The Work > Planning and Budgeting > Tasks grid contains the following Toolkits:
Note: These Toolkit functions enable users to update Planned Task calculations on-demand; however, the Lucity PM Service also runs these calculations each night.
Copies all of the Resources associated with one Planned Task to another Planned Task assigned to the same Department and Fiscal Year. This toolkit streamlines the process of creating Planned Tasks.
Open the Work > Planning and Budgeting > Tasks module.
Locate the Planned Task with the Resources you want to copy. Remember it.
Locate and select the Planned Task record that you want to serve as the destination for copied Resources.
Click the Toolkit and select Copy Resources from Task | Selected Record. A picklist appears that contains all Planned Task records with the sameDepartment and Fiscal Year as the Planned Task you selected in step 2.
Select the Planned Task record with the Resources you want to copy. The selected Planning Task must contain one or more Resources.
Click Select. A confirmation message appears in the bottom-right corner of the screen to indicate that the Resources have been copied to the Planned Task record you selected in step 2.
Match All Work Order Tasks
Searches Lucity for completed Work Ordersfrom all open fiscal years and links Work Orders to anyPlanned Tasks that share the same Category*, Task, Department and Fiscal Year. This is the most time- and resource-consuming of the Match Work Order tools, because it searches the widest range of records.
Important: It is crucial that agencies run this tool (or one of the other Match Work Order tools) before running the Perform Cost Update tool, which pulls data from Work Orders to linked Planned Tasks.
Open the Work > Planning and Budgeting > Tasks module.
Click the Toolkit , then select Match All Work Order Tasks. A pop-up appears, asking you to confirm that you want to run the tool:
Click OK. In a matter of seconds (or minutes, depending on the number of Work Orders in the system), a confirmation message should appear in the bottom-right-hand corner of the window to indicate that the tool ran successfully.
Any matching, completed Work Orders now appear in the Planned Tasks' Work Orders child grids.
To update cost data on Planned Tasks, perform one of the module's Perform Cost Update toolkits.
*If a Planned Task designates a Category, only Work Orders that share the same Category, Task, Department and Fiscal Year are considered a match. If the Planned Taskdoes not designate a Category, a Work Order need only meet the other three criteria to be considered a match.
Match Work Order Tasks for Fiscal Year | Selected Record
Searches Lucity for Work Orders completed during the fiscal year you choose and links Work Orders to Planned Tasks in that fiscal year that share the same Category*, Task, and Department, as well.
Important: It is crucial that agencies run this tool (or one of the other Match Work Order tools) before running the Perform Cost Update tool, which pulls data from Work Orders to linked Planned Tasks.
Open the Work > Planning and Budgeting > Tasks module.
Select the desired Planning Task record you wish to match to Work Order Tasks for a different Fiscal Year.
Select the Toolkit then select Match All Work Order Tasks for Fiscal Year | Selected Record.
The following message appears:
Click OK. The following pop-up appears:
Enter the Fiscal Year from which you wish to match Work Order Tasks to your selected Planning Task record.
Click OK.
If the Toolkit is unable to run, you will get the following error message indicating no Work Order Tasks in your selected Fiscal Year were available or matched the criteria of your selected Planning Task record:
If the Toolkit is successful, the system will display a notification indicating Tool Success. All eligible Work Orders are now matched to associated Planned Tasks for the associated Fiscal Year. To update costs, perform one of the Perform Cost UpdateToolkits.
*If a Planned Task designates a Category, only Work Orders that share the same Category, Task, Department and Fiscal Year are considered a match. If the Planned Taskdoes not designate a Category, a Work Order need only meet the other three criteria to be considered a match.
Match Work Order Tasks in same Fiscal Year as Current Task | Selected Record
Searches Lucity for completed Work Orders with the same Task and Fiscal Year as the selected record and matches those that list the same Category* and Department, as well.
This is the fastest and least resource-taxing of the Match Work Order tools, because it searches the narrowest range of records.
Important: It is crucial that agencies run this tool (or one of the other Match Work Order tools) before running the Perform Cost Update tool, which pulls data from Work Orders to linked Planned Tasks.
Open the Work > Planning and Budgeting > Tasks module.
Select the Planning Task record you wish to match to Work Order Tasks for in the same Fiscal Year.
Select the Toolkit then select Match All Work Order Tasks in same Fiscal Year as Current Task | Selected Record.
The following message appears:
Click OK.
If the Toolkit is unable to run, you will get the following error message indicating no Work Order Tasks in your selected Fiscal Year were available or matched the criteria of your selected Planning Task record:
If the Toolkit is successful, the system will display a notification indicating Tool Success. Your Task is now matched to associated Work Orders in the same Fiscal Year. To update costs, perform one of the Perform Cost UpdateToolkits.
