PeopleSoft Time and Labor

The system brings labor costs into PeopleSoft Project Costing whenever a user needs estimates for billing. To do this the system uses tables, enterprise integration points, and other processes that are delivered with PeopleSoft Project Costing and PeopleSoft Time and Labor.

To enable data transfer from PeopleSoft Time and Labor to PeopleSoft Project Costing during a payroll period, PeopleSoft Time and Labor uses an estimation process that is linked with Payroll to summarize hours and labor expenses. These estimates are brought into PeopleSoft Project Costing as transactions with an analysis type of Time and Labor Accruals. To facilitate billing from estimates, the system creates Time and Labor for Billing rows (TLB) as part of the estimate process. The monetary amounts of these estimates are close to what the eventual pro rata amounts will be after the payroll close, but they are subject to change.

When setting up integration between PeopleSoft Project Costing and PeopleSoft Time and Labor, remember that you are working in two separate databases—PeopleSoft Financials and PeopleSoft HRMS. Therefore, information must be present in both databases before you can begin.

Six project prompt tables (along with the Project Team and Project Status tables) in PeopleSoft Time and Labor are populated by integration with PeopleSoft Project Costing.

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The prompt tables are synchronized between PeopleSoft Financials and PeopleSoft HRMS by means of application messaging. Refer to the enterprise integration documentation for more information.