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Jr Varsity III
gbrazelton14Jr Varsity III
asked in Construction
Construction/Projects - Security - Can't REVOKE "Allow Adding New Items on the Fly" checkbox on Projects screen on the Summary tab.

I am not able to disable/Revoke this permission. Found the setting name in two nodes (projects and project preferences, but those settings did not block the ability to check the box and save the project)

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G
Jr Varsity III
3 years ago
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angied
asked in Construction
Meeting Minutes

Will there be a module or tab somewhere to enter meeting minutes on Owner/Sub/Pre-Construction meetings?  Right now having to type the minutes outside of the system.It would be nice to have the module in typeable format and not having to use attributes.  Similar to the RFI setup.

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joelhoffman
Acumatica Moderator
3 years ago
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lbrown35
asked in Construction
Can a project be tied to an inventory adjustment?

Hello,Can project, sub job, cost codes fields be added to the inventory adjustments form? Screen ID: A000116.   Thank you, Lindsey 

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Irina
Community Manager
3 years ago
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Freshman I
bbarker3Freshman I
asked in Construction
AP Preferences, Hold Documents on Entry and Automatically Release Retainage

Going to AP Preferences and unchecking “Hold Documents on Entry” and or checking “Automatically Release Retainage Bills” does not seem to do anything.Can anyone explain what toggling these two button will do?We would like, upon release of the retainage bill the bill is created with an Open status.  Our retainage bills are going to a Hold status, which creates extra work.See screen shot below from the Acumatica help menu.Financial Management/Accounts Payable/Processing Bills with RetainageBrian

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B
Freshman I
3 years ago
P
Freshman II
pchappell19Freshman II
asked in Construction
Allow API to extend Stock and Non-Stock item data for use with external estimating systems.

We have several clients and 2 current prospects that would like the ability to have inventory item information (descriptions and prices/costs) exposed to external estimating systems so these items stay “in sync.”

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Irina
Community Manager
3 years ago
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Jr Varsity II
msw21Jr Varsity II
posted in Construction
Change Orders

 We have really changed the way the Change Order process for a specialty contractor works. If anyone would like to work together and collaborate on reports and small improvements to the screens I would like to start a user group. My goal is too leave all the Acumatica functionality in place so upgrades are not impacted. A primary change in the process flow is we have created a PM status vs the Acumatica “accounting status”. In our world it takes a long time for CO to be officially approved and settled. I have a long way to go with the summaries but it seems to be working well.Michael Michael Wansor JCM Associates. Inc. msw@gojcm.com      

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B
Freshman I
3 years ago
M
Freshman I
mvonahsen03Freshman I
posted in Construction
Ability to add Superintendent and Project Coordinator under the Project Manager on Project Summary tab

See post 3584 on Ideas!

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M
Freshman I
3 years ago
A
Freshman I
Angela Bloomer ConstructionAcumatica Director of Product Management
posted in Construction
Construction Reports

Do you have any construction reports that you’ve created or modified that you’d like us to add to the product and eliminate your worries about compatibility after each release? 

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Freshman I
3 years ago
J
Freshman I
jvinski71Freshman I
asked in Construction
Expense Reporting in Batches

When working on a project we could have 50 employees for which our foreman will enter time via Crew Time Reporting. However, we also could have certain expenses for the 50 employees like a Meal Allowance if they all do overtime in a day or if working in an area that requires for them to pay parking, we will reimburse their parking. Is there a way to do Batch Expense Claims for all Field Staff on a Project rather than needing to go in and doing it one by one, if the batch is homogenous.

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V
Acumatica Employee
3 years ago
dmzasdf
Varsity I
dmzasdfVarsity I
posted in Construction
Project Margin Calculation Automation

How to automatically update project current margin estimate that equals total revenue budget minus total cost budget divided by total revenue budget? Sounds like we have to spread revenue across all tasks which does not reflect reality, so just curious if someone found another way.

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Gabriel Michaud
Captain II
3 years ago
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mikeduberstein00
posted in Construction
Add a cost performance percentage to the revenue tab so you don’t have to jump between tabs to fill out a schedule of values. 

This would essentially be U/O billings from right within the projects screen which would be so convenient.

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P
Freshman II
3 years ago
dmzasdf
Varsity I
dmzasdfVarsity I
asked in Construction
What table has the employee delegate?

We are trying to create an employee validation GI, but can’t figure out where the employee delegate information is stored. Is there something like a data dictionary? Thanks

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V
Acumatica Employee
3 years ago
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dickkoh
asked in Construction
Fixed Asset Depreciation: Units-of-Production

Acumatica supports Fixed Assets Depreciation by “units-of-Production” on top of the usual Straight-Line and Declining-Balance.This ‘units-of-production’ depreciation is useful, especially for the Construction Industry where the Assets are depreciated by the usage-of-the-Assets during construction. While this is documented as available, there is no instruction of how to set this up. We would appreciate if someone who has knowledge of this, please do help to show how to set up this ‘units-of-production’ depreciation. Thank you in advanceRegardsDick Koh 

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Irina
Community Manager
3 years ago
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Freshman I
Angela Bloomer ConstructionAcumatica Director of Product Management
posted in Construction
Project Manager Summary Report

Do you need the ability to send a project summary report to your project managers on a consistent basis, that shows the details for each of their projects similar to the Project Summary inquiry (PMGI0025)? If yes, How often would you send the report if it could be scheduled and sent automatically?  What other information do you need besides what’s already available on the Project Summary inquiry? 

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Freshman I
3 years ago
Colm Lennon
Jr Varsity II
Colm LennonJr Varsity II
asked in Construction
Can we use RFI Functionality with Subcontractors to Update Task Status?

Trying to figure out the most effective design for collaborating with our subcontractors on schedule / task management. Let’s use lighting fixtures as the example. Lets say our project schedule says our sub should be completing 25 fixtures a day for the next 5 days. We want the sub to update their status on a daily basis and tell us how many they actually completed. Let’s say Monday they completed 22 but ran into problems. Then Tuesday they completed 26, Wednesday 26, Thursday 26, and Friday 25. Would RFI be the right functionality in Project Management to get this information from the subcontractor?I’m thinking we create an RFI and assign it to the sub with scheduled tasks. We email the RFI to the sub and they would then go into Acumatica to update their actual completions against the RFI. Am I thinking about this the right way or is there a more elegant solution?

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david.harris
Acumatica Moderator
4 years ago

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