The Project Charges & Expenses page
PERMISSIONS Permission to view projects. Refer to Project security settings.
NAVIGATION Left Navigation Menu > Projects > Search > Projects > click Search > context menu > View Project > Charges & Expenses
About charges
Charges are items that are billed in conjunction with a contract, project or ticket. Contract, project and ticket charges are virtually identical.
- Charges are used to bill for inventory and non-inventory items
- Charges are used to bill for material items that are not found on the Products list. You can select a material code, and manually fill in a Charge Name and Description fields.
- Charges are also used to track items that are not billable to the customer, which is important for calculating true profitability.
- Charges are used to bill for fees, and are one of the ways to bill your customer for mileage.
About expenses
Project Expenses are reimbursable expenses generated by resources while working on the project, for example, travel or entertainment expenses. Expenses may or may not be billed to the customer.
The project Charges & Expenses table
Project charges and expenses are accessed from the project menu by clicking the Charges & Expenses link. A table displays a list of all charges and expenses that have been created for this project.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Task Buttons | |
| New Charge | Clicking New Charge will launch the New Charge page. Refer to Adding or editing a project charge. |
| New Expense |
Opens the Add Expense page. Refer to Adding and editing expenses. The New Expense button is hidden on project templates. |
| Column Chooser | Click to select the columns you want to appear in the table. |
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Export |
Click to export the contents of the Charges & Expenses table to CSV. |
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Totals |
Click to open a dialog window that shows the Extended Cost and Amount totals. Charges and expenses are both included. |
| Columns | |
| Selection Check Box | Allows you to select one or more line items and perform an action on the right-click menu to all selected items at once. |
| Type | Shows the Charge |
| Date | The date the charge or expense was created. |
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Task |
If the charge is the result of a change order or the expense is associated with a task, the task number is displayed. |
| Created By | The name of the user who created the charge or expense. This system field cannot be edited. |
| Name | The name as entered on the New Charge or New Expense page. |
| Material Code / Category | The billing code or expense category used to bill for the charge or expense. The billing code is associated with the tax category. |
| Quantity | The number of units being billed. |
| Extended Cost |
The cost of the item, to you, multiplied by the Quantity. This column is only visible if you have security level permission to view internal cost data. NOTE If Multi-currency is enabled, this field or column is displayed in the internal currency. |
| Amount | The price you are charging your customer, multiplied by the Quantity. NOTE If Multi-currency is enabled, this field or column is displayed in the customer currency. |
| Billable Check Mark | Allows you to flag an item as billable or non-billable. A billable item will be invoiced to the customer, a non-billable item will not. Note that both billable and non-billable items will appear on Approve & Post > Charges, where your financial approver can make the final decision on whether and how much to bill the customer. |
| Status | The status of the charge. When Procurement is enabled, this status is set automatically depending on where the charge is in the procurement process. Refer to Introduction to Inventory. |
| Billed Check Mark | A check mark here indicates that the item has been approved and posted and possibly invoiced. Once the item has been billed, the charge can no longer be edited. To edit a billed item, it will need to be unposted. |
| Installed Check Mark | If the charge is a product that has been installed to the customer, you will see a check mark in this column. Installed products appear on the Devices tab of the Organization page. |
| Change Order | If the charge is the result of a change order, you will see a check mark in this column. |
| Description | The Description of the charge or expense. |
| External Product ID | The External Product ID from the product. Refer to Adding, editing, or copying a product. |
| Internal Product ID | The Internal Product ID from the product. Refer to Adding, editing, or copying a product. |
| Product SKU | The Product SKU from the product. Refer to Adding, editing, or copying a product. |
TIP Some options apply to only the charge or expense you clicked on, some can apply to all selected charges or expenses (Refer to Select Check Box).
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Edit Charge Edit Expense |
Opens the Project Charge or Edit Expense window for the selected item. This option is disabled if one or more check boxes are selected, or, for expenses, if the expense has been approved and posted. Refer to Adding or editing a project charge or Adding and editing expenses. |
| View Charge View Expense |
Opens the read-only Charge Detail or Expense Detail page for the selected item. This option is disabled if one or more check boxes are selected. Refer to Viewing charge or expense details. |
| Make Charge/Expense Billable (Make Selected Charges/Expenses Billable) and Make Charge/Expenses Non-Billable (Make Selected Charges/Expenses Non-Billable) | You can change the billable/non-billable status of the selected items without opening the Project Charge or Edit Expense page. If you select some billable and some non-billable charges, both options are enabled. Once an item has been posted, you cannot edit the billable status. NOTE Billable and non-billable items will appear in Contracts > Approve and Post > Ticket/Project Charges or Contracts > Approve and Post > Expenses for financial approval. |
| Delete Charge/Expense (Delete Selected Charges/Expenses) |
Allows you to delete charges and expenses that have not yet been approved in the Contracts module. In the confirmation dialog box, select OK to delete the items, Cancel to cancel the deletion. Deletion is final. You cannot delete a charge associated with a Device that has been removed from the Account and returned to inventory using the Swap Device Wizard. You cannot delete charges associated with a sales order that has not been canceled. If you do not want to cancel the entire sales order, you can edit the selected charge and set its status to Canceled. |
You can delete a change order from the Project Charges & Expenses page.
- From the Project Summary page, select Charges & Expenses in the Project Menu.
- From the bulk menu (for multiple charges) or the context menu, select Delete Charge or Delete Selected Charges/Expenses.
A message opens that allows you to set the status of the associated task or tasks to Complete. If you select OK, the status is set to Complete for all selected tasks even if a task is associated with additional change orders. The Reason for Completion will be Change Order Canceled.
NOTE Firefox users - If you see a check box with the label Prevent this page from creating additional dialogs, do not select the check box. If you select the check box you will not see the message in the future.
- Click OK to delete.
When the Change Order is deleted, the change order hours are subtracted from the total change order hours for the task, phase and project.