Allocate Transaction Amounts to Projects
        
Before you can perform this task
        
        
            Make sure the account used for the transaction is set up for project allocation. In the Account record, on the Account tab, select Allow Project Allocations.
         
        Transactions in which you can allocate amounts:
        
            - Sales and Purchases
 
            - Paychecks (including payroll check runs)
 
            - General Journal entries
 
            - Inventory adjustments
 
            - Time slips
 
        
        Select the type of allocation 
 you want to perform:
        
Paycheck amounts
        
        
            
                - Open the Paychecks window. 
How?- In the Home window, click Employees & Payroll  on the navigation pane.
 - In the Tasks pane, right-click the Paychecks icon and select Create Paycheck from the menu.
 
 
                - Click Project
 on the right side of the toolbar. 
                - Select a blank 
 line in the Project column and press Enter 
 to open the Project list.
 
                - Select a project 
 from the list and click Select.
 
                - Type the number 
 of hours, dollar amount, or percentage (depending on your 
 settings) to allocate to that project.
 
                - If you are allocating 
 this transaction to more than one project, repeat steps 3-5 as necessary.
 
                - Click OK 
 to return to the Paycheck window.
 
            
         
        
Paycheck amounts in a payroll check run
        
        
            
                - Open  the Payroll Check Run window. 
How?- In the Home window, click Employees & Payroll  on the navigation pane.
 - In the Tasks pane, click the Payroll Check Run icon.
 
 
                - Select the employee 
 whose paycheck you want to allocate.
 
                - Click Project
 on the right side of the toolbar. 
                - Select a blank 
 line in the Project column and press Enter 
 to open the Project list.
 
                - Select a project 
 from the list and click Select.
 
                - Depending on your company's allocation settings, type the dollar amount, percentage, or hours (Regular, Overtime...) that you want to allocate to the project.
 
                - If you are allocating 
 this transaction to more than one project, repeat steps 4-6 as necessary.
 
                - (Optional) To use these allocations for all of the paychecks in the payroll check run, select Apply 
 this allocation to entire transaction. This option overrides allocations 
 already defined for other paychecks in the payroll run.
            
            
Note: This option converts 
 the specified amount or hours into a percentage before allocating each paycheck 
 in the payroll run.
 
                - Click OK 
 to return to the Payroll Check Run window.
 
            
            
An entire transaction  (Enterprise)
            
                
                    - In the transaction 
 window, open the Project List menu.
 
                    - Select a project 
 from the list. The transaction is 100% allocated to the selected project.
 
                
                Note: Click the pushpin next to the Project List menu to use the selected project in multiple transactions. 
             
         
        
Line item amounts in a transaction (including General Journal entries and Inventory adjustments)
        
        
            
                - In the transaction 
 window, select a line item and click                 Project
. 
                - (Optional) Select 
 Apply this allocation to entire transaction. 
 This option allocates all the amounts in the transaction by the same percentage,  regardless of your allocation setting.
 
                - Select a blank 
 line in the Project column and press Enter to open the Project list.
 
                - Select a project 
 from the list and click Select.
 
                - Type the dollar 
 amount or percentage (depending on your 
 settings) to allocate to that project.
 
                - If you are allocating 
 this transaction to more than one project, repeat steps 3-5 as necessary.
 
                - Click OK 
 to return to the transaction window.
 
            
            Note: If each line item is allocated to a different project, By Line is indicated in the Project List menu. If you allocate a line item to a project and then select a project from the Project List menu, the line item allocation is removed.  (Enterprise)
         
        
Freight amounts in a transaction
        
        
            
                - In the transaction 
 window, select the freight line and click Project Allocation
 on the same line. 
                - Select a blank 
 line in Project column and press Enter to 
 open the Project list.
 
                - Select a project 
 from the list and click Select.
 
                - Type the dollar 
 amount or percentage (depending on your 
 settings) to allocate to that project.
 
                - If you are allocating 
 this transaction to more than one project, repeat steps 3-5 as necessary.
 
                - Click OK 
 to return to the transaction window.
 
            
         
        
Time slip amounts
        
        
            
                - In the Time Slip 
 window, select the item line and click Project
. 
                - (Optional) Select 
 Apply this allocation to entire transaction. 
 This option allocates all the amounts in the transaction by the same percentage, 
 regardless of your allocation setting.
 
                - Select the way 
 the activity should be allocated from the Allocate 
 based on list:
            
            
Note: You can only select an 
 allocation option if its column has been filled on the time slip.
 
                - Select a blank 
 line in the Project column and press Enter 
 to open the Project list.
 
                - Select a project 
 from the list and click Select.
 
                - Type the allocation 
 amount you want to allocate to the project in the appropriate column.
 
                - If you are allocating 
 this transaction to more than one project, then repeat steps 3-5 
 as necessary.
 
                - Click OK 
 to return to the transaction window.
 
            
         
        What do you want to do?
        Change 
 the way amounts are allocated to projects
        
        Find the keyboard shortcut to allocate revenues and expenses to projects