The Global Action Items portlet will help users and clarity admins to keep track of action items in the CA PPM system. This is useful to keep track of Timesheet Approval through Action Item or any other Action Item related workflows. The portlet displays Name, Type Assignee, Created by, Due Date, Health and Status of the Action Items as default columns. The portlet provides  Project, Project Manager, Project OBS, Assignee, Status and Due Dates of the Action Items as default filters.

The Grant Resources Timesheet Edit Rights process will grant each resource timesheet edit instance rights to his or her own timesheets.  This process will not remove any existing timesheet edit instance rights.

The Hours and Cost by Vendor - Graph portlet displays vendor hour or costs by month.  Using this portlet, management is provided with a graphical representation of vendor costs or hours by month for a set of time without running a report or navigating to each resource individually. This portlet uses the monthly actual timeslices.  Additionally, the user must select a date range and whether to display hours or costs. Once populated, the graph will display all vendors that currently have hours and cost for the selected date range.

The Hours and Cost by Vendor – Grid portlet displays vendor hour or costs by month grouped by vendor.  Using this portlet, management is provided with a quick overview of vendor costs or hours by month for a set of time without running a report or navigating to each resource individually. This portlet uses the monthly actual timeslices.  The user may filter by vendor, vendor ID, date, and hours/cost in addition to the start/finish and hours/cost. Once populated, the grid will display all vendors that currently have hours/cost for the selected time frame.