Line.

LOC Doc ID Not in Sponsor File

CA_WC_SPNSR_NO_UPL

Review letter of credit document IDs that are used by Grants contracts but are not present in the sponsor files.

LOC Authorized Amount <> Limit Amount

CA_WC_SPNSR_LIMITS

Review details of the letter of credit data specified in the sponsor upload file as well as on a Contract Line when the authorized amount from the Sponsor file does not match the billing limit.

Invalid Billing Plans

CA_WC_BP_INACTV

Review invalid billing plans to identify issues with the contracts billing plans and update configuration data in bulk or individually, prior to processing billing of the contract.

Use the Billing Plans Requiring User Action page (CA_WC_BI_STATUS) to view and edit billing plans that require user action.

Navigation:

Customer Contracts > Contracts WorkCenter > Billing Plans > Requiring User Action

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Billing Plans Requiring User Action page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Billing Plans Requiring User Action page

The Billing Plans Requiring User Action page displays an application grid with billing plans in Pending, Action Required, and Hold Billing statuses. The grid includes three tabs: General, Detail, and Customer. You can select any row in the grid to perform a required action on the row.

The General tab displays fields such as Business Unit, Contract, Description, and Billing Plan Status. Some fields, such as Contract and Billing Plan ID, have links that users can click to access the respective contract header and billing plan pages.

The Detail tab displays Contract Administrator, Contract Type, Method of Payment, and Billing Specialist data. The Customer tab displays Bill to Customer and Sold to Customer data.

Field or Control

Description

Update Status

Select any Update Status after selecting any row in the application grid and click the Update button. Values are:

  • Change to Cancelled: Applicable only for Pending and Ready plans.

  • Change to Ready: Applicable only for Pending plans.

  • Remove Hold: Applicable only for Ready, Recycled, In Progress, and Action Required plans.

Based on the update status chosen, the selected rows in the grid are saved.

Note: If the selected rows update successfully, then they will not appear in the application grid.

Note: An error message column is visible in the grid when any of the selected rows has an error.

Refine Filter

Click to view and edit the predefined filter criteria for the Billing Plans Requiring User Action exception. Defined search criteria are:

  • Business Unit

  • Contract

  • Description

  • Contract Administrator

  • Contract Type

  • Sold To Customer

  • Customer

  • Billing Specialist

  • Billing Method

  • Billing Plan Status

  • Method of Payment

Refresh icon

Click this icon to refresh the grid.

Use the Revenue Plans Requiring User Action page (CA_WC_REV_STATUS) to view and edit revenue plans that require user action.

Navigation:

Customer Contracts > Contracts WorkCenter > Revenue Plans Requiring User Action

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Revenue Plans Requiring User Action page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Revenue Plans Requiring User Action page

The Revenue Plans Requiring User Action page displays an application grid with revenue plans in Pending, Action Required, and Hold statuses. The grid has two tabs: General and Detail. You can select any row in the grid to perform a required action on the row.

The General tab displays fields such as Revenue Plan, Revenue Plan Status, Hold, Revenue Recognition Method, and Lines. Some fields, such as Lines, display links to a secondary page, where you can see contract lines that are assigned to the selected revenue plan.

Field or Control

Description

Update Status

Select any Update Status after selecting any row in the application grid and click the Update button.

Values are:

  • Change to Cancelled: Applicable only for Pending and Ready plans.

  • Change to Ready: Applicable only for Pending plans.

  • Remove Hold: Applicable only for Ready, In Progress, and Action Required plans.

Based on the update status chosen, the selected rows in the grid are saved.

Note: If the selected rows update successfully, then they will not appear in the application grid.

Note: An error message column is visible in the grid when any of the selected rows has an error.

Refine Filter

Click to view and edit the predefined filter criteria for the Revenue Plans Requiring User Action exception.

Defined search criteria are:

  • Business Unit

  • Contract

  • Description

  • Contract Administrator

  • Contract Type

  • Sold To Customer

  • Revenue Recognition Method

  • Revenue Plan Status

Use the Billing Events Not Processed page (CA_WC_BI_EVENT) to view and edit billing plan events not yet processed.

