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Project Costing Cost Distribution Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) (Doc ID 223780.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Projects
Oracle Project Costing
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

This FAQ document identifies the most frequently reported how-to questions relating to Oracle Projects Cost Distribution.

Questions and Answers

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Questions and Answers
 Q1. Why are my Inventory items not being burdened?
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 Q2. When I run PRC: Distribute Labor Costs process (PALDLC) after adding a new organization, I am getting an error that the process can not find a compiled burden multiplier. Why?
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 Q3. While running the PRC: Distribute Labor process (PALDLC), I received the exception of Missing Cost Rate. Why?
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 Q4. What data is displayed for commitment columns in the Project Status Inquiry (PSI) screen?
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 Q5. How can I create an new a Unit of Measure (UOM) for expenditures and billing?
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 Q6. In 11i, why does the PRC: Interface Labor Costs to General Ledger (PAGGLT) not create the credit account or generate a journal batch for import?
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 Q7. In 11i, why does the PRC: Interface Labor Costs to GL (PAGGLT) process fail with a Signal 11 error?
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 Q8. How does Oracle Projects determine PA or GL Date and PA or GL Period for expenditure items?
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 Q9. When should you run the tieback process for costs?
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 Q10. Why are journal entries not created in GL when costs are successfully interfaced to GL?
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 Q11. In 11i, why do the Projects General Ledger Interface Audit Reports produce no data?
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 Q12. How do you correct APP-00969 errors in costing processes?
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 Q13. Does dynamic insertion have to be 'on' for the accounting flexfield when distributing or interfacing costs to GL?
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 Q14. How does the streamline process work?
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 Q15. Why are summarized burden transaction are not transferred to GL after running the PRC: Interface Total Burdened Costs to General Ledger?
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 Q16.  How do you correct "profile PA_SELECTIVE_FLEXFIELD_SEGMENT is not defined" or "APP-00606 Cannot read value for profile option PA_SELECTIVE_FLEX_SEG" messages?
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