Labor Tab of the Plan Settings Dialog Box

Use the Labor tab on the Plan Settings dialog box to specify the overhead percentage and the cost and billing rate methods, tables, and multipliers for a plan.

Before you specify settings on this tab, select a budget type on the General tab. Which settings are available on this tab depend on that selection.

Contents: General

Field	Description
Target Multiplier	Enter the plan's target labor cost multiplier. The target multiplier represents how much revenue is anticipated for each labor cost dollar spent on a project. It is commonly used as the basis for evaluating the EAC labor cost multiplier as the project moves forward. By default, the target multiplier for new plans is the default multiplier specified for your company on the Plan Settings tab of the Resource Planning Settings form.
Overhead %	Enter the percentage of overhead that should be applied to the planned labor cost to determine the profit. This field is disabled if you select the Billing budget type on the General tab.

Contents: Cost Rates

If you select Cost or Cost and Billing in Budget Type, labor cost rate settings are used to calculate all planned labor cost amounts. If you plan based on billing, labor cost rates are only used to calculate labor estimate-at-completion (EAC) multipliers.

If DPS is set up to use multiple currencies, the currency code for the project (cost) currency displays next to the Cost Rates label.

Field	Description
Recalculate Planned Costs	Under normal circumstances, you never need to select this check box. When you save settings for a plan, all plan assignments are automatically recalculated based on the current settings. The exception is if the plan was converted from iAccess to DPS. Converted assignments may have rate information that was saved for specific calendar periods while in iAccess. Following conversion, those plan amounts, by default, are not automatically recalculated when you save plan settings in DPS. If you want all planned labor costs in the plan to be recalculated automatically, select this check box and then save the plan settings. You only need to do this once; from that point forward the labor cost amounts will be recalculated automatically each time you save settings.
Employee Rate Method	Select one of the following as the labor cost rate method for employees: From Employee Provisional Rate: Use the provisional rates for each employee from the Employee hub. From Labor Rate Table: Use the rates from a labor rate table. From Labor Category Table: Use the rates from a labor category rate table. From Labor Code Table: Use the rates from a labor code rate table. None: Do not apply cost rates. If you select this option, cost amounts will not be calculated. If you select a rate method other than Employee Provisional Rate or None, also select a default employee cost rate table. If DPS is set up to use multiple currencies and you select From Employee Provisional Rate, the employee's provisional cost rate for planned hours is used if the functional currency for the employee's home company matches the plan's project cost or billing currency that displays next to the Cost Rates label. If it does not match, the employee's hourly cost rate for the plan is zero.
Employee - Rate Table	If you selected an employee cost rate method other than From Employee Provisional Rate or None, select the rate table that contains the cost rates to apply to employee planned hours. The only rate tables displayed for selection are those that match the employee rate method you selected and that are marked as available for planning. In addition, if you use multiple currencies in DPS, the selection list only contains tables that contain rates in the project (cost) currency.
Generic Rate Method	Select From Labor Category Table or From Labor Code Table to indicate if you want to use labor code rate tables or labor category rate tables as the cost rate method for generic resources for the plan.
Generic - Rate Table	Select the rate table that contains the cost rates to apply to planned hours for generic resources. The only rate tables displayed for selection are those that match the generic resource rate method you selected and that are marked as available for planning. In addition, if you use multiple currencies in DPS, the selection list only contains tables that contain rates in the project (cost) currency.

Contents: Billing Rates

Field	Description
Billing Rates	If you select Billing or Cost and Billing in Budget Type, labor billing rate settings are used to calculate all planned labor billing amounts. If DPS is set up to use multiple currencies, the currency code for the project billing currency displays next to the Billing Rates label.
Recalculate Planned Billing	Under normal circumstances, you never need to select this check box. When you save settings for a plan, all plan assignments are automatically recalculated based on the current settings. The exception is if the plan was converted from iAccess to DPS. Converted assignments may have rate information that was saved for specific calendar periods while in iAccess. Following conversion, those plan amounts, by default, are not automatically updated when you save plan settings in DPS. If you want all planned labor billing amounts in the plan to be updated automatically, select this check box and then save the plan settings. You only need to do this once; from that point forward the labor billing amounts will be updated automatically each time you save settings.
Employee Rate Method	Select one of the following as the labor billing rate method for employees: From Employee Provisional Rate: Use the provisional rates for each employee from the Employee hub. From Labor Rate Table: Use the rates from a labor rate table. From Labor Category Table: Use the rates from a labor category rate table. From Labor Code Table: Use the rates from a labor code rate table. None: Do not apply billing rates. If you select this option, billing amounts will not be calculated. If you select a rate method other than Employee Provisional Rate or None, also select a default employee cost rate table. If DPS is set up to use multiple currencies and you select From Employee Provisional Rate, the employee's provisional billing rate for planned hours is used if the functional currency for the employee's home company matches the plan's billing currency that displays next to the Billing Rates label. If it does not match, the employee's hourly rate for the plan is zero.
Employee - Rate Table	If you selected an employee billing rate method other than From Employee Provisional Rate or None, select the rate table that contains the billing rates to apply to employee planned hours. The only rate tables displayed for selection are those that match the employee rate method you selected and that are marked as available for planning. In addition, if you use multiple currencies in DPS, the selection list only contains tables that contain rates in the plan's billing currency that displays next to the Billing Rates label.
Billing Multiplier	Enter a default multiplier (2.7500, for example) for calculating labor billing amounts for both employees and generic resources: Planned hours x Billing rate x Billing multiplier.
Generic Rate Method	This field displays the generic rate method that you selected under Cost Rates: From Labor Category Table or From Labor Code Table.
Generic - Rate Table	Select the rate table that contains the billing rates to apply to planned hours for generic resources. The only rate tables displayed for selection are those that match the generic resource rate method you selected and that are marked as available for planning. In addition, if you use multiple currencies in DPS, the selection list only contains tables that contain rates in the plan's billing currency that displays next to the Billing Rates label.