Managing Activities when Project Costing is Installed

This topic discusses how to modify an activity.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Project Activities Page

SPA_PROJ_ACT

Add or Modify project activities. Project activities are used to indicate time spent related work on specific projects

Project activities are used to indicate the amount of time spent on specific projects.

Service Activities Page

SPB_SETID_ACTIVITY

Add or Modify service activities.

Service activities are used to indicate the amount of time spent on non project activities, such as sick time, meetings, and so on.

Activities by Service Page

SPB_SRC_ACT

Select a service and associate activities to it.

The activities will be available for selection on Work Orders for the related service.

Work Order Activities Page

SPF_WO_RATE_ACT (deliverable services -rate based),

SPF_PRGLOG_MS_PG (deliverable services – fixed price and milestone)

Select activities to associate with the work order.

For deliverable services that are rate based, fixed price, or milestone, the Add Ad Hoc Activities button is displayed for users who have the SP_ADD_WO_ADHOC_ACT role action.

When adding ad hoc activities to the Work Order Activities page, the system automatically adds the new activity to setup tables. After the activity is added to setup tables, the activity is considered as predefined and can be used for future work orders.

Understanding the Work Order Process Flow

Use the Project Activities page (SPA_PROJ_ACT) to modify project activities.

Navigation:

Services Procurement, Define Services Procurement, General Setup, Project /Activity Definitions, Project Activities

Modify the Description, Status, and Visibility fields as required.

Note: You can't modify the Business Unit, Project ID, or Activity ID fields for an existing activity. If the activity is no longer valid, you can change the status to Inactive.