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

Hello experts, We are going to IFS Cloud from IFS 7.5. We have been using purchase component method ‘Customer Order’ for one of our sites in 7.5.  Let’s say there is a part which has a component part attached in the project deliverables design, which we need to provide to the supplier. When we create the supply request for the top part and try to create a purchase order from the purchase requisition, we get the following error.   Have you ever encountered this issue? If yes, how did you manage continue the processIn IFS documentation, it doesn’t say anything about such limitation.  Thanks in advance. 

A Customer Order line can be supplied via project deliverables. In this case the supply code is “project deliverables”. Unfortunately, there is no automatism that automatically creates the project deliverables including structure, similar to what happens in the DOP.The idea is that, for example, the project deliverables is created using a button, linked to the activity of the customer order line and the inventory part of the sales part, including its product structure, is exploded in the project deliverables.If the sales part in the customer order is a configured part, the configuration in the customer order should be used in the deliverable and the configuration bom should be exploded. In IFS Standard the user has to configure twice… in customer order and afterwards in project deliverables as well.

Hi! I have a Project Connected to my Request in NGSM. I’ve created a Work Request Task and issued Material against the Request Work Task, I was expecting to see the Material Cost of this on my connected Project but can’t.  Any advice getting the costs to appear on my Project from my Request would be appreciated. I’m assuming there’s a posting control(s) that I’m missing? 

We’re actively using Business Opps and recently started investigating using discounts instead of amending the price. We currently use discounts on the customer order lines and are able to enter values with multiple decimal places (we sometimes use 5). However, within business opps lines discounts, it only seems to allow us to enter to 2 decimal places, anymore and it’ll round up.Does anyone know how to override the number of decimal places that can be input within the discount code?E.g.I enter 5.7856IFS updates this to 5.79 LU - BusinessOpportunityLineTable BUSINESS_OPPORTUNITY_LINE_TAB Some testing:I attempted to enter this value directly into the DB and the output was similar to entering it in the front end. I checked the ALL_TAB_COLUMNS and couldn’t see any strange rounding here and also within the API I couldn’t find any rounding etc.  Any ideas?

Hi,I am trying to create a Project Invoice in a different currency than the base currency of the Project. I defined the required Invoice currency in Specific Sales Price under my Project Pricing but when trying to create the transaction, I see only my project base currency. I read in IFS documentation that this parallel currency is possible, but I am unable to execute this. Could someone please assist if I am missing anything here. Thanks

Hello Community, I have created a SOW Production from a SOW Estimated where Sales Contract was Connected. Then I entered some work recording and tried to updated the sales contract from SOW Production. As per solution it should create AFP for the progress. But i an unable to sync the progress in Sales Contract. The sales contract is in Active status along with the revision & items. I was able to update the Project Forecast, Project EAC, Project Material Plan , Project Resource Plan from the SOW. Does anyone know how to sync the progress to sales contract and sub contract?     

We don’t want to create cost accounting vouchers for some transactions/generate any GL entries.  We are just trying to get the project into completed status.  Normally I am able to temporarily change the ‘create cost accounting’ setting to ‘No’ on the relevant report code to ‘No, Do not update project cost’ via the option called ‘Update Cost Accounting’ in project transactions screen.Example: Report Code SERVICES is set to 'No Do not update project Cost'. However, when trying to update cost accounting, system prompts an error.  Any idea why this error prompts all of a sudden?

We have run into an issue that I would like to bring up in the community. It could be that we have missed a piece of existing functionality or we might face a gap that we have to navigate around somehow.We are using Project Deliverables to design a number of products to be shipped to the customer project site (new address for every project). There are multiple shipments created for a project, up to 40 deliveries (shipments) is not uncommon. I was expecting that a Project Address could be used to define the shipment address. When looking closer at the project address it is our understanding that it only defines the delivery address for purchase orders.If our finding above is correct the first thought is to create a customer address of type Delivery. This is of course possible. However we can’t find anywhere we can set-up what delivery address to use for the Project/Project Deliverables. The only place we have found so far is to create a shipment plan and change the delivery address. But

Just the like the title says, is there a way to reserve and issue material to a shop order from one activity simply by having it in the same PNG without having to do the overhead of a MTR.

Hello folks,I have a concern regarding the Contract Change Orders (CCO) functionality in IFS Cloud. In a CCO, when you add a line, I am unable to see the connected project information. Since the CCO is originating from the sales contract, I would imagine that the project/sub project/activity connected to the sales contract should be automatically fetched to the CCO line as well. Otherwise the user will always have to enter this information manually which is not a good user experience IMO. (Please see the attached screenshot). Why is this functionality built this way? Is there any particular reason why the project information is not automatically fetched to the CCO line or can this be improved ?Kind regards,Ashani 

Is anyone experiencing problems saving shortcuts in project time posting after the 24R2 update in cloud? Our user saves the shortcut, but it disappears the next day. 

Hi When we terminate employment on IFS Cloud the resource still remains active in the resource groups on the resource structure. Only the resource capacity validity period is updated on the termination but the resource can still be allocated to projects. Yes the system gives a warning that the employee is terminated but its still available. Also the employee/resource is not removed from the existing project allocations. How can we get the termination to remove the resource or deactivate it?

The parameters Start date, End Date van Voucher Date in the Run Task ‘Transfer Project Cost Accounting transactions’ are derived from the previous accounting period.If I run the task today (28-7-2025) IFS sets the Voucher Date to the end date of the previous period, being 30-6-2025: Is it possible for IFS (Apps10) to default fill the Voucher Date with today's date?