Navigation:

Customer Contracts > Contracts WorkCenter > Billing Events Not Processed

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Billing Events Not Processed page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Billing Events Not Processed page

The Billing Events Not Processed page displays an application grid with events that are not processed in Pending, Ready, and Recycled statuses. The grid includes three tabs: General, Plan, and Detail.

The General tab displays fields such as Business Unit, Event Occurrence, Event Status, Event Type, and Currency Code. Some fields, such as Billing Plan ID, have links which users can click to access the Billing Plan General page.

The Plan tab displays Billing Plan Description, Billing Plan Status, Hold, Billing Method, Billing Specialist, and Bill to Customer data.

Field or Control

Description

Update Status

Select the Change to Ready action after selecting required rows in the application grid and then click the Update button. This action is applicable only for Pending events.

After the selected rows update, the event status changes to Ready and the rows are retained in the grid because Ready events are exceptions.

Note: An error message column is visible in the grid when any of the selected rows has an error.

Refine Filter

Click to view and edit the predefined filter criteria for the Billing Events Not Processed exception. Defined search criteria are:

  • Business Unit

  • Contract Description

  • Contract Administrator

  • Contract Type

  • Sold To Customer

  • Billing Method

  • Billing Plan Status

  • Event Date

  • Hold

  • Billing Specialist

  • Customer

  • Event Status

Use the Revenue Events Not Processed page (CA_WC_REV_EVENT) to view and edit revenue plan events not yet processed.

Navigation:

Customer Contracts > Contracts WorkCenter > Revenue Events Not Processed

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Revenue Events Not Processed page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Revenue Events Not Processed

The Revenue Events Not Processed page displays an application grid with events that are not processed in Pending and Ready statuses. The grid includes three tabs: General, Plan, and Detail. The Plan tab displays Description, Revenue Plan Status, Hold, and Revenue Recognition Method data.

Field or Control

Description

Update Status

Select the Change to Ready action after selecting required rows in the application grid and then click the Update button. This action is applicable only for Pending events.

After the selected rows update, the event status is changed to Ready and the rows are retained in the grid because Ready events are exceptions.

Note: An error message column is visible in the grid when any of the selected rows has an error.

Refine Filter

Click to view and edit the predefined filter criteria for the Revenue Events Not Processed exception. Defined search criteria are:

  • Business Unit

  • Contract

  • Description

  • Contract Administrator

  • Contract Type

  • Sold To Customer

  • Revenue Recognition Method

  • Accounting Date

  • Revenue Plan Status

  • Hold

  • Event Status

Use the Posted Budget Amount <> Billing Limit page (CA_WC_GRANTS) to view Grants Contracts where the posted budget amount <> Billing Limit on the contract line.

Navigation:

Customer Contracts > Contracts WorkCenter > Posted Budget Amount <> Billing Limit

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Posted Budget Amount <> Billing Limit page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Posted Budget Amount Billing Limit page

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

Total Budget Amount page

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

Limit Amount Details page

The Posted Budget Amount <> Billing Limit page displays an application grid with exceptions where the posted budget Amount of an award does not equal the billing limit for the post award (contracts) in Active status. The grid includes two tabs: General and Details.

The General tab displays fields such as Contract, Awarding Sponsor, Entered Sponsor Budget Amount, Posted Budget Amount, and Line Amount. Some fields, such as Entered Sponsor Budget Amount and Line Amount, contain links. You can click any Entered Sponsor Budget Amount data to access the Total Budget Amount page for Grants. Click any Line amount data to access the Contracts Limit Amount Details page.

The Details tab displays the Contract Type, Reference award number, Contract Administrator, and Post Award Administrator data.

Use the Contracts Set to Expire page (GM_WC_AWD_EXPIRY) to view contracts whose end date is approaching or where contract has expired.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Contracts Set to Expire page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Contracts Set to Expire page

Field or Control

Description

End Date

The end date displayed for each contract indicates the contract expired date.

