Project Planning and Scheduling Using Primavera Version 4.1: For Engineering & Construction and Maintenance & Turnaround

18.7: Expenses

18.7 Expenses

Expenses are intended to be used for one off non-resource typecosts and could include:

  • Purchase of office equipment to set up a project office,

  • Travel costs,

  • Payment for a consultant s report,

  • Insurance costs, and

  • Training courses.

Expenses may be created using the:

  • Expenses Workspace and assigned to an activity, or

  • Created in the Expenses tab of an activity.

18.7.1 Expenses Workspace

The Expenses Workspace is opened by:

  • Clicking in the button on the Directory bar, or

  • Selecting Project, Expenses.

Creating a new Expense is similar to creating a newactivity:

  • Select Edit, Add, or

  • Strike the Ins key.

  • The Select Activity form will then be displayed and theactivity the expense is to be associated with is selected.

Enter the following Information in the tabs in the bottom window:

  • General Tab

    • Expense Item A free form field to enter the description ofthe Expense.

    • Vendor A free form field to enter the vendor or suppliername.

    • Expense Category Select the Expense Category, these arecreated in the Admin Categories form.

    • Cost Account Select a Cost Account should you wish to seeor report the costs against a Cost Account. Costs accounts are created in a similar method to otherhierarchical structures in Primavera Version 4.1, such as the WBS, by selecting Enterprise, Cost Accounts .

    • Document Number A free form field to enter the documentnumber that could represent the Purchase Order, Contract or Invoice Number.

  • Activity Tab displays information mainly adopted from anactivity, the Accrual...

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