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1 Introduction

• About the Guide
• Overview of Implementing Project Financial Management and Grants Management
• Rapid Implementation of Project Financial Management Applications

2 Project Organizations

• Set Up Organizations
• Load Project Organizations Using HCM Data Loader
• Considerations for Implementing Project Financial Management Without an Organization Hierarchy
• FAQs for Project Organizations
  • What happens if I disable an organization as a project expenditure organization that has pending transactions?
• Project Unit Options
  • Manage Project Unit Options
  • Project Unit Components
  • Example of Using Multiple Project and Business Units
  • FAQs for Project Unit Options
    • How can I associate a business unit with a project unit?
    • What happens if I change the organization hierarchy type that's available for Project Financial Management applications?
    • What happens if I remove organization classifications from the list of selected classifications that are available for project applications?
    • What happens to project and task owning organizations and project expenditure organizations if human resource organizations are reorganized?
    • What's a project expenditure organization?
    • What's a project and task owning organization?
    • What's the difference between organizations and organization hierarchies?
    • What happens if I select Automatic as the project numbering method?
    • What's the difference between the project unit organization code and name?
    • What budgets and forecasts are included in the summarization?
    • What happens when I select a planning amount allocation basis for the project unit?
• Project Unit Set Assignments
  • Example of Set Association with Financial Plan Types
  • Set Assignments and Project Data
  • Examples of Partitioning Project Data Using Set Determinants
• Project Business Unit Options
  • Options for Business Units to Work with Projects
  • Options to Maintain Accounting Periods and Project Accounting Periods
  • FAQs for Project Business Unit Options
    • How can I set up common accounting and project accounting periods?
    • How can I set up project accounting periods that are different from accounting periods?
    • What's the difference between a project accounting period, an accounting period, and a general ledger period?
    • What happens if I close an accounting or project accounting period permanently?
    • Can I change a project accounting period date range?

3 Project Foundation Configuration: Overview

• Overview of Define Project Foundation Configuration

4 Project Foundation Configuration: Types and Categorizations

• Revenue Categories
  • Example of Revenue Categories
  • FAQs for Revenue Categories
    • What's a revenue category?
• Expenditure Categories and Types
  • Example of Expenditure Classifications
  • Expenditure Type Classes
  • Considerations for Expenditure Type Class of Allocation Transactions
  • Expenditure Types
  • FAQs for Expenditure Categories and Types
    • Can I update or delete an expenditure category?
    • Can I assign multiple expenditure type classes to an expenditure type?
    • Can I designate cost of removal and proceeds of sale amounts when processing retirement costs?
    • Can I update or delete an expenditure type?
    • What's an expenditure category?
• Project Class Categories
  • Considerations for Setting Up Class Categories
• Work Types
  • Work Types for Billing
  • FAQs for Work Types
    • What's a work type?
• Project Statuses
  • Manage Project Statuses
  • Project Status Change Workflow
  • FAQs for Project Statuses
    • What are the attributes that I can configure for approval workflow?
    • Who can receive the approval workflow notifications?
    • Can the approval workflow update the project status after each approval in serial workflow?

5 Project Foundation Configuration: Project Roles

• Project Roles in Budgeting and Forecasting
• FAQs for Project Roles
  • What's a project role?
  • What's the difference between a job title and a project role?

6 Project Foundation Configuration: Project Resources

• Resource Classes
  • Resource Classes
• Job Mappings
  • Job Mapping
  • Create Job Mapping
  • FAQs for Job Mappings
    • How can I map a human resource job to a project job?
    • What's a job set?
• Nonlabor Resources
  • What's a nonlabor resource?
  • How to Determine Nonlabor Cost Rates
  • Turn Equipment into Nonlabor Resources
  • What's a nonlabor resource organization?

