E1: 51: Job Cost General Questions (FAQ) (Doc ID 2369947.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Applies to:

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Project Costing - Version XE and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

This document will answer commonly asked questions on Job Cost System that are not addressed by other Job Cost documents.

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Question 1: There is some new functionality in 9.2 for Joint Venture. Is there anything for the cash settlements between companies as it relates to Joint Ventures and Job Cost?

Question 2: Migrating from World to E1 9.2.. Moving existing jobs to E1 and reviewing the RPO functionality. If we convert from World to E1 does the obsolete jobs program sill need to be run when running profit recognition at the summarization level of '4'? Or will those converted jobs be able to use the functionality with out running the obsolete process?

Question 3: When jobs have been created to roll-up to projects will the standard job cost reports combine the data and roll them up to a project level?

Question 4: When setting up a new Job / Business Unit using Job Master Revisions (P51006) a new G/L account is created for the Job in the Account Master (F0901) file. This account does not contain an object or sub account, but is created only for the Job Number (Business Unit). Is there an option that will automatically populate the post edit code on this new G/L account number?

Question 5: How can we track changes made to the Job Cost records?

Question 7: What benefits can the job cost system provide? We aren't a traditional construction company but would like to be able to use it on internal and external projects where cost need to be tracked.

Question 8: How does the PA ledger get updated as it relates to JSI?

Question 9: Why do I get "Account Number Invalid " error message, when trying to change PEC for a Job Cost type account from "I" Inactive to " "?

Question 10: Which work order program should be used for issuing items to a job?

Question 11: Does Job Cost have Inter- Company Functionality?

Question 12: Does Job Cost Support In-Memory Project Portfolio Management - P51X0210?

Question 13: Does Job Cost handle Multi-Currency or Monetary Accounts?

Question 14: What is the recommended way of changing the date pattern from one date pattern to another?

Question 15: Is there some general information on how the General Accounting Annual Close (R098201) rolls the amounts for the AA ledger to the next year?

Question 16: Why isn't the system NOT creating journal entries when running the R5144 Create Journal Entries?

Question 17: Why can't the issue be duplicate when trying to update the S & I Method of Computations even though the code is current and the steps to duplicate are the same?

Question 18: Is there way to go into the Performance Based Labor Progress Entry - P510312 and change the Actual, Budget, Estimate TO Complete, Estimate AT Complete, and Variance on the Tolerance Tab to default in so that the users do not always have to change them?

Question 19: How many decimals are shown in databrowser for Job Cost Units?

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