Source
- will show registered expenses from selected period by list of expense items.
Allocation
- Allocation source
- Allocation results
- Fill and Allocate button.
- Allocate by time cards.
Direct costs are expenses associated with employee or fixed asset resources (for example, an insurance or maintenance invoice received) that can be charged to projects. These costs must be recorded using the appropriate GL account and section. Although they are tied to a resource, if they haven’t been assigned to a specific project yet, they can be allocated across projects using this document, potentially based on time card data.
How to create
To access Project Costs Allocation, go to Project costing → Project Costing documents → Project costs Allocations
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- Allocate - Checkbox to include this row in allocation. Only checked rows will be distributed to projects.
- Resource - The type of resources, such as Employee or Fixed asset.
- Cost Item - The type of cost recorded
- Expense Item - Expense type
- Business Activity / Department - Context for cost allocation.
- Unassigned Amount - The portion of the expense that has not yet been allocated to any project.
- Unassigned Amount (National Currency) - Same as above, shown in the local currency.
Allocation Tab
The Allocation tab displays is used to assign direct costs to projects. It is divided into two sections:
- Upper pane: Displays the selected allocation sources
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- Lower pane: Shows the resulting allocations
Click Fill and Allocate in the upper pane to copy the selected allocation sources from the Sources tab and distribute perform the costs allocation based on the configurations defined in the Settings tab. You can edit the sources or adjust the amounts in the upper table if needed.
Allocate by Time Card- This method uses actual employee time sheets. The system automatically distributes the cost based on the number of hours worked on each project or task.
If the Show Allocation Results only for the Selected Row checkbox is not selected, the lower pane shows results for all costs. If it is selected, only the results for the chosen cost in the upper pane are displayed.
For better accuracy, it is recommended to review and adjust allocations one cost at a time by selecting the checkbox and analyzing the selected cost in the lower pane.
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Users can also manually add or remove sources by unticking the Allocate option in the Sources tab, and the allocation results in the lower pane can be adjusted as needed.
By default, the Factor column reflects the values defined in the Settings tab, representing how costs are distributed across projects as a percentage.
To allocate only part of a source cost to projects, add a new row and select a project. If the cost should not be linked to any project, choose <Not Related to Projects> in the Project column. Then assign the appropriate factor:
- Adjusting the factor will automatically recalculate the allocated amounts
- Modifying the allocated amounts will automatically update the factors
The application ensures that the total allocated amount always equals the original expense amount.
Click the Allocate by Time Card button to automatically distribute costs based on the time cards of employees and fixed assets. For each employee or fixed asset assigned to projects in Active or Proposed status, the associated costs are automatically allocated to the relevant projects listed in the Allocation Results table.
If an employee or fixed asset is not assigned to any project, <Not Related to Projects> appears in the Project column, indicating that the costs are not allocated to projects.
