Renaming Billing category

[ghostme]

Hi guys,

Is any way that I can rename the 'Billing category' field in the Timesheet
view.

Regards

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

ghostme --

I do not believe this is possible. Hope this helps.

 

[ghostme]

Thanks Dale

However, what I don't understand is why is it that on the 'Add lines' pop up
dialog the Drop down label reads 'Line Classification' and not 'Billing
Category'.

Is there a way that I can rename the drop down label to read 'Billing
Category'?

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

ghostme --

Billing Category and Line Classification are two entirely different things,
each of which must be set up by the Project Server administrator. In spite
of their differences, you cannot rename either of them. Sorry.

 

[ghostme]

Dale thank you for your reply

now I think I am a bit confused when you say Line classification is entirely
different from the Billing Category.

If I go to the server setting in PWA, under Time and Task Management I see
Timesheet Classifications. Now, When I click on the 'Add lines' icon in my
Timesheet I see the drop down box which reads 'Line Classification' this is
automatically populated with the Timesheet Classifications I have defined in
the PWA server settings.

If I choose any of the choices in the Drop Down box, it automatically
populates the 'Billing Category' column in my Timesheet. Now is there any
where in the PWA server settings which I can explicitly define my Billing
Category?

Please Dale educate me on this, it is causing alot of headaches for me.

Thank you.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

ghostme --

OK, let's back things up and I will soften what I said about them being two
entirely different things. For administrative tasks, Billing Category
offers three choices by default, which are Administrative, Sick Leave, and
Vacation. The Project Server administrator specifies these values by
clicking Server Settings - Administrative Time. For project tasks, there is
only one Billing Category by default, which is the Standard category. The
Project Server administrator specifies this option by clicking Server
Settings - Timesheet Classifications. You can set up alternate timesheet
classifications for business or accounting reasons. Hope this helps more
than my last message!

 

[ghostme]

Dale thanks once again for your reply now I understand. However, why is it
that it is only the line classification of standard that gets imported to 'my
task' when you are importing timesheet data. Any other Timesheet line without
the 'Standard' category doesn't get imported.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

ghostme --

I believe this is so because the Standard line classification is associated
with only project tasks, so that is why is imported to the My Tasks page.
But I don't work for Microsoft, so I'm not always privy as to why they make
decisions about how the software works. Hope this helps.