Job Types

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost shares some data entry fields with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting. Although the information for these fields is the same, the two systems use different field names: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost uses the term job type and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting uses the term business unit type. Because JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost shares the data in the Job Type field with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting, you might see JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting terminology on some of the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost forms. Job type information is used at the business unit level to group similar business units. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost uses the job type to report projected finals, and job type is a user-defined code (UDC) that you set up. When you set up a job, you can set a processing option to designate a specific job type as the default code.

Note: If you set up new job types, you must also set up corresponding user-defined codes in UDC table (51/PF) to generate projected finals for the job type.