When your customer accepts a quotation and places an order, or you start a new internal project, create a project record to hold all the relevant information. As your project progresses, you can refer to the project record to track of costs and any sales invoices issued for the project.
Enter a unique project reference, name and description for your project. From the Status drop-down list, choose the required project status. You can also set the expected start date and end date for your project.
Customer Details
Enter the customer's account reference, name, and order number linked to the project.
If the project is internal or not connected with a customer, leave this section blank
If you link the project to a customer, a summary of the project information appears on the Projects tab in the customer record.
Site Details
If required, enter the address and contact details of the site where the project is taking place.
This read-only section shows the amount you've billed your customer for the project so far and the last bill date.
Budget Totals
This read-only section shows the Total budget value taken from the Budgets tab. The Actual Variance is the Total budget minus the Actual cost. The Total Variance is the Total budget minus the Actual cost minus the Committed cost.
Revenue Totals
In the Price quoted box, enter the net price quoted for the project. The Profit to date and the Outstanding to bill values are based on the price you quote and the invoices you raise for the project.
Analysis Types
If required, enter up to three extra pieces of information relating to the project. You can use this information for reporting purposes.
Cost Totals
This read-only section shows the date of the last cost and the net total of all Actual costs and Committed costs.
The Activity window shows all transactions posted to a project. If you've set up sub-projects in the Structure tab, select Include Rolled Up Transactions to view all transactions, including those from sub-projects.
The following transaction types appear in the activity window:
CC
Costing Credit
Project only cost postings.
CD
Costing Debit
Project only cost postings.
AI
Adjustment In
A stock transaction posted to the project.
AO
Adjustment Out
A stock transaction posted to the project.
PI
Purchase Invoice
This is a purchase invoice posted to the project.
PC
Purchase Credit
This is a purchase credit posted to the project.
BP
Bank Payment
This is a bank payment posted to the project.
BR
Bank Receipt
This is a bank receipt posted to the project.
SI
Sales Invoice
Represents a billing transaction created when you enter and update a sales invoice.
SC
Sales Credit
Represents a billing transaction created when you enter and update a sales credit.
If a project is made up of several smaller projects. In the Structure window, you can view and amend the structure of your project and any associated sub-projects.
You can set up your project structure using the following options:
Add Existing
Adds an existing project record to the project structure.
Add New
Creates a new project record and adds it to the structure.
Expand All
Displays all sub-project records associated with the structure.
Collapse All
Rolls up the project records so sub-projects don't appear.
Remove
Removes a project record, including its sub-projects within the structure.
Arrows
Use these buttons to move the position of a sub-project within the structure.
View Type
This determines the order of the Name and Reference columns within the Structure window.
Analysis for
Displays a summary of the project costs. To include the costs of sub-projects, select the Rolled up totals check box.
In the Memo tab, you can enter text on the record and attach document shortcuts and filing system references using the Document Manager facility.
In the upper Attachments pane, use Document Manager to add, view or delete shortcuts to electronic documents. Or you can enter filing system references
In the memo pad, enter or edit the text as required. The text automatically wraps around onto the next line as you type