Issue:Enabling Specific Invoice Numbering Sequence for Automatic Supplier Invoices generated through Subcontracting Self-Billing Invoices. Business Impact:Customers are currently blocked on this issue, since if they use self-billing on the subcontracting contract section, it has become a requirement for some customers to fetch specific invoice numbering sequence per supplier. Pre-requisites:Define a specific Invoice Type and an Invoice Series for Supplier: S003 in Supplier Invoice Types page in Company: P10 (Project Manufacturing Enterprises) in IFSCLOUD / 23R2 Core / REGIONAL TEST CMB environment.Invoice Series ID: S003 (Description: Automatic Supplier Invoice for Supplier S003) with Number Series added;          Invoice Type: S003 (Description: Automatic Supplier Invoice for Supplier S003) connected to Invoice Series: S003Go to the selected Supplier: S003 -> Go to Invoice tab/ General tab -> Select Company as P10 -> Add Default Invoice Type for Automatic Invoice as S003Test

In Project Deliverable flow, I’m trying to create Shipment Plan for Condition code enabled part.the System prompt an error saying, “It is not allow to create Shipment Plans for parts with condition code enabled.”It seems the flow is intentionally prevented.If so, appreciate a proper approach for delivering condition code enabled part via project del flow.

I know it seems counter-intuitive but does anyone know of a way to restrict project activity to Time Reporting only - ie disallow raising POs, SO etc?   I know there is the allow/disallow on Manual Connections but that only works when trying to connect an object created outside of the project.  It doesn’t stop objects created within the project from being created. I’m wondering if going down the Indirect Jobs route might be a better option?  Any thoughts/suggestions gratefully received.  ThanksLinda 

Hi All, I want to know if there is a way to control the project budget for man power. When there are new recruitments to be made on behalf of the project through Recruitment Requisitions is there a possible control for this in the standard functionality. Thank you.Chandima.

Create Shipment plan for part with Condition Code enabled. The Condition Code setting is very important for structure items that will be processed in the subsequent MRO process.The IFS Shipment as a business object takes this part property into account, so the only missing step is this:IFS Project Deliverables Item --> IFS Shipment Plan --> IFS Shipment Line Steps to Reproduce:1) Created a Product Structure of having a Manufacturing part (SN-MP) & Purchase Part (SN-PP) and make it buildable. And enabled the SN-PP for condition code. 2) Created a Project in Project Definition (SN-MODELA) and included Sub Project (SN-A) and Activity (SN-A1) and approved the Project. 3) Navigated to Project Deliverables Definition and created a new Project Deliverables (SN-MODEL-PDD)4) Navigate to Project Deliverables Design and include Component (SN-MP) and under defaults include the Activity. 5) In Project Deliverables Design under components add SN-PP6) Next navigate to Shipment in left side

Where in IFS Apps10 can you enter a practical completion date for a construction project? 

Does anyone know of any good rresources for training on the BPA Workflow? There was a good resource on Youtube from the IFS community, but this seems to have disapeared, does anyone know what has happened to this? Thanks, Stuart

Sales Contract requires Customer Delivery Delivery address for Tax defintion - suggest  support  for countries/Tax beyond  India Localization.Customers in ECI using Sales Contracts and Project Invoicing have a need to define the Taxing delivery address by contract. This is being reviewed as a CRIM by a customer in the US. On review with Global presales and looking at the roadmap I noticed this function fundamentally exists for India Tax Localization. Several of us have reviewed this along side the CRIM specification - included Project R&S and they are very similar. The requirement is not limited to Sales Contracts Tax reqs in India  but applicable to Sales Tax , GST and VAT tax based regimes and countries.The concentp means applying an address details tab on the contract that calls deleivery address and tax rules from customer master - so we can define the taxing rule on that contract for that address. The Tax rules would be checked at Contract creation, activation, revision and in

I'm on APP10. In the Resource Analysis view,  the bars in the stacked bar chart are divided into 2 parts: the chosen project and everything else combined. So, if you select ≥3 projects, you won't be able to distinguish all projects by colour coding.Is it possible to show the resource allocation of all projects associated with a resource group in APP10? How about Cloud? 

About a year ago we switched to using Project Inventory vs Standard and PMRP per Project PNG. While this fixed some challenges we were having it’s caused some new ones and wondering if there is a middle ground. We don’t want to get rid of the use of project inventory and the kind of soft reservation that it gives you. With PMRP it’s generating Purchase Reqs for each individual activity and not really being able to aggregate the demand together from all sources and effectively use planning method A or G. This causes individual lines on the PO which the vendors are not fond of and due to industry regulations require it to be treaded as separate lots with corresponding testing and paperwork.Ideally I think we want all demand to be funneled through MRP and when the inventory comes in and has been inspected, to have MTRs generated to move it to project inventory. Even better would be to automatically move it to project inventory.We are currently on Apps10 Update 22

Hi IFS! Is there a way for IFS users to provide feedback within IFS after successfully completing something? My product team is configuring IFS to enable our end users to complete their work in a better process than before. We would like to capture their feedback on completing their work in IFS right after they successfully complete a something, so that we can get their feedback while it’s fresh in their minds, and can configure IFS to better meet their needs. I am envisioning some kind of side panel, small window, or modal that prompts users to give a brief rating or description of their experience completing their work. Please see below examples to illustrate what I mean. Does anything like this exist today in IFS? Is there anything we can leverage that can meet our need?   Thank you! Best,Michelle Young 

Hello to all,we are going to update from 23R2 SU17 to 25R1. Now we have a fresh 25R1 installation, and we are testing it on our data. We know resource assignment has been made more flexible, apart from the person resource type, the other resource types are supported in 25R1 and can be assigned to a project activity.To date, our users have utilized the Project Employee Allocations screen to manage these allocations. Now we can see that the Project Employee Allocation screen is discontinued. The same is true with the