Reviewing and Loading Data to PeopleSoft Project Costing Tables

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Time and Labor Interface Page

INTFC_PROJ_TL_01

Review data that is moved from the HCM database to the Project Time and Labor Interface staging tables in the Financials database before it is loaded into the Project Transaction table.

Time and Labor Page

PC_TL_TO_PC

Run the Time and Labor to Project Costing Application Engine process (PC_TL_TO_PC) that moves time and labor data from the Project Time and Labor Interface staging tables into the Project Transaction table.

Transaction List Page

PROJECT_EXPRESSG

View PeopleSoft Time and Labor data in the Project Transaction table.

Use the Time and Labor Interface page (INTFC_PROJ_TL_01) to review data that is moved from the HCM database to the Project Time and Labor Interface staging tables in the Financials database before it is loaded into the Project Transaction table.

Navigation:

Project Costing > Review Costs > Time and Labor Interface > Time and Labor Interface

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

Time and Labor Interface page

Make any necessary adjustments to transactions brought over from PeopleSoft Time and Labor before moving them to the Project Transaction table.

Field or Control

Description

Department

Department ID from PeopleSoft Time and Labor.

Transaction Date

Date for which work was reported in PeopleSoft Time and Labor.

Accounting Date

Pay period ending date.

Time Reporting Code

Element of compensation or group of several elements in which the system collects labor data, hours, amounts, or units worked.

Quantity

Number of hours worked. This field is blank if it is not applicable based on your PeopleSoft Time and Labor setup.

Transaction Currency

Currency in which the labor transaction is reported. This value is maintained in the Foreign Currency field.

Transaction Amount

Transaction amount that reflects estimated or actual labor cost. When actual cost processing occurs, the multicurrency engine converts this amount to the project business unit amount based on the project business unit's base currency.

Use the Time and Labor page (PC_TL_TO_PC) to run the Time and Labor to Project Costing Application Engine process (PC_TL_TO_PC) that moves time and labor data from the Project Time and Labor Interface staging tables into the Project Transaction table.

Navigation:

Project Costing > Cost Collection > Cost Collect Time and Labor

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

Time and Labor page

Use this page to select the processing option, and click Run to initiate the Time and Labor to Project Costing process.

Field or Control

Description

Load time from flat file

Select to import time data from a flat file. If selected, the Flat File group box appears.

Select Estimates to load data from the flat file into the Project Time and Labor Interface estimates staging table (INTFC_PROJ_EST).

Select Actuals to load data from the flat file into the Project Time and Labor Interface actuals staging table (INTFC_PROJ_ACT).

Enter the flat file name and its directory path in the File Name field.

Process Actuals

Select to process all actuals. This option moves PeopleSoft Time and Labor data from the Project Time and Labor Interface actuals staging table into the Project Transaction table.

Request Estimates

Select to request all estimates data to be sent from the Project Time and Labor Interface estimates staging table into the Project Transaction table.

Note: Labor amounts that differ from the business unit currency are converted during the integration process if the appropriate exchange rates are set up.

Loading Time from a Flat File

This process reads from the flat file and loads time to the same interface tables that are used to integrate with the PeopleSoft Time and Labor system. Two file layout objects are provided for this feature:

  • PROJ_ACTUAL_TIME

  • PROJ_ESTIMATED_TIME

Before running the process from the run control page, be sure that the order of time data fields in the flat file matches the order of fields in the delivered file layout definitions on a one-to-one basis. If it does not, change the order of the data fields in either the flat file or the file layout definition.

The process supports comma-separated, value files (*.csv).

Billing for Labor Transactions

When the Project Transaction table is populated with labor data, the estimated gross rows are identified with an analysis type of TLA. Each transaction ID on these rows has an A suffix. Identical rows are also created with an analysis type of TLB and a transaction ID suffix of B for billing purposes.

A subsequent run of the process, to extract estimated gross rows from PeopleSoft Time and Labor, deletes all TLA rows. In addition, it replaces TLB rows that have not created unbilled billing rows that have been billed, which is indicated by a billing distribution status of W (worksheet) or D (done), with the updated estimated gross amounts.

See also, PeopleTools: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler