Adding "weekly billable hours" to PWA timesheet

[Casey Z]

My project has a special requirement to track both actual work hours and
billable hours (cap at 40 hours/week) using MSPS 2003. Is it possible to add
column or field to the weekly timesheet to track weekly billable hours?

Thanks

Casey

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Casey Z --

Yes, I suppose your Project Server administrator would be able to create a
custom enterprise field called Billable Hours in the Enterprise Global file
for this purpose. You should know, however, that entering hours in the
Billable Work field will have NO IMPACT on the Work or Actual Workf fields.
If he/she decides to do add this custom field, ask him/her to refer to the
following FAQ for the steps that all of you will need to do in response:

http://www.projectserverexperts.com/ProjectServerFAQKnowledgeBase/changetimesheet.aspx

Hope this helps.

 

[Casey Z]

Hi Dale,

Thank you for the prompt reply. I checked out the FAQ and i'm pretty clear
on adding a column. Can this be done for every time period? For example, if
we track time weekly, where can i get see these billable hours in the work
plan?

Thanks for your help.

Casey

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Casey --

You can't. The field will always contain the cumulative amount of Billable
Work. There is no way to add this field to the timephased timesheet grid.
This is a limitation of Project Server 2003. If this feature is a vital
business need, this might be a primary reason for upgrading to Project
Server 2007, which will have the functionality you seek. Hope this helps.