*If a Planned Task designates a Category, only Work Orders that share the same Category, Task, Department and Fiscal Year are considered a match. If the Planned Taskdoes not designate a Category, a Work Order need only meet the other three criteria to be considered a match.
Perform Cost Update | Current Filter
Updates the estimated and actual cost fields on all Planned Tasks in the current filter on-demand, eliminating the need to wait for the automatic nightly recalculation.
Important: Before performing the cost update, you must run one of the Match Work Order Tasks toolkits.The Match... toolkits force Lucity to check whether any additional Work Orders are related to the Planned Task, which is critical to ensure the Perform Cost Update tool processes all relevant data and produces accurate actual cost, quantity and labor numbers.
Important: Before performing the cost update, you must run one of the Match Work Order Tasks toolkits.The Match... toolkits force Lucity to check whether any additional Work Orders are related to the Planned Task, which is critical to ensure the Perform Cost Update tool processes all relevant data and produces accurate actual cost, quantity and labor numbers.
Open the Work >Planning and Budgeting > Tasks module.
Create a filter to identify the Planned Task records you want to update.
Click the Toolkit ,then select Perform Cost Update | Current Filter. A prompt appears asking you to confirm that you want to run the tool against a specific number of records.
Click OK. Lucity updates the Cost fields on all Planned Task records in the current filterset.
Perform Cost Update | Selected Record(s)
Updates the estimated and actual cost fields on the selected Planned Task records on demand, eliminating the need to wait for the automatic nightly recalculation.
Important: Before performing the cost update, you must run one of the Match Work Order Tasks toolkits.The Match... toolkits force Lucity to check whether any additional Work Orders are related to the Planned Task, which is critical to ensure the Perform Cost Update tool processes all relevant data and produces accurate actual cost, quantity and labor numbers.
Important: Before performing the cost update, you must run one of the Match Work Order Tasks toolkits.The Match... toolkits force Lucity to check whether any additional Work Orders are related to the Planned Task, which is critical to ensure the Perform Cost Update tool processes all relevant data and produces accurate actual cost, quantity and labor numbers.
Open the Work >Planning and Budgeting > Tasks module.
Use CTRL + click to select the Task record(s) you want to update.
Click the Toolkit ,then select Perform Cost Update | Selected Record(s). A prompt appears asking you to confirm that you want to run the tool against a specific number of records.
Click OK. Lucity updates the Cost fields on the selected Planned Task records.
Remove Existing Guidelines | Current Filter
Deletes any Guidelinesthat had previously been added to the Planned Task records in the filterset.
Open the Work > Planning and Budgeting > Tasks module.
Create a filter to identify the Planned Task records from which you want to remove existing Guidelines.
Click the Toolkit then select Remove Existing Guidelines | Current Filter. The following warning appears.
To continue, click OK. After a few seconds, a message appears in the bottom-right-hand corner of the screen to indicate that the tool ran successfully.
If you open any of the filtered Planned Task records, you'll see that the Modify Guidelines option is unchecked and all fields in the Specific Guidelines section are empty.
Remove Existing Guidelines | Selected Record(s)
Deletes any Guidelinesthat had previously been added to the selected Planned Task record(s).
Open the Work > Planning & Budgeting > Tasks module.
Use CTRL + click to select the Planned Task record(s) from which you want to remove existing Guidelines.
Click the Toolkit then select Remove Existing Guidelines | Selected Record(s). The following warning appears:
To continue, click OK. After a few seconds, a message appears in the bottom-right-hand corner of the screen to indicate that the tool ran successfully.
If you open any of the selected Planned Task records, you'll see that the Modify Guidelines option is unchecked and all fields in the Specific Guidelines section are empty.
Update Resource Costs using Classifications | Selected Record
1. Updates the Unit Cost and Total Cost fields on Employee or Equipment Resource records tied to the selected Planned Task to reflect any changes made in the Employee Classification Setup or Equipment Classification Setup module.
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2. Recalculates the Planned Task's costs for the current Fiscal Year.
This process is helpful when an agency begins planning for a new fiscal year by using the Replicate Fiscal Year tool to duplicate records. In most cases employee/equipment costs will have changed and must be updated. The Update Resource Costs using Classifications tool makes it easy to perform those updates in bulk.
Open the Work > Planning and Budgeting > Tasks module.
Select the Planning Task record for which you want to update Resource costs.
Click the Toolkit and select Update Resource Costs using Classifications | Selected Record. A pop-up appears, asking whether you want to continue.
Click OK. Lucity updates the Unit Costs and Total Costs for Employee and Equipment Resources associated with the Planned Task and recalculates the Planned Task's costs.