Use the Incorrect Revenue Analysis Group page (CA_PC_WC_AN_GRP) to view projects whose analysis group for reporting revenue does not agree with the contract identifier to separate billing and revenue.

A project ID is identified as an exception if either of the following is true:

  • If a project is assigned to a contract that Separates As Incurred Billing and Revenue and the analysis group for Actual Revenue is not PSRV2 or the analysis group for Forecast Revenue is not FREV2. These analysis groups (PSRV2 and FREV2) are assumed to be used on projects assigned to contracts that separate billing and revenue.

  • If a project is assigned to a contract that does not Separate As Incurred Billing and Revenue and the analysis group for Actual Revenue is not PSREV or the analysis group for Forecast Revenue is not FREV. These analysis groups (PSREV and FREV) are assumed to be used on projects assigned to contracts that do not separate billing and revenue.

The following criteria are also being applied to more narrowly identify projects needing analysis:

  • Project effective status is Active.

  • Project is assigned to the user under My Projects.

  • Project is assigned to a rate based contract line.

  • Contract status is not Closed or Cancelled.

  • Contract line status is not Closed or Cancelled.

Navigation:

Customer Contracts > Contracts WorkCenter > Incorrect Revenue Analysis Group

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Incorrect Revenue Analysis Group Page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Incorrect Revenue Analysis Group Page

Field or Control

Description

Project

Click hyperlink to navigate to the corresponding Project General page to make necessary changes.

Use the Undocumented Price Adjustments page (CA_WC_PRCADJ) to review contracts where the difference between Total Billing and Total Revenue is not fully documented. These are considered contracts with undocumented price adjustments. This exception is applicable only for contracts that opt to Separate Fixed Billing and Revenue.

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

Undocumented Price Adjustments page

Field or Control

Description

Total Billing Amount Minus Total Revenue Amount

Displays the difference between the total billing amount and total revenue amount.

Documented Price Adjustment

Displays the summarized total from the Price Adjustments page on the contract.

Undocumented Price Adjustment

Displays an amount when Total Billing Amount minus Total Revenue amount does not equal the price adjustments entered on the Price Adjustments page.

Use the LOC Doc ID Not in Contracts (CA_WC_SPNSR_NOPS) page to review letter of credit document IDs that have been uploaded through a Sponsor file but are not specified on any Contract or Contract Line; specifically, those contracts whose Bill to Customer and LOC reference ID are the same as the Sponsor ID and LOC reference ID for the file uploaded.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the LOC Doc ID Not in Contracts page.

LOC Doc ID not in Contracts page

Click the Refine Filter Criteria link to edit the filter criteria that is used to retrieve the letter of credit data. Supply or change the filter values as needed and click OK.

Use the LOC Doc ID Not in Sponsor File (CA_WC_SPNSR_NO_UPL) page to review letter of credit document IDs that are used by Grants contracts but are not present in the sponsor files.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the LOC Doc ID Not in Sponsor File page.

LOC Doc ID Not in Sponsor File page

This page only captures values for contracts and Loc Doc IDs that share the same Bill to customer and LOC IDs as any of the Sponsor IDs and LOC IDs for the file uploaded before.

Field or Control

Description

Refine Filter Criteria

Click to edit the filter criteria that is used to retrieve the letter of credit data. Supply or change the filter values as needed and click OK.

Actions

Use this field to access the following pages for the specific letter of credit document ID:

  • Contract Attachments

  • Award Profile

  • Contracts Workbench

  • Letter of Credit Summary

  • Collections Workbench

Update Doc ID in Contract Line

Click this link to access the Available Document IDs page.

You can use the Available Document IDs page to select a letter of credit document ID from the Sponsor file and update the contract line letter of credit document ID using the Update button.

The Available Document IDs page only displays unused letter of credit document IDs corresponding to the bill to customer and letter of credit reference ID specified on the bill plan assigned to the selected contract line. In other words, the SetID, sponsor, and letter of credit ID must match those in an uploaded sponsor file to display values. If no letter of credit document ID values were uploaded for the particular bill to customer and letter of credit ID, no value is displayed.

