Personnel or materials, which may not be utilized in the project, are defined as temporary materials or resources during the planning phase. These resources and materials, which are added as temporary sources, may replace detail personnel and materials in future project stages when calculating actual costs.
Since temporary materials and resources are used in project planning, actual quantity of Temporary Materials cannot be entered. Temporary Materials are not listed in actual quantity entry form. Similarly, Temporary Services cannot be selected in invoices.
In order to define a new temporary material / resource or to modify the existing definitions, you can use Attached Records, Info and right click menu options and buttons in Temporary Materials and Resources browser.
| New | Used to make a new temporary material and resource definition. |
| Update | Used to change temporary material and resource information. |
| Delete | Used to delete temporary material and resource definition(s). |
| Copy | Used to copy temporary material and resource definition. It ensures quick and secure data entry. |
| View | Used to view temporary material and resource info. |
Change Status | Used to change status information of temporary material and resource records as Inactive or Active. | |
Refresh | Used to update Temporary Materials and Resources browser. | |
Back to Defaults | Used to return to the default window sizes. | |
| Attached Records | |
Standard Costs | Used to record standard cost information of temporary materials and resources by selecting an Organizational Unit or period. | |
Shifts | Start and end shifts of temporary materials and resources are determined with Shift Assignment. A shift package is selected in shift definition form and validity start date is entered in Start Date field. Shifts are used to calculate planned occupancy of temporary materials and resources in the project. | |
Shift Exceptions | Used to record exceptions in start / end shift hours of temporary material and resource records that are defined with shift assignment. Start and End Date fields are mandatory. It is saved by selecting the Exception Type. For instance, although shift is defined as full working day, two hours of this day can be defined as exception of "break" type. In this case, system does not save a full day record in temporary material and resource transactions. | |
| Info | |
Record Information | Displays the time and the user of the first registry and the last modification of the record. |
