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See also Levels and Labour Codes.
The Labour Code form enables you to create new labour code records and amend existing ones.
What do you want to do?
This form is displayed when you select Create..., Copy..., or Edit... from the Times grid shortcut menu on the Labour codes/times maintenance form or you double-click a Times grid row. It primarily enables you to amend the Description of the labour code. It also provides access to facilities to maintain labour times.
Level: Description of the parent level code to which the Labour code belongs <displayed in angle brackets>
Labour code: Identifies the labour operation you are creating or amending
If you are creating (including copying) a labour code record, Labour code is in two boxes. The first box contains the parent level, which is not editable. The second box identifies the labour operation within the parent level and it is editable.
If you are amending the record, no part of Labour code is editable.
Copied from: Labour code of the record whose data you are copying to create a new labour code record. (Displayed only if you are copying.)
Description: Describes the labour operation
SRW payment element: Not used
PUSH BUTTONS:
OK: If you are using this form to amend a labour code record, you are returned to the Labour codes/times maintenance form. If you are using this form to create a new labour code record, the Change Times form is displayed to enable you to populate the new labour code with labour times.
Cancel: Abandons any changes you made and returns you to the Labour codes/times maintenance form
Help: Displays this help topic in a web browser
Change times: Enables you to populate a new labour code with labour times or amend a labour time for any or all models or slots that use the selected labour code
Note: The Change times button is displayed only if you are amending. If you are creating a new labour code using a blank form, the OK button displays the Change Times form.
If you can easily find a labour code record with data similar to the one you want to create, this procedure is quicker than creating one using a blank form.
To create a labour code by copying an existing labour code:
Browse to the component (the level immediately above labour codes) within which you want to create a new labour code.
The Times grid is populated with any labour codes contained in the selected component.
Right-click the Times grid row on which you want to base the new labour code, and select Copy... from the shortcut menu.
Note: The Copy... option on the Times grid shortcut menu is not available unless you have browsed to the component level in the Levels grid.
The Labour Code form is displayed with the selected labour code in the Copied from box and the Description populated from the Copied from labour code record.
Enter the second part of the labour code, amend the Description, and click OK.
The new labour code record is added to the database, complete with labour times copied from the selected record, and you are returned to the labour codes/times maintenance form.
Tip: To see your changes in the Times grid, click Search with the In level check box selected.
If you can easily find a labour code record with data similar to the one you want to create, the procedure Creating a Labour Code by Copying an Existing Labour Code is quicker than this one.
To create a labour code using a blank form:
Browse to the component (the level immediately above labour codes) within which you want to create a new labour code.
The Times grid is populated with any labour codes contained in the selected component.
Right-click the header row of the Times grid and select Create... from the shortcut menu.
Note: The Create... option on the Times grid shortcut menu is not available unless you have browsed to the component level in the Levels grid.
The Labour Code form is displayed.
Complete the second part of the labour code, complete the Description, and click OK.
The Change Times form is displayed.
Select rows in the text box (grid) representing models or slots that use the selected labour time code.
Tip: You can select any number of rows. To clear a selected row, click it again.
Enter the New time and click Set Time.
The labour time code for all selected model rows is set to the New time and the values of the selected rows in the text box (grid) are updated.
Click OK.
You are returned to the labour codes/times maintenance form.
Tip: To see your changes in the Times grid, click Search with the In level check box selected.
To amend a labour code:
Browse to the component containing the labour code that you want to amend or use the filtered search procedure to find it.
The Times grid is populated with one or more labour codes.
Select Edit... from the shortcut menu of the row you want to amend in the Times grid or double-click the row in the Times grid.
The Labour Code form is displayed.
If required, amend the Description.
If you want to amend the labour times, click Change Times, otherwise skip to the last step in this procedure.
If you clicked Change Times, the Change Times form is displayed.
Select rows in the text box (grid) representing models or slots that use the selected labour time code.
Tip: You can select any number of rows. To clear a selected row, click it again.
Enter the New time and click Set Time.
The labour time code for all selected model rows is set to the New time and the values of the selected rows in the text box (grid) are updated.
Click OK.
You are returned to the labour codes/times maintenance form.
Tip: To see your changes in the Times grid, click Search with the In level check box selected.
