Report Actual Labor Hours

You report actual labor hours for an approved activity on the Labor tab of the Actuals tab of the Activities and Tasks (SP) application.

You can copy data from an existing plan, and delete from, add to, or change this data to show actual events. If you apply a price schedule to the activity, actual labor prices are calculated. View the price information in the Line Price field of each labor or craft. View all costs and prices in the View Costs and Prices window.

You can insert rows in the Labor table window until you close the record. You can edit information until you save the record.

You report labor hours in the following ways:

• Report hours for one or more labor codes

• Copy labor from the work plan

• Insert labor individually

To report hours for one or more labor codes:

1. Display the activity for which you want to report hours.

2. On the Labor tab of the Actuals tab, click Select Labor.

3. In the Select Labor window, select one or more labor records.

4. Click OK.

5. Optional: Edit the fields you want to change.

6. Click Save Record .

To copy labor from the work plan:

You use the Select Planned Labor window to select and copy labor information from the work plan to report actuals. You can select multiple labor codes at once when you report actuals using the Select Planned Labor window. Select Planned Labor is only available when the activity has a work plan and the activity has been approved. You can edit the data when you copy it from the work plan to the Labor tab of the Actuals tab.

To select planned labor:

1. Display the activity for which you want to select planned labor.

2. On the Labor tab, click Select Planned Labor.

3. In the Select Planned Labor window, select one or more labor codes.

4. Click OK.

5. Optional: Edit the fields you want to change.

6. Click Save Record .

To insert labor individually:

1. Display the record for which you want to insert labor.

2. On the Labor tab, click New Row.  

3. Perform either of the following actions:

• In the Labor Code field, specify a value. The labor's rate, based on the labor craft and skill level, is displayed in the Rate field.

• In the Craft field, specify a value. The standard rate specified for that craft is displayed. If there is a current approved Revision of the contract for that craft, the rate from that contract is used.

4. To report labor hours for a task, in the Task ID field, specify a value. If this task has a value for hours, the value is copied to the Hours field for the labor.

5. Optional: Edit the fields you want to change.

6. Click Save Record .

See Also

Plan Labor

View Costs and Prices