Calculation Processes

The Service Charge module calculates the total Hotel Service Charge (HSC) or Beverage Service Charge (BSC) of the day, then divides by the total pool points for the day before adding each day’s calculation to obtain the voyage total.

Figure 25-13 Service Charge Overview

This figure shows the Service Charge Overview screen.

Table 25-4 Service Charge Dashboard Fields

Field Name	Description
Crew Name	Crew name.
External ID	Crew external ID.
Eligible Start Date	Date crew member reports for duty and eligible to service charge distribution.
Eligible End Date	Date crew member sign-offs from his/her duty and not entitled to service charge distribution thereafter.
Repatriation Date	Date crew member disembarks from the cruise.
Position	Crew member current Operational Position.
Hotel Service Charge	Amount accumulated from Hotel Service Charge pool and distributed to the crew member.
Bar Service Charge	Amount accumulated from all the Bar Service Charge pool and distributed to the crew member.
Paid	A Yes/No flag indicating whether the amount is paid to the crew member through Payroll system. When a crew has HBSC payout in Payroll system, the Paid column for the crew updates to Yes.
Mid Voyage/Home Port Repat	Denotes the whether the crew member entitlement to service charge is calculated based on a full voyage or partial. No: Full voyage calculation Yes: Partial voyage calculation Example 1: Current cruise Segment 1: 14 July to 17 July Current cruise Segment 2: 17 July to 22 July Crew eligible end date is 17 July Running a calculation on current cruise Segment 1 shows crew A mid cruise repatriation as NO Running a calculation on current cruise Segment 2 shows crew A mid cruise repatriation as YES Example 2: Current system date is 18 July Crew eligible end date is 18 July Running a calculation on cruise Segment 2 shows crew mid cruise repatriation as YES. The status only flag as NO when 18 July is the next voyage start date Example 3: Current cruise Segment 2: 17 July to 22 July Next voyage start date is 23 July instead of 22 July Crew eligible end date is 22 July Running a calculation on cruise Segment 2 shows crew mid cruise repatriation as YES
Days	Days calculated from cruise start date until crew service charge eligible end date (for mid cruise repat crew) or cruise end date. The program calculates the days until current system date if the cruise is the current cruise. For example: Current system date: 17 July Cruise period: 14 July until 17 July Normal Crew Crew eligible from 08 July 2011 until 08 July 2012 Day(s) counted = 3 days (14 July until 16 July) Repatriating Crew Crew eligible from 11 July 2011 to 14 July 2011 Day(s) counted = 1 days (14 July unto 14 July) Crew joined middle of the voyage Crew eligible from 15 July 2011 to 18 July 2011 Day(s) counted = 2 days (15 July 2011 until 16 July 2011) If the system date, eligible start date and eligible end date are same, example: 17 July, program return day count = 3 days instead of 1 day
Premiums
Date	Posting date of premium pay.
Premium Point	Premium work hour (approved in T&A module) x Pay rate. The pay rate refers to the premium work hour in Payroll, Interface Paycode.
Premium $ Calculated	Premium Pay amount.
Premium Code	Premium pay code.
Per Point Value	Point value as of last Calculate Total. If Calculate Total has yet been processed after new premium points appear, then the point value and amount will be zero until a recalculation is perform on the voyage.
Breakdown Calculations
Pool Type	The type of service charge pool that the crew is entitled.
Distribute to Crew	The calculated distribution amount from the service charge pool type to be paid to the crew member.
Pool Total Collected	The total amount collected by the pool.
Point	Service charge point per position.
Per Point Value	Eligible point value.
Mid Cruise Repat	Yes / No indicator of crew member in mid cruise repatriation.

Click the Overview button to access the Service Charge Dashboard.
The Service Charge Dashboard window appears blank when you first open. Click Show Details to populate the information.
The window is divided into three (3) sections. The columns and width of these sections are adjustable by dragging the column divider.
If there are no HSC or BSC posting to the voyage at the time the Calculate Total button is first pressed, no crew members will appear in the list. The BSC list appears only when the BSC has been charged and not HSC or visa-versa.