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