Unit Entry

The Unit Entry screen allows you to enter unit pricing transactions.

General

In the General area, enter general information about the unit entry.

Field Description
  Suffix

Enter or select any active input document suffix that is available for the current document type. This can be used in reports to select or sort documents.

Source Company

Enter or select an active company. This is the company responsible for the document.

The selected Source Company must be defined in the unit posting group or equipment posting group for any selected Units or Equipment selected in the Line Items area.

Posting Date Enter or select the posting date. This date is used to associate the document with a posting period. The posting date must allow this document type as an input and its posting period must be in an Open or Pending Close stage.
Document Number

Enter a unique document number to identify this document.
This field automatically prepopulates and be read-only if an auto-counter has been defined for this type of document.

Document Date Enter or select the document date. The default is the current date.
  Total Quantity Displays the total quantity entered for units in the line items area.

Line Items

In the Line Items area, enter the details for each unit entry. The selections in Project, Task, Company, and Organization must be valid in relation to each other. Add attachments to line items as desired.

Field Description
  Copy Click the Copy button to display the Copy Assistant that allows you to view and select previous unit entry documents. When the Copy Assistant displays, the Unit Entry tab is highlighted.
Company

Enter or select a company. This field defaults to the Source Company. Only the Source Company or active or pending inactive companies that are in an established intercompany relationship with the Source Company can be selected.

If the line item Unit contains a value:

  • And unit type is labor, only companies on projects that allow Regular Labor or Labor Adjustments can be selected.
  • And the unit type is expense, only companies on projects that allow Regular Expense or Expense Adjustments can be selected.

If Unit or Equipment contain a value, only companies that have an active posting configuration in the unit posting group or equipment posting group can be selected.

If the Equipment value is updated for the line item, this field is automatically updated to the home company defined for the selected equipment.

Employee / Vendor

Enter or select an active employee or vendor associated with the unit. The selection in EVC Type defines if employees or vendors are available in this field. If the EVC Type field is updated, this field is cleared.

  Equipment

Enter or select an equipment code. This field is required when a Unit that requires equipment is selected. Only active equipment with the same unit type as the selected Unit can be selected.

When a Company is entered, only equipment that has an equipment posting group that has an active posting configuration for the company can be selected.

When this field is updated, the Company and Organization is updated to the home company and organization defined for the selected equipment.

If the Unit field is updated, this field is cleared.

  EVC Type

Select if the unit is for an Employee or Vendor.

  Location

Enter or select an active location. This defines where the work was performed and allows project charges to be analyzed by country or other location attributes.

When adding a new line item, Location defaults to the location from the employee expense report, if a location exists. Otherwise, Location will be blank.

Location is cleared if EVC Type changes from Vendor to Employee or Employee to Vendor.

Note: Location may be entered for a vendor and no change will occur.

Organization

Enter or select an organization. Only active organizations that belong to the line item's Company can be selected.

If the line item Unit contains a value:

  • And unit type is labor, only organizations on projects that allow Regular Labor or Labor Adjustments can be selected.
  • And the unit type is expense, only organizations on projects that allow Regular Expense or Expense Adjustments can be selected.

If the Equipment value is updated for the line item, this field is automatically updated to the home organization defined for the selected equipment.

  Project

Enter or select an active project. This field is required for labor type units.

If the line item Unit contains a value:And unit type is labor, only projects that allow Regular Labor or Labor Adjustments can be selected.And the unit type is expense, only projects that allow Regular Expense or Expense Adjustments can be selected.

If this value is updated and only one task exists on the project, the Task field is automatically updated.

  Project Description Enter text to further describe project information about the line item beyond the typical posting data. This field is only available when a Project is selected for the line item. This description is available in project reporting.
Quantity Enter the number of units for the line item.
  Sequence

Displays the sequence of the line item in the list.

  Task

Enter or select an active task that belongs to the selected Project.

If the line item Unit contains a value:

  • And unit type is labor, only tasks on projects that allow Regular Labor or Labor Adjustments can be selected.
  • And the unit type is expense, only tasks on projects that allow Regular Expense or Expense Adjustments can be selected.

This field is required when Project contains a value. If the Project value is updated and only one task exists on it, this field is automatically updated.

Transaction Date

Enter or select the transaction date. This date is used when the transaction is posted to the general ledger and subsidiaries. The default is the Document Date.

Unit

Enter or select a unit. Only active units with Unit Source Type = Company can be selected.

If Equipment is selected, the unit and equipment must have the same unit type. When this field is updated, the Equipment field is cleared.

When a Company is entered, only units that have a unit posting group that have an active posting configuration for the company can be selected.