Contract

Click this link to access the Contract - General information page for the specific letter of credit document ID.

Contract Line Number

Click this link to access the Contract - Lines page for the specific letter of credit document ID.

Billing Plan ID

Click this link to access the Billing Plan - General page for the specific letter of credit document ID.

Total Billed Amount

Click this link to access the Billing Plan - History page for the specific letter of credit document ID.

Update Status

Select one or more letter of credit document IDs, then select a billing plan status, either Place on Hold or Remove Hold.

You must click the Update button to change the status.

Update

Click this button to update the status of the selected letter of credit document ID.

Use the LOC Authorized Amount <> Limit Amount (CA_WC_SPNSR_LIMITS) page to review details of the letter of credit data specified in the sponsor upload file as well as on a Contract Line when the authorized amount from the Sponsor file does not match the billing limit.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the LOC Authorized Amount <> Limit Amount page.

LOC Authorized Amount Less Than Greater Than Limit Amount page

Field or Control

Description

Refine Filter Criteria

Click to edit the filter criteria that is used to retrieve the letter of credit data. Supply or change the filter values as needed and click OK.

Actions

Use this field to access the following pages for the specific letter of credit document ID:

  • Contract Attachments

  • Award Profile

  • Contracts Workbench

  • Letter of Credit Summary

  • Collections Workbench

Posted Budget Amount

Click this link to access the Sponsor Budget Amount Details page and review Project and Budget Period details. From here you can access the Project - General Information and Budget Details pages.

Contract ID

Click this link to access the Contract - General information page for the specific letter of credit document ID.

Billing Plan ID

Click this link to access the Billing Plan - General page for the specific letter of credit document ID.

Update Status

Select one or more letter of credit document IDs, then select a billing plan status, either Place on Hold or Remove Hold.

You must click the Update button to change the status.

Update

Click this button to update the status of the selected letter of credit document ID.

Use the Invalid Billing Plans page to review invalid billing plans to identify issues with the contracts billing plans and update configuration data in en masse or individually, prior to processing billing of the contract.

Navigation:

Customer Contracts > Contracts WorkCenter > Invalid Billing Plans

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Invalid Billing Plans page.

Invalid Billing Plans page

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Closed Contracts with Open Projects Page

CA_WC_OPENPROJ

View contracts in closed status whose project(s) are still in an open status.

Contract Lines Missing Rate Set/Plan

CA_WC_RATES

View rate-based contract lines that require user action.

PC ChartField Discrepancies

CA_WC_CF_DSCRPCY

View amount based contract lines where project ChartFields on the Accounting Distribution page are different from those on the Related Projects page.

Contract Revenue Transition

CA_WC_REVTRANS

As contracts are reviewed for the impact of the new accounting standard, use this page to update the status and expected impact on contracts in mass.

Contracts for Activation

CA_WC_ACTIVATE

To activate contracts in en masse or individually.

Use the Closed Contracts with Open Projects page (CA_WC_OPENPROJ) to view closed contracts in closed status whose project(s) are still in an open status.

Navigation:

Customer Contracts > Contracts WorkCenter > Closed Contracts with Open Projects

The Closed Contracts with Open Projects page displays an application grid with closed contracts for which the assigned projects are still open. The grid includes two tabs: General and Detail.

The General tab displays fields such as Business Unit, Contract, Description, and Billing Plan Status. Some fields, such as Contract and Billing Plan ID, have links which users can click to access the respective contract header and billing plan pages.

The Detail tab displays Contract Status, Contract Type, Project Type, Grants Project, Contract Administrator and Sold to Customer data.

Field or Control

Description

Refine Filter

Click to view and edit the predefined filter criteria for the Closed Contracts With Open Projects exception.

Working With and Personalizing the Classic My Work Pagelet As an End User

Use the Contract Lines Missing Rate Set/Plan page (CA_WC_RATES) to view rate-based contract lines that require user action.