7 Project Foundation Configuration: Rate Schedules and Costing Rules

• Rate Schedules
  • Rate Schedule Types
  • How Labor Cost Rates Are Calculated
  • FAQs for Rate Schedules
    • What's the order of precedence for cost rate determination?
• Labor Costing Multipliers
  • Example of Creating Labor Costing Multipliers
• Labor Costing Rules
  • Labor Costing Rules
  • Example of Defining Labor Costing Rules
• Labor Costing Overrides
  • Options for Setting Up Labor Costing Overrides
• Labor Costing Business Unit Options
  • How Overtime Calculation Components Work Together
• Organization Costing Rules
  • Organization Costing Rule Components

8 Project Foundation Configuration: Project Resource Breakdown Structures

• Planning and Billing Resource Breakdown Structures
  • How You Set Up Planning Resource Breakdown Structures
  • Billing Resource Breakdown Structures
  • How to Use Resource Formats and Resource Classes to Create Planning Resources
  • Resource Formats
  • How Resource Mapping is Calculated
  • How Resources are Mapped When Update Financial Project Plan and Progress is Submitted
• Reporting Resource Breakdown Structures
  • Reporting Resource Breakdown Structure Versions
• FAQs for Project Resource Breakdown Structures
  • Can I add new resource formats?
  • Can I add new billing resource breakdown structures?
  • What's a default planning resource breakdown structure?
  • What's a primary resource breakdown structure?
  • What's the difference between a planning, billing, and reporting resource breakdown structure?
  • What happens if I change a name used in a resource combination on a resource breakdown structure?
  • Why can't I change the name of a planning resource?
  • Why can't I find persons in the list of resources when I enter team members, planning resources, or person rate schedules?
  • What happens when I delete a resource from a non-project specific planning resource breakdown structure?
  • What are the resource types supported in the FSM export and import process?

9 Project Foundation Configuration: Burdening

• Burden Cost Base Types, Bases, and Codes
  • How Burden Costs Are Calculated
  • Example of Creating Burden Cost Bases
  • Example of Creating Burden Cost Codes
  • FAQs for Burden Cost Base Types, Bases, and Codes
    • What's a cost base type?
    • When do I assign an expenditure type to a burden cost code?
    • How can I track the burden cost as direct cost in the Federal Financial Report?
• Burden Structures
  • Example of Defining Burden Structures
  • Examples for Additive and Precedence Burden Structures
  • How Burden Structure Components Work Together
  • FAQs for Burden Structures
    • Why is burden cost missing on a transaction?
• Burden Schedules
  • How Burden Schedule Components Work Together
  • Burden Multipliers for New Organizations: How They Are Added to Burden Schedules
  • Recalculate Burden Costs
  • Burden Cost Calculations Test
  • FAQs for Burden Schedules
    • How can I prepare for creating burden schedules?
    • What's a burden schedule?
    • What's burden costing?
    • What's the difference between a firm burden schedule and a provisional burden schedule?
    • Why can't I select a hierarchy tree version for the default organization hierarchy while creating burden schedules?
    • What happens if I recalculate burden costs?

10 Project Foundation Configuration: Project Types

• Considerations for Burden Cost Options for Project Types
• Capitalization Options for Project Types
• Example of Project Types Association with Class Categories
• FAQs for Project Types
  • Can I update the capitalization options for a project type?

11 Project Foundation Configuration: Project Numbering

• Considerations for Setting Up Project Numbering
• Can I change the project number for an existing project?

12 Project Foundation Configuration: Action Controls

• Action Controls

13 Project Foundation Configuration: Distribute and Install Desktop Integrator Client

• How Project Costs are Imported
• Document and Document Entry Edit Options of Predefined and Third-Party Sources
• FAQs for Distribute and Install Desktop Integrator Client
  • Can I change the source and document for transactions after exporting them to Oracle Fusion Project Costing?
  • What's the difference between Export to Excel and desktop integration for Excel?
  • Why can't I find the business unit in the downloaded desktop Excel integration spreadsheets?

14 Project Control Configuration

• Overview of Oracle Project Control Configuration

15 Project Control Configuration: Period Profiles

• Period Profiles

16 Project Control Configuration: Spread Curves

• Spread Curves
• Calculate Project and Financial Plan Period Amounts Using Daily Spread Basis
• Examples of Distribution Factor Calculations for Spread Curves

17 Project Control Configuration: Financial and Project Plan Types

• Financial and Project Plan Types
• Considerations for Selecting Rate Schedules for Project and Financial Planning
• Create Financial Plan Types
• Create Project Plan Types
• Financial Plan Types Included in Summarization
• FAQs for Financial and Project Plan Types
  • What happens if I edit a financial or project plan type after using it on a project?
  • Why can't I select some financial plan types when generating a budget version while setting a baseline for the financial project plan?
  • Why can't I enable budgetary control on a financial plan type?
  • What's a baseline financial project plan?

