I NEED TO COMPARE THE BILLABLE VALUE OF A JOB TO ITS BUDGET.


WHAT INFORMATION CAN YOU GET OUT OF THIS REPORT?

  • See a specific job within a selected month(s). 

  • The reports show all users that worked on this job along with their billing rates, job titles, and departments.

  • The budget report shows each department’s total billing amount and the % of the budget it used up.

  • See the total budget and % of budget at the bottom of the report.

WHAT SETUP IS NEEDED FOR THIS REPORT TO WORK EFFECTIVELY  


The following users are involved in the data that populates this report:  

  • Traffic / Project Managers - these are the users who assign tasks to users and jobs and ensure all the correct information is set on the task. 

    • Ensure each user’s title, department and billing rate is filled in.

  • Anyone responsible for doing work on tasks 

    • These users must keep their tasks up to date and ensure that time is tracked accurately.

    • Double check that the right billing rate is set on the task.



HOW TO ACCESS AND USE THIS REPORT

  • Reports>Jobs>Job budget. (Image 1)

  • Filter the search as required. (Image 2)

  • Results can be exported as a CSV file, Excel file or a PDF at the bottom of the report. (Image 3)


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Image 2: Note that the job name, dates and billing status used below is just an example



Image 3: Shows the data below and the export icon at the bottom of the data



HOW TO MAINTAIN THIS REPORT


  • Host a weekly meeting with your traffic/project manager and review all the jobs budgets to make sure that all the jobs are still within budget. 


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