Navigation:

Customer Contracts > Contracts WorkCenter > Contract Lines Missing Rate Set/Plan

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Contract Lines Missing Rate Set/Plan page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Contract Lines Missing Rate Set/Plan page

The Contract Lines Missing Rate Set/Plan page displays an application grid with rate-based contract lines for active contracts for which rate set or plan is not assigned. The grid includes two tabs: General and Detail. The Detail tab displays Sold to Customer and Product ID data.

Use the PC ChartField Discrepancies (CA_WC_CF_DSCRPCY) page to view amount based contract lines where project ChartFields on the Accounting Distribution page are different from those on the Related Projects page. Related Projects is used by Billing and Project Costing to identify project ChartFields at the line level whereas the Accounting Distribution page is used to generate accounting entries.

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

PC ChartField Discrepancies page

Field or Control

Description

Highest Level of Discrepancy

This field helps users identify more significant discrepancies between the Related Projects page and the Accounting Distribution page. For example, a difference in projects business unit is likely more significant than the differences in other ChartFields such as source type or category.

Use the Contract Revenue Transition (CA_WC_REVTRANS) page to update contract fields used during the transition to the new revenue accounting standard. Use this page to set Expected Impact and Transition Status fields for an individual contract or in mass. After the transition is completed for a business unit and the Revenue Convergence Complete check box is selected on the business unit, contracts in that business unit are excluded from the report.

Navigation:

Customer Contracts > Contracts WorkCenter > Contract Revenue Transition

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

Contract Revenue Transition page

Field or Control

Description

Total Revenue Adjustment

Displays the Total Revenue Adjustment amount entered on the Contracts General page.

Set Impacted by Revenue Transition to

Select one of the given options to update the contract:

  • Materially Impacted

  • Not Materially Impacted

  • Not Yet Determined

  • Post Transition

The report is refreshed after the update is processed.

Set Status of Revenue Transition to

Select one of the given options to update the contract:

  • Contract Updated

  • In Preliminary Review

  • Not Initiated

  • Post Transition

  • Review Complete

Update

Click to update the selected contract(s).

Use the Contracts for Activation page (CA_WC_ACTIVATE) to activate contracts in en masse or individually. This page includes contracts in PENDING status with at least one contract line.

Navigation:

Customer Contracts > Contracts WorkCenter > Contracts for Activation

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

Contracts for Activation page

Field or Control

Description

Contract Status

Select a contract status and then click the Update button.

The Links section of the Main tab includes additional links to pages related to contracts, such as Amendments, Contracts Workbench, and My Contracts. A system administrator can determine a list of links in this section that are available to end users. End users can personalize the required links they want to appear in their WorkCenter. Users can also place links to external pages in this section. For example, the UPK/Job Help Link is an external link that you can configure to launch your own UPK training or study resources.

A sample My Links pagelet with sample data is configured in the Contracts WorkCenter to help you create your own pagelet upon implementation.

