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SECTION 7.2.4.1 - JOB COST
GROUPS
Every Job Cost Item must be associated with an Job
Cost Group. This puts the Job into a reporting group. The reports menu can then
isolate or sort by group when printing Job records and transactions. Also,
HiFinance maintains totals by Job Cost Group, which can be viewed and reported.
The JOB COST
GROUPS MENU is accessed as item 1 from the JOB COST TABLE MAINTENANCE MENU. On
selecting this function, the following will be displayed:
To
return to the JOB COST TABLES MENU,
press <ESC>.
Fields available on the JOB COST GROUPS file.
Name Comments
JOB GROUP This is the Group's code. This is the code by which
the Group will be referenced throughout HiFinance. It is up to 15 characters
long. The code may be any alphanumeric sequence (without embedded spaces). . and - are acceptable characters.
To make the codes easier to remember, it is usually an abbreviation of the
Group's name, eg. MATERIALS, TIME, etc. Alternatively, it might be a number starting
from 1. When using an all-numeric codes take care to make
all the codes the same length or they will not sort as expected. (See APPENDIX A.)
DESCRIPTION The full name of the Group, eg. HARDWARE ITEMS. It may be up to 50 characters long. This field
must not be left blank.
PERIOD COSTS This is the total of all the costs, split up by
period, for all the Jobs in this group. These are calculated fields and are
recomputed each time you enquire on the Job Cost Group record. These fields are
accessible by printing the enquiry screen (see SECTION 7.2.4.1).
TOTAL COSTS This is the total of all the costs of all the Jobs
in this group. It is a calculated field and is recomputed each time you enquire
on the Job Cost Group record.
ITEMS IN GROUP This displays the number of Job records in this
group. It is a calculated field and is recomputed each time you enquire on the
Job Cost Group record. The sum includes all job records including the header
and sub-job classes.
MODIFIED ON/AT/BY This displays the last time this record was modified.
It is stamped with the date, time and the usercode
of person who did the modification.
