MEGABAU 365 provides the job expense / weekly time sheet ("Wochenzettel") functions for recording employee working time and related expenses against jobs, together with a separate recording function for material used on repair jobs. Construction Base extends the header, line and posted line tables of this area, the related time sheet pages, the repair recordal material lines, and the "Type of Work" master data with additional fields and actions needed for construction site operations.
Job Expense Header
The table Job Expense HeaderMGB (MEGABAU 365) is extended with the following fields.
Below you will find the description of the added fields.
Field
Description
Site Pick Approval Tolerance (days)
Number of days used as tolerance when a Site Pick document linked to this job expense document is approved. The value is initially taken from the general job setup and is automatically recalculated whenever the Approval Status changes: it is set to the tolerance configured in the Machinery Mgt. Setup as soon as the status leaves "Open", and reset to 0 when the status is "Open" again.
Approval Status
Approval workflow status of the document: Open, Approval Request, Approved or Rejected.
Has machinery
Read-only field that shows whether the document contains at least one machinery usage line with a quantity other than zero.
Site Manager
Read-only field, automatically filled with the site manager of the job as soon as the "Job No." is entered on the document.
Foreman
Read-only field, automatically filled with the foreman of the job as soon as the "Job No." is entered on the document.
User is Foreman
Read-only field, internally used to determine whether the currently signed-in user is set up as foreman on a job task of the job.
Note
Once a document has left the "Open" approval status, Construction Base blocks further changes to the document and to its lines until it is set back to "Open" again.
Job Expense Line
The table Job Expense LineMGB (MEGABAU 365) is extended with the following fields.
Below you will find the description of the added fields.
Field
Description
Driver
Specifies the driving role of the employee for this entry: Driver (single), Driver (with passengers), Passenger, or Driver (private).
Guest Night
Specifies whether the entry includes an overnight stay away from home (accommodation allowance).
Extra Charge
Specifies whether other/extra allowances apply to this entry.
Comment
Free-text comment for the entry.
Note
For lines of document type "Site Pick List", Construction Base checks that the approval status of the related Job Expense document is still "Open" before the line can be created or changed.
Posted Job Expense Lines
The table Post. Job Expense LinesMGB (MEGABAU 365) is extended with the same four fields as the Job Expense Line table, so that this data is retained after posting.
Below you will find the description of the added fields.
Field
Description
Driver
Driving role recorded for the entry: Driver (single), Driver (with passengers), Passenger, or Driver (private).
Guest Night
Specifies whether the posted entry includes an overnight stay away from home.
Extra Charge
Specifies whether other/extra allowances apply to the posted entry.
Comment
Free-text comment recorded for the entry.
Time Sheet Lines
On the Time Sheet LinesMGB page (the weekly time sheet / Wochenzettel entry page), Construction Base adds the Driver, Guest Night, Extra Charge and Comment fields described above, so they can be entered directly while recording the weekly time sheet.
Posted Time Sheet Lines
On the Posted Time Sheet LinesMGB page, Construction Base adds the same Driver, Guest Night, Extra Charge and Comment fields, so the recorded data can still be reviewed after posting.
Repair Recordal Lines Mat.
On the Repair Recordal Lines Mat.MGB page, used to record material consumed on repair jobs, Construction Base adds the following action, placed after "Create Material Requisition".
Basket
Opens the Construction Base basket for the current repair recordal material lines, so that material can be collected and processed together with other basket content. See Basket.
Type of Work
The table Type of WorkMGB (MEGABAU 365) is extended with the following field, which is also shown on the Type of WorkMGB page.
Below you will find the description of the added field.
Field
Description
Work Type
Links the MEGABAU type of work to a standard Business Central "Work Type" record.
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Job Expense & Time Sheet
