To view cost information within the forms application:You can view the Material, Labor, and Equipment costs of Asset Numbers, Activities, and Work Orders. You can see detailed or summarized views of actual, estimated, or variance cost information. When viewing the parent Asset Number, you can view just the parent Asset Number's costs or the costs of the parent and child Asset Numbers that are rolled up to the Parent level.
Within both the forms application and Maintenance User profile, different costs are viewable. In the forms application, you can view Work Order and Activity costs. In the Maintenance User profile, you can view Work Order and Asset Number costs.
For assets that transferred from one organization to another, each organization can view only the Work Order costs on those assets that were incurred by itself.
To view cost information within the forms application:Navigate to the Work Order window. Find a Work Order to view costs for.
Choose Costs.
Optionally re-estimate selected Work Orders' costs by choosing Re-estimate Work Order. After chosen, the Work Order Cost Estimation process executes to re-estimate the costs for all selected Work Orders. See: eAM Cost Estimation. You can optionally first choose Select All to automatically select all Work Orders to re-estimate.
In the Accounting Information By Period region, choose the dates that identify the accounting period you want to view.
Choose Value Summary.
You can view total Material, Labor, and Equipment costs for the cost categories associated with the current Work Order. You can view totals for actual, estimated, or variance costs, depending on the tab you select.
Actual Costs: The Actual Costs tab displays the current Work Order's accumulation of material and resource transaction costs, based on the specified period(s).
Note: The Cost Manager process executes to provide updated, actual cost information.
Estimated Costs: The Estimates tab displays the current Work Order's material and resource requirements' estimated costs. The Work Order Cost Estimate Processor executes to provide updated, estimated cost information. You can also manually launch this process via a concurrent request. See: Viewing Cost Information
Variance Costs: The Variances tab displays the difference between the actual costs and estimated costs.
For the selected cost category, choose Details to view the Material, Labor, and Equipment costs for individual operations on the current Work Order's routing. You can view totals for actual, estimated, or variance costs, depending on the tab you select.
Note: To see if there are any changes to the selected Work Order's costs, choose Refresh. For example, if the Work Order's Estimation Status is Reestimate, choosing Refresh indicates if the Work Order Cost Estimate Processor has picked up the Work Order and re-estimated the costs. If, after choosing Refresh, the Estimation Status is changed to Complete, the maintenance Work Order has the latest estimation costs.
Choose Distributions to view the specific accounts charged for an individual operation.
Return to the Cost Details by Operation Window. Choose Detailed Estimates to display the details of the Work Order's required material and resources, and any direct items associated with the Work Order.
To view cost information within Maintenance Super User:Navigate to the Asset Numbers page, and query an Asset Number. See: Obtaining Asset Number Information.
Select the Asset Number, and then choose Costs.
In the Cost View Options region, you can narrow your selection criteria.
From the View drop down list, select the type of cost information to view. Valid values are Actual Costs, Estimated Costs, Variance Costs, and Cost Summary.
Actual Costs: The Actual Cost option displays the selected Asset Number's actual costs, by period, of the material and resource transactions.
Note: The Cost Manager process executes to provide updated, actual cost information.
Estimated Costs: The Estimated Costs option displays the estimated costs, by period, of the required material and resources associated with the selected Asset Number.
Note: The Work Order Cost Estimate Processor executes to provide updated, estimated cost information. You can also execute the Work Order Cost Estimate Processor manually via a concurrent request.
Variance Costs: The Variance Cost option displays the difference between the actual and estimated costs within a period.
Cost Summary: The Cost Summary option displays a summary of the actual, estimated, and variance cost information, associated with the Asset Number, for the specified period(s).
From the View Cost By drop down list, select how you would like to view your cost information. Valid values are Period and Cost Category.
If you select Cost Category, you can view cost information by the cost categories.
If you select Period, you can view cost information by periods. Optionally enter the Period From and Period To. Accounting Periods are defined within Oracle Inventory (See: Maintaining Accounting Periods).
Select the Include Child Assets check box to view the rolled up costs for the current Asset Number and its children. See: Defining Asset Numbers to review how Asset Number hierarchies are created.
Choose Go to view cost element information. The information is broken down into the three cost elements: Material, Equipment, and Labor.
Optionally choose Export to save or export your cost information to a spreadsheet.
