Entering user-defined fields in expense distributions


If your administrator set up user-defined fields to appear in expense distributions, then you can make entries to those fields as shown below. These steps assume that you have already entered expense distributions for the report.

To enter user-defined fields in expense distributions

  1. Open the expense report on the Edit Expense Report screen.

  2. To enter a user-defined field value for an expense distribution that applies to:

The Expense Distribution screen appears.

  1. Click userdefinedoff.gif to the right of the expense distribution line for which you want to enter user-defined field values. The User-Defined Fields screen appears.

  2. Make entries to user-defined fields as needed. Depending on the setup for a user-defined field, you may be able to enter text, enter a number including decimals, select a value from a dropdown list, click a check box on or off, or enter a date or click Date Picker to the right of the field to select a date. Some fields may be required.

  3. Click OK. The Expense Distribution screen reappears. To the right of the distribution line, the button image changes to userdefinedon.gif to indicate that you have made entries to user-defined fields.

  4. Repeat steps 3 through 5 as needed to enter user-defined values for additional distribution lines at the same level.

  5. Click OK. This step is required to commit to the database your user-defined field entries for expense distributions.

    The Edit Expense Report screen reappears.

  6. Repeat steps 2 to 7 as needed to enter user-defined values for distribution lines at different levels of the expense report.

Note that if you’ve entered any user-defined fields for a report’s distributions, you can see them all at one time by clicking Distribution Summary from the Edit Expense Report screen.

When the Expense Distribution Summary screen appears, select Job Number, Cost Element, Category, Date from the View Expense Summary by dropdown list. If you see userdefinedon.gif to the right of any distribution line, you can click it to view that line’s user-defined field entries in read-only format.