Project-specific machines

Use project-specific machines if you want to calculate the machine hour rate calculation based on the actual expenditure of a project or across multiple projects.

Note

Added project-specific machines retain their links to Data Administration; i.e. the machine is compared against the new data during master data synchronization.

When a machine from Data Administration is added, the machine hour rate costs (acquisition costs and consumption costs) are always calculated in the project from the year of acquisition - even for the years following depreciation. If you want the machine hour rate for the current calculation year to be calculated in the project, you must add the machine to the project as a project-specific machine.

Insert project-specific machine

  1. Select a process in the project structure you wish to add a machine under.
  2. In the ribbon, click on Start ► Insert Component ("Edit" group) ► Machine.

    The Machine Assignment dialog opens.

    Alternative: Open the dialog via the context menu in the project.

  3. Select a machine in the "Available Machines“ or "Inventory Number“ list.
  4. Activate the "Project-specific" checkbox.
  5. Click Insert.

    The machine is displayed as project-specific machine under the process, and the Machine Assignment dialog opens.

  6. Enter the machine properties and confirm your entries with OK.
  7. Repeat steps 3 to 6 to assign all other machines.
  8. Confirm your entries with OK.

    The project-specific machines are added to the project.

    Note

    The machine data are taken over from Data Administration. The hour rate is imputed independent from Data Administration.

Insert New Project-Specific Machine

You can create a new project-specific machine independent of the Data Administration in the "Machine Assignment" dialog. The machine properties are only defined for the project.

  1. Open the "Machine Assignment" dialog.

    Further Information

    For more information on opening the dialog, see Assign a Machine.

  2. Click New. The machine is shown in the project and the Machine Assignment dialog opens
  3. Enter the machine properties. Confirm your entries by with OK.
  4. The "Machine Properties" dialog closes.
  5. Confirm your entries with OK. The project-specific machine is added to the project.

Functional right for editing the properties of project-specific machines in a project

With this functional right, you can define whether a user is allowed to change the properties of a project-specific machine in a project.

Right Description
Right User can change the properties in the project.
Grant access User can change the properties in the project and can grant write access for other users.
Access denied User has read access to all properties in the Machine Assignment dialog. User cannot change the properties in the project.

You can find the settings in the Rights Administration Dialog under the category All functions ► General ► Common resource costing ► Change data of project-specific machine.