Timesheet Options Tab

Use the fields in the Timesheet Options tab to control timesheet entry or import functionality.

Contents

Field Description
Require labor location

Select this checkbox to require that a labor location be entered for each timesheet line. In order to access the Manage Wage Determination Rates and Manage Wage Determination Fringe Charge Codes screens, you must select both the Enable wage determination functionality and Require labor location checkboxes.

Allow edit of timesheet line GLC

Select this checkbox to allow changes to the General Labor Category (GLC) on each timesheet line. If you do not select this checkbox, the GLC is still stored on each timesheet line, but is filled in from the Default tab of the Manage Employee Information screen. This checkbox is selected as the default when you first enter this screen.

Allow edit of timesheet line workers' compensation code

Select this checkbox to allow edit of the workers' compensation code (the WC field) on the timesheet line.

Enable pay type restrictions

Select this checkbox to enable the Manage Pay Type Restrictions screen, where you establish the pay types that cannot be used for a given project, but can optionally be used for a given location and labor group/union. It also enables the related automatic editing of the timesheet line pay type being charged based upon the entries on the Manage Pay Type Restrictions screen.

Use reference dates in correcting and labor-only timesheets

Select this checkbox to use the reference date to determine the rate when entering Correcting or Labor Only timesheets.

Allow generation of negative LWOP timesheet lines

Selecting this checkbox to enable the automatic negative LWOP timesheet line generation functionality in the timesheet applications.

When you select this checkbox, the screen enables the following options, which determine how existing negative LWOP timesheet lines are handled when a user selects to create negative LWOP timesheet lines for a timesheet:

  • Exclude timesheets with existing negative LWOP lines: Select this option to exclude timesheets with existing negative LWOP lines from the application processing. If a timesheet for an employee has any negative LWOP lines in the input file, the application will not delete the negative LWOP lines and will skip that timesheet when it generates negative LWOP TS lines.
  • Delete and regenerate existing negative LWOP lines: Select this option to delete all existing negative LWOP lines from the file regardless of whether they are linked to a positive LWOP line. The application will then generate new negative LWOP lines for any positive LWOP lines.
Use standard rates to calculate labor cost

Select this checkbox to use standard (or effective) hourly rates for calculating labor costs. To use this feature, enter, on the Manage Employee Information screen, the estimated hours to be worked per year by employees. Costpoint calculates the standard (or effective) hourly rate (annual salary divided by the number of estimated hours) and uses this figure to calculate labor cost on the timesheet line.

Standard Variance Account

Use this field to generate a separate timesheet line that shows the difference between total labor cost at the standard rate and the employee's salary amount if the Standard Variance button is clicked on the Manage Timesheets screen during timesheet entry. This field is available and required only if you selected the Enable checkbox. Enter a General Ledger (GL) account or click to select your account.

Effective Bill Date Options

Field Description
Effective Bill Date Source

From the drop-down list, select the method that will be used to default the effective bill date when you enter or import timesheets. Valid options are:

  • Subperiod End Date: Select this option to have the last day of the timesheet's subperiod default as the effective bill date when you enter or import timesheets.
  • Timesheet Date: Select this option to have the timesheet date default as the effective bill date when you enter or import timesheets.
  • Timesheet Line Date: Select this option to use the timesheet line date as the default effective bill date of timesheets that you enter or import. If there is no timesheet line date, timesheet applications will use the timesheet date as the default effective bill date value. If the timesheet type is either D-Correcting or C-Correcting, and the Effective Bill Date Options - Use Reference Date in Correcting Timesheets checkbox is selected, but there is no timesheet line date; then the applications will use the reference date as the default effective bill date.

The default value for this drop-down list is Subperiod End Date.

Use reference date in correcting timesheets

Select this checkbox to use the reference date as the default effective bill date when you enter or import timesheets. When entering or importing C-Correcting or D-Replacement timesheets, if this checkbox is selected, the Default Effective Bill Date method is set to Timesheet Line Date, and no timesheet line date is provided; the reference date will be used as the default effective bill date.

Labor Only Timesheets

Use this group box to select the type of message (error or warning) that displays if you save a labor-only timesheet where the net hours are not equal to zero.

Field Description
Error if net hours not equal to zero

Select this option if you want Costpoint to display an error message when a labor-only timesheet is entered or imported with net hours not equal to zero. This option is the default.

Warning if net hours not equal to zero

Select this option if you want Costpoint to display a warning message when a labor-only timesheet is entered or imported with net hours not equal to zero.

Salary Proration

Starting with Costpoint 7, the prorating of salaries is now done through Labor, rather than Payroll. Use this group box to select your calculation method for proration.

Field Description
Do not prorate

Select this option if you do not want to prorate. This option is the default.

Prorate based on work days per cycle Select this option to prorate based on work days per cycle. If you select this option, you must establish a work schedule in Costpoint or in Deltek Time & Expense.
Prorate hired/terminated employees only

Select this checkbox to prorate only employees who have been hired or terminated within the timesheet cycle. If you do not select this checkbox, Costpoint prorates any salaried employee who does not work the full amount of scheduled days in the timesheet cycle. If you select None as your Calculation Method, this field is cleared and disabled and no prorating occurs for any employees.

Manufacturing Order Timesheet Lines

Note: You can view this group box only when your company has a Costpoint Manufacturing Execution license.
Field Description
Organization Default Method

From the drop-down list, select the organization that defaults onto an M (manufacturing order) type timesheet line during timesheet entry or import. Valid options are:

  • MO Direct Labor Org: Select this option to have the manufacturing order's organization default when you enter or import an M type timesheet line. If the timesheet line account is the manufacturing order's WIP labor account, the manufacturing order's WIP labor organization defaults onto the timesheet line. If the timesheet line account is the manufacturing order's WIP misc 1 account, the manufacturing order's WIP misc 1 organization defaults onto the timesheet line. If the timesheet line account is the manufacturing order's WIP misc 2 account, the manufacturing order's WIP misc 2 organization defaults onto the timesheet line. 
  • Home Org: Select this option to have the employee's home organization default when you enter or import an M type timesheet line.
  • Labor Module Defaulting: Select this option to allow Costpoint to determine the default organization of M type timesheets based on the levels of defaulting for organizations.

The default value for this drop-down list is Home Org.

Account Validation Method

From the drop-down list, select the account validation method for MO timesheet line entry/import. Valid options are:

  • MO's Build Inventory
  • Valid PAG Accounts
Account Default Method

From the drop-down list, select the method to be used for defaulting the account on manufacturing order timesheet lines. Valid options are:

  • MO Direct Labor Account: The WIP labor account defaults from the inventory abbreviation that is assigned to the manufacturing order.
  • Labor Module Defaulting: The application goes through the following levels of default until an account is identified:
    • Employee Project TS Defaults
    • Employee Project-Acct-Grp TS Defaults
    • Labor-Grp Project-Acct-Grp TS Defaults
    • Projct TS Defaults
    • Basic Employee Info Defaults
  • Labor Operation Account: The account assigned to the timesheet line labor operation will default.