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Does project and idea estimation take too long and lack visibility? This class will address one of the most common pain points within organizations: how to involve the right people within a timely project estimate. Learn some Rego best practices for defining, calculating, and modifying idea and project estimates, so you can increase throughput and ROI. -
This training document is a Rego Consulting Quick Reference Guide to assist with the management of Budget Plans in Clarity’s Modern User Experience. This doc references version 16.3 views. Doc provides detail on how to submit a cost plan for approval, how to approve or reject submitted budgets and also provides additional detail on the rules that apply to the submission of budget plans. -
This training document is a Rego Consulting Quick Reference Guide to assist with the management of project Financials in Clarity’s Modern User Experience. This doc references version 16.2.1 views. Document includes summary information on the Financials module and provides detail on how to customize the grid and save views. Instructions are provided on how to filter data and how to use the ⋮ (vertical ellipses) icon to access further features. Detail is provided on the group by function, the column panel, the export of cost plan and editing cost plan and budget plan data from the grid. -
The All Transactions portlets have the capability to display any transaction within the system. Transactions from any type of investment can be viewed on this page. There are two version of this process:- All Transactions (with security) – this will display rows only where the logged in resource has access to cost plans for projects or ideas. The portlet will check instance, OBS and global rights.
- All Transactions (without security) – will display all rows, regardless of cost plan access rights.
Column Label Description ID An unique identifier for each row displayed in the portlet. Transaction Date The data the transaction has been coded to. Time Period Start For transactions arising from timesheet entries, this will show the start period of the timesheet. Time Period Finish For transactions arising from timesheet entries, this will show the finish period of the timesheet. Project Code The ID of the investment. Project Name The name of the investment. Task ID The ID of the investment task where the actual cost has been assigned. Task Name The name of the investment task where the actual cost has been assigned. Cost Center Credit The department assigned to the resource where a cost needs to be credited. Project Manager The resource managing the investment. Resource ID The ID for the resource that has been assigned the cost. Rate (Standard) The rate for the cost. Invoice Number The invoice number. May come from a manual transaction or may be imported from a financial system integration. PO # The purchase order number. May come from a manual transaction or may be imported from a financial system integration. Vendor Code The vendor code that has been listed against the transaction. Cost Centre Charge To The department assigned to the resource where a cost needs to be charged. Cost Type Indicates whether the transaction is capital or operating. Charge Code The charge code assigned to the transaction as per the Clarity Charge Code list. Transaction Type Labour, Expense, Equipment or Material. Transaction Class The transaction class assigned to the transaction as per the Clarity transaction class list. Transaction Amount Rate x Quantity. Quantity The number of units. Notes Free text field for the transaction. -
A process creating a new Cost Plan. Cost Plan properties:
Pre-conditions:Name Cost Plan created on: yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss Grouping attributes Charge Code, Transaction Type Start Period The earliest fiscal period with Actuals (from PPA_WIP table) or current period, if there are no actuals Finish Period The latest fiscal period with a non-zero allocation (from PRJ_BLB_SLICES table, SLICE_REQUEST_ID = 6 Period Type Monthly Plan of Record True Planned Cost For periods in the past – from Actuals (Charge Code, Transaction Type, Quantity (Units), Cost (Amount) taken from Transactions (PPA_WIP & PPA_WIP_DETAILS); For current and future periods – from Allocations (Charge Code taken from the Project, Transaction Class from the Resource, Quantity from allocation slices, Cost from the Rate Matrix (NBI_PROJ_RES_RATES_AND_COSTS table) - the Project must be financially enabled.
- if a new Team Member is added, Rate Matrix job must be run, so the rates are populated in the NBI table.
- if the Allocation changes, allow the timeslice job to finish before running the process.
- the Project should have the Charge Code set.
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View Rate Matrix is a grid portlet that provides users a single place to view all the rates defined across multiple rate matrix without going to administration tab. Each Matrix may be defined with different columns (ex: Charge Code, Client, Department, Entity, Input type Code etc). This portlet dynamically brings only the columns associated with that rate matrix and provides the detailed information. User can view information related to one matrix at a time. -
View Rate Matrix is a grid portlet that provides users a single place to view all the rates defined across multiple rate matrix without going to administration tab. Each Matrix may be defined with different columns (ex: Charge Code, Client, Department, Entity, Input type Code etc). This portlet dynamically brings only the columns associated with that rate matrix and provides the detailed information. User can view information related to one matrix at a time.