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

Links page

Link

Group

Link Label

Configured By

Maintain Proposal

General

Default

Administrator

Contracts Information

General

Default

Administrator

Customer Information

General

Default

Administrator

Amendments

General

Default

Administrator

Prepaids

General

Default

Administrator

Contracts Workbench

General

Default

Administrator

My Contracts

General

Default

User

Define Plans

Billing

Default

Assign Plans

Billing

Default

Review Plans

Billing

Default

Administrator

Review Events

Billing

Default

Review As Incurred

Billing

Default

Administrator

Review Invoices

Billing

Default

Correct Interface Errors

Billing

Default

Administrator

Define Plans

Revenue

Default

Administrator

Assign Plans

Revenue

Default

Administrator

Review Plans

Revenue

Default

Administrator

Review Events

Revenue

Default

Administrator

Review As Incurred

Revenue

Default

Administrator

Fixed Fee Jrnl Acctg Lines

Revenue

Default

Administrator

As Incurred Jrnl Acctg Lines

Revenue

Default

Administrator

Redistribute Fixed Fee

Revenue

Default

Administrator

Redistribute As Incurred

Revenue

Default

Administrator

Reconcile Revenue to Billing

Revenue

Default

Administrator

Review and Manage Limits

Revenue

Default

Administrator

Collections Workbench

Revenue

Default

Administrator

Project Information

Project

Default

Administrator

Project Activities

Project

Default

Administrator

Project Team

Project

Default

Administrator

Project Status

Project

Default

Administrator

Accounting Rules

Project

Default

Administrator

UPK/Job Help Link

None

Default

User

Working With and Personalizing the Classic Links Pagelet As an End User

The Query section of the Reports/Queries tab includes links to Query Manager, public queries, private queries, and Pivot Grids. The system administrator can determine if an end user can add public queries. End users can personalize their private queries. When a user selects a query link, the results appear in the right pane of the WorkCenter or in a new window. You can save query results to Microsoft Excel.

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

Queries page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Queries - Transactions Priced not Billed page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Queries - Transactions Priced not Billed page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Pivot Grids - Transactions Priced Not Billed page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Pivot Grids - Transactions Priced Not Billed page

The Transactions Priced Not Billed pivot grid displays all priced project transactions that are grouped by contract and summed by contract line. The Transactions Priced Not Billed query supports this grid.

See the product documentation for:

Working With and Personalizing the Classic Queries Pagelet As an End User

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

My Projects Transactions Page

PTPG_PGVIEWER

Analyze projects based on activity, analysis type, source, category, and subcategory

Pivots grids are based on PSQueries and can display the results in a grid format, a chart format, or both. You use the Pivot Grid Wizard (Reporting Tools > Pivot Grid > Pivot Grid Wizard)to design how the page is displayed to the user.

Pivot Grids can be added as pagelets, to the Queries tab in a WorkCenter, or both.

Pivot Grids can be added as pagelets (on a user’s Home page) and to the Queries tab in a WorkCenter.

For additional information about pivot grids, see PeopleTools: Pivot Grid

Use the My Projects Transactions page (PTPG_PGVIEWER) to analyze projects based on activity, analysis type, source, category, and subcategory.

Navigation:

Customer Contracts > Contracts WorkCenterSelect the Reports/Queries tab. In the Queries section, Pivot Grids, select My Projects Transactions.

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

My Projects Transactions page

Field or Control

Description

Options icon

Select this icon to display menu options. These options can include:

  • Prompts: enables you to change grid search values

  • Export Data: enables you to export the data to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

  • Hide Chart/Display Chart

  • Chart Options: displays the user Charting Options window

  • Save

Use the Revenue Transition Impact page (PTPG_PGVIEWER) to analyze the impact of new revenue amounts on existing contracts based on Sold to Customer, Revenue Profile, Contract Role, Impact of Revenue Transition and Status of Revenue Transition.

Navigation:

Customer Contracts > Contracts WorkCenterSelect the Reports/Queries tab. In the Queries section, Pivot Grids, select Revenue Transition Impact.

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

Revenue Transition Impact page

The Reports and Processes section of the Reports/Queries tab includes links to reports and processes. The links takes you to the run control page for reports, processes, and the reporting console. The system administrator can determine whether an end user can configure their pagelet. The purpose of this pagelet is to minimize the number of clicks needed to access reports or processes and their results.

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

Reports/Processes page

The Reports/Processes section is divided into five groups:

  • Reports

  • Pricing and Cost Collection

  • Process Billing

  • Process Revenue

  • Monitor

See the product documentation for

Working With and Personalizing the Classic Reports and Processes Pagelet As an End User

This section discusses the grids in the WorkCenter Dashboard.

The primary purpose of the dashboard is to display a series of pagelets that provide metrics and pivot grids.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Contracts WorkCenter Dashboard Page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Contracts WorkCenter Dashboard Page

Some of the sections included in the dashboard are Top Five Contracts, Most Recent Contracts, Contract Product Group Metric, and Contract Status Metrics pivot grid.

All pagelets that appear in the Dashboard are preexisting in Contracts as part of the portal pack. However, Contract Status Metrics is a newly created pivot grid for this dashboard. The pivot grid displays a bar chart that represents the count of contracts by contract status. You can click each bar in the chart to view additional details about the contracts at the selected contract status.