18 Project Control Configuration: Financial Plans

• Workflow of Budget and Forecast Approvals
• Security Privileges for Budgets and Forecasts
• Options for Planning Amounts in Financial Plan Versions
• How Task Dates Work with Assignment Dates
• Project Date Cascade Options

19 Project Control Configuration: Import Processes from Third-Party Applications

• Import Financial Project Plans
• Import Project Budgets
• Import Project Forecasts

20 Project Integrations

• How Microsoft Project Works with Project Financial Management
• How Enterprise Performance Management Works with Project Management

21 Project Costing Configuration: General Costing Setup

• Overview of Project Costing Configuration
• How Time and Labor Works with Project Costing
• Project Transaction Sources
  • Transaction Sources
  • How Source, Document, and Document Entry Components Work Together
  • Transaction Source Options
  • Transaction Document Import and Accounting Options
  • FAQs for Project Transaction Sources
    • Can I assign a document to multiple sources?
    • Can I create documents and document entries for predefined transaction sources?
    • Can I delete transaction sources, documents, and document entries?
    • Can I allow adjustments and reversals for all transactions in a document entry?
    • Can I change the source and document for transactions after exporting them to Oracle Fusion Project Costing?
• Project Process Configurator
  • Overview of Project Process Configurator
  • Asset Line Grouping Configurator
    • Asset Line Grouping Configurator
    • Associate Asset Line Grouping Method with Project Types
  • Project Burden Cost Grouping Configurator
    • Project Burden Cost Grouping Configurator

22 Project Costing Configuration: Capital Projects

• Asset Cost Allocation Methods
• FAQs for Capital Projects
  • What's a standard unit cost method?
  • Can I designate cost of removal and proceeds of sale amounts when processing retirement costs?
• Capitalized Interest
  • Capitalized Interest Setup
  • Capitalized Interest Setup Options
  • How Capitalized Interest Rate Schedule Components Work Together
  • How Capitalized Interest Rate Attributes Work Together
  • Capitalized Interest Calculation
  • FAQs for Capitalized Interest
    • What's a capital interest stop date?

23 Project Costing Configuration:Labor Distribution

• How can I integrate Oracle Payroll and Labor Distribution for automated payroll distribution?
• Create Payroll Elements

24 Project Costing Configuration: Borrowed and Lent Accounting

• Borrowed and Lent Business Unit Options
  • Cross-Charge Options for Project Business Units
  • Prerequisites for Setting Up Business Unit Options for Cross-Charge Transactions
  • FAQs for Borrowed and Lent Business Unit Options
    • What's the difference between intercompany billing and interproject billing?

25 Project Costing Configuration: Project Costing Integrations

• How Project Costing Integrates with Oracle Applications
• Project Costs Capture
• Enable Accounted Costs Import for Closed Project Periods
• Time and Labor and Project Costing Integration Setup
• Project-Related Accounts Derivation for Oracle Applications
• How can I enable budgetary control for project-specific procurement for an inventory or work order destination?
• FAQs for Budgetary Control Integration
  • Can I perform budgetary control validation for cross-charge transactions?
• FAQs for Purchasing Integration
  • Where do I provide project information for project-related requisitions and supplier invoices?
• FAQs for Payables Integration
  • How can I validate distribution sets for projects information?
• FAQs for Inventory Integration
  • How can I define bill rates for inventory items?

26 Project Billing Configuration: Overview

• Overview of Project Billing Configuration

27 Project Billing Configuration: Configure Contracts for Project Billing

• Define Document Sequences
  • Document Sequences
  • Document Sequence Categories
  • Guidelines for Managing Document Sequences
• Project Contract Business Unit Options
  • Contract Components for Internal Billing
  • Project Components for Internal Billing
  • FAQs for Project Contract Business Unit Options
    • Can I create a contract for intercompany billing with transfer price rules?

28 Project Billing Configuration: General Project Billing Setup

• Invoice and Revenue Method Components
• Invoice and Revenue Method Classifications
• Project Invoicing Options
  • How Project and Contract Invoice Components Work Together
  • Specify the Unit of Measure for Invoice Lines Sent to Oracle Receivables
  • Invoice Formats
  • FAQs for Project Invoicing Options
    • What's an invoice method?
    • What's an invoice method classification?
• Project Revenue Options
  • How Project and Contract Revenue Components Work Together
  • FAQs for Project Revenue Options
    • What's a revenue method?
    • What's a revenue method classification?

29 Project Billing Configuration: Project Billing Business Unit Options

• Customer Contract Management Business Function Properties
  • Customer Contracts Business Unit Setup
  • Contract Terms Library Business Unit Setup
• FAQs for Project Billing Business Unit Options
  • Why can't I locate an invoice?

30 Project Billing Configuration: Intercompany Project Billing

• Intercompany Balancing Rules
• Example of Intercompany Balancing Rules
• Example of Additional Intercompany Balancing and Clearing Options
• Project Material Return Authorization: Overview
• FAQs for Intercompany Project Billing
  • Why can't I see the internal billing details on a contract?

31 Project Billing Configuration: Transfer Pricing

• Transfer Price Rules
  • Transfer Price Rules
  • Examples of Transfer Price Rates
  • FAQs for Transfer Price Rules
    • What's a transfer price rule?
    • Can I select any burden schedule or bill rate schedule for a transfer price rule?
• Transfer Price Schedules
  • Transfer Price Schedules
  • FAQs for Transfer Price Schedules
    • What happens if I change a transfer price rule or transfer price schedule?

32 Project Billing Configuration: Customer Billing Configuration for Project Billing

• Transaction Sources
  • Guidelines for Transaction Numbering
  • AutoInvoice and Sales Credit Information
  • How AutoInvoice Validates Imported Transactions
  • FAQs for Transaction Sources
    • What do I create before creating transaction sources?
    • How can I manage credit memos with transaction sources?
    • What happens if I don't enter an AutoInvoice grouping rule?
    • What happens if I don't create a clearing account?

33 Project Performance Reporting Configuration

• Overview of Oracle Project Performance Reporting Setup
• Considerations for Selecting Planning Amount Allocation
• KPI Components
• Create Performance Measures Based on Existing Measures
• Examples of Performance Measure Formulas
• Enable Access to the Project Performance Dashboard
• Import Project Key Performance Indicators
• FAQs for Project Performance Reporting
  • What's the difference between effort-based, amount-based, and percentage-based performance measures?
  • What's the difference between key performance indicator and performance measure?
  • What's a KPI period determination date?
  • Can I track KPI values at the task and resource level?

34 Set Up Programs

• Set Up Programs
• Manage Program Options
• Manage Performance Measures
• Manage Conversion Rates
• Update Program Performance Data
• Program Description Lookup Values
• How can I enable program managers to capture additional program details during program creation?

35 Project Templates

• How Expenditure Item Chargeable Status is Determined
• Project Quick Entry
• Financial Plan Types Included in Summarization
• Transaction Controls
• Examples for Using Class Categories
• FAQs for Project Templates
  • Can I override the billable status of an expenditure item?

36 Grants Management Configuration

• Overview of Grants Management Configuration
• Prerequisites to Create an Award Contract
• Manage Institutions
• Manage Sponsors
• Create a Grants Customer
• Manage Grants Business Unit Implementation Options
• Import Keywords
• Import Grants Personnel
• Import Funding Sources
• FAQs for Grants Management Configuration
  • How can I get access to a business unit to create an award and contract?
  • How can I define grants personnel?
  • How can I define the budget periods in an award template?
  • What's an institution audit?
  • Why can't I delete this institution?
  • How do I define the financial plan type to create an award project budget?

37 Public Business Events

• Public Business Events
• Public Events for Project Financial Management
• Public Events for Financial Project Plan Changes
• Public Events for Plan Status Changes
• Public Events for Publishing Financial Project Progress
• Public Events for Project Status
• Public Events for Unplanned Project Costs

38 Auditing

• Audit for Project Management Objects
• Transaction Analysis for Project Costs
• Transaction Analysis for Project Planning Resource Assignments

39 Application Composer

• Configuring Project Financial Management Applications
• Create a Child Object for Financial Projects

40 Page Composer

• Extend the Manage Project Financial Settings Page with Parameters