Projects Based (Contract/Resource Management, Project Management, Engineering Design & Deliverables)

Hi, Has anyone used a different external planning tool (not MS Project or P6)? We are looking to integrate Celoxis into IFS and wondered if PROJX would still be utilised? Are there any general instructions for API/external planning tool set up that aren’t specific to P6 or MS Project? Appreciated Fiona

Is there any way to disable / hide unused graph icons on the resource analysis view? We are not using Maintenance Order, Shop Order or Production Schedule and it would make the view a lot cleaner and simpler if these options could be hidden.

Bad choice of graphic object for activity in Project module. What do you think?

Hello, Wanted to know if there are any offline modules in IFS. Like we used to have projects using PDA’s. This can be used for users with no-network connectivity. The data gets synced to central server once they have proper network. I guess FSM supports this. Do we have other modules also. Please suggest /Pankaj

Community, I have a question about Project Delivery. please refer to the screenshot, i am doing a project delivery, the top part 1044748 is a project specific part, it is a engineering part only, no inventory parts created, no MBOM created, and it does not have EBOM created in IFS, i manually added the project items and build the project delivery structure. i am using the RMB function Transfer Inventory Part, so I assume, system will base on the project delivery structure to create the MBOM in IFS accordingly, but unfortunately, it does not. system does not created any MBOM, neither the engineering revision. in part revision, you cannot see the Eng Rev created. May I know, am I doing it correctly? what is the Transfer Inventory Part this menu original designed for? Thank you.

Hi - I see a discrepancy between the Actual Cost field value (in project navigator) and the total of the total value spent from Project transactions (labor and expenses). Any ideas why?

Community, Wondering how to remove the Project Delivery Top Part No? Once we enter the Top Part No in Project window Delivery Project tab, seems like we cannot remove it anymore. we tried in Project window, as well as Project Product window, tab Item. Please see the screenshots. Thank you.

Hi Everyone, Can you please help to understand why the below error message appears when we try to ‘Receive Application’ in Sub Contract Valuation window Sub Contract Valuation Error Thanks in advance for your help :) With Best regards, G. Niranjan

When exporting a project from IFS to MS Project, the lag time converts to hours from days (even though the schedule in MS Projects is set to days. Any help would me much appreciated.

Dear Community, We are experiencing some issues with IFS Project, and hoping you can assist, or offer guidance. We are using IFS Apps 9, UD15, and when we attempt to create a Project Forecast, if the CPE fields are selected, we receive the following error message: So a work around is to remove the PCE selection and create the forecast. This then leads to a secondary issue, whereby, we are unable to re-apply the PCE, once Forecast Lines exist. We are also experiencing an issue, whereby, a Forecast has been assigned as Active Budget. The RMB option to set as preliminary is listed, yet unavailable for selection, as it is greyed out. Any thoughts or suggestions please?

Greetings! In Apps 8, a sub project completion was done and as its voucher date was incorrect, a rollback was done for that.Then, when the sub project completion was attempted to run again, attached error message appears.Further, the activity sequence appears in GL Voucher rows analysis only for the first capitalization but not for the rollback. Can someone please explain1. The reason why this error appears?2. Why activity sequence does not appear for the rollback? Does that mean rollback did not happen properly? Thank you!

Hello Team, Is there any possibility of adding a one-time deduction for “Application For Payment” in IFSAPP10?Using the deduction percentage option in sales contact will add the same deductions to every application created. Rather than that, is IFS have an option to add different deduction amounts to different AFPs made from the same contract? Then later same can be invoiced including deductions. Thank you..

When editing a time entry that is Confirmed by employee and authorized and approved, inconsistent behavior occurred. Editing Invoice comment and internal comment, the Day confirmed flag is removed on both employee company transaction and on customer company transaction, while as the Approved flag is removed on the employee company transaction but it is still on in the customer company transaction.

Looking to attach lines in a Purchase order in released status to a Project Activity. Is there any way to do this without re entering the purchase order?

We have a project that was created in Error and approved. Is there a way to delete both the project under project Management and also under financial projects? Thanks for your help. Bob Booth

Hi, We have gone live with IFS10 today (UPD13). Is it possible that the option Send To (mail recipient as Link) have been removed from the Project Transactions windows in IFS10 (please see screenshot below)? We did have that option available in IFS9 (UPD17). Please let me know if we are missing some setup in this case. Many thanks Miguel

Hello, I created new Sub Contract with one line and one item. This item is connected to project activity. How do I transfer the planned costs from the line to the project activity? The button “Update planned costs” doesnt work for me. I guess there is necessary to set up under which cost element it should be visible in the planned costs/revenue on the project activity monitoring? How should I do that? Thank you in advance. Jakub

Hello, I am wondering if there is a way from the Project Monitoring screen to view values from the Project Forecasts. Example: I have created a Project Forecast for Project A. I have assigned EAC values for each Activity. The Forecast is Reviewed, Approved, and Set as Budget. On Project Monitoring screen, I see the usual Estimated, Planned, Used Costs etc. Is there anywhere where I can see my values from my Project Forecast? Perhaps an “Active Budget” column? On the Project Monitoring >Analysis tab, I do see columns for BAC (Budget at Completion), EAC, and other fields. But these do not seem to be displaying my Project Forecast values. Online help explains that these are driven by “Estimated Costs”. Is there functionality to copy all of my my Project Forecast values to Estimated Costs? I know that I can copy Estimated values to a Project Forecast, so maybe this is only a one-directional relationship between the two. It is worth noting that creating a Resource Forecast does update Plann

As at now I can see our risk management solution can have three main connected objects (Project, Sales Contract, Sub Contract). Additionally, Customer ID also connected. But for some reason, I cannot handle Supplier Risk. Can you help me on this.

how to store a data from my custom field in form??

We currently have built inventory and assigned to a project. Now we need to consume the material to the project. Not sure how to consume to the project. Any suggestions on how to consume inventory to project and or ship out of inventory?

We are using IFS 7.5 Our BOM can contain many thousands of components. It is regularly the case that engineering revise these components (someitmes multiple times) for use across multiple BOMs (for wider compatibility, responding to supplier/client feedback etc etc). All our parts are backwards compatible for fit, form, function reasons. It would be useful for our software team to know which revision of a part was delivered when the vehicle was delivered. Is there a way to see this data, perhaps in transaction history?

Hi team, Is there a way to create a project from another by copying, including the creation of work orders equivalent to those of the original project? When I say equivalent, I mean with the same job template. Any ideas?

Hi, I’m trying to allow my customer to spread some cost/revenues between January 1st and December 31th for each project forecast they create, with Amount/12 for each month. Problem is, whenever I use the linear distribution or a specificly created profile with 12 intervals, I always get a non-linear distribution with small gaps between different months. I thought at first that it was linked to the project calendar (No of work days) or to the number of days during each month, but it appears it isn’t the case when I calculate these results manually. System designed Linear Profile Linear Profile I designed myself Result 1 Result 2 Is there any chance you can explain to me how to get the expected result without customization ? (Of course without manual spread ?) Thank you, Best regards, Vincent Malet

Hi, I have a project deliverable structure where : The parent part will be manufactured with a shop order connected to the project, The components will be supplied with MRP. To be clear, the components come from the project deliverable structure, they are not coming from a manufacturing product structure. --> How can I take into account a scrap factor for the components? meaning every time they are used on a project deliverable shop order, we will have a % of loss? Thanks for your help, Caroline