Labor Costs/Burden Tab of the Project Budget Worksheet

Use the project job-to-date labor budget to track all labor to be charged to a project. Use this tab to establish your labor costs. If your system administrator enabled reporting at burdened rates, this is the Labor Burden tab.

Contents

Field	Description
Start Date	Specify the start date for work on this labor code.
End Date	Specify the end date for work on this labor code.
Overall Pct Comp	You can enter an overall percent complete for the entire project in this field. If you do so, the percentage you specify here overrides the overall percent complete that DPS calculates.
Lab Pct Comp	For any project, you can define an overall labor percent complete, an overall expense percent complete, or both: Define the overall labor percent complete here in the Lab Pct Comp field. Define the overall expense percent complete in the Exp Pct Comp field on the Expense Billing tab or Expense Costs tab.
Project Currency	If you use multiple currencies, this field shows the three-digit currency code for the project currency.

Labor Costs Grid

Field	Description
Labor Costs Drop-down	Click the drop-down arrow on a grid header to complete any of the following actions: To print grid data, click Print. On the Print Preview form, click File > Print to send the grid data to your default printer. To export grid data to an Excel spreadsheet, click Export to Excel. When Microsoft Excel opens, use its features to modify, print, or email the grid data, or to save the spreadsheet file locally. To turn on grouping for a grid, click Enable Grouping. When a field displays with the instruction: "Drag a column header here to group by that column," drag and drop column headers into the field, in the sequence that you want them to display. Not all options are available on all grids.
Insert	Click this option to insert a row beneath the current row.
Delete	Click a row and then click this option to delete it.
Labor Code	Your labor budgets are based on labor codes. You can insert a new row to add a new budget line for any labor code that is valid for the current project. If you are inserting a row, you can enter a labor code in this field or select one from the Labor Code lookup.
Description	This field shows the labor code description associated with the labor code that you specify in the Labor Code field.
% Complete	Enter your estimate of how far work has progressed on the project for this labor code. You should update the percent complete on a regular basis.
Hours	Enter the job-to-date budgeted number of hours for work to be performed under the labor code for the project.
Rate	Enter the job-to-date budgeted rate for work to be performed under the labor code for the project. This rate is stored as the cost rate. The rate displays with four digits to the right of the decimal point.
Amount	This is the budgeted monetary amount for the labor to be charged to the labor code for the project. DPS calculates this amount, based on the hours and rate. You can override the calculated amount by entering a different amount in this field.
EAC Hrs	Estimate at Completion Hours Enter your estimate of the total number of hours that will have been worked at the completion of the project, as reported for this labor code.
EAC Amt	Estimate at Completion Amount Enter your estimate of the total cost amount that will have been incurred at the completion of the project, as reported for this labor code.
ETC Hrs	Estimate to Complete Hours Enter your estimate of the total additional hours, beyond those worked to date, that are required to complete the work for this labor code.
ETC Amt	Estimate to Complete Amount Enter your estimate of the total additional cost amount required to complete the work for this labor code.
Start Date	Specify the start date for work on this labor code.
End Date	Specify the end date for work on this labor code.
JTD Hours	This field shows the actual hours reported, job-to-date, for this labor code, as calculated at the most recent posting.
JTD Spent	This field shows the actual cost amount spent, job-to-date, for this labor code, as calculated at the most recent posting. If your enterprise uses multiple currencies, this amount displays in the project currency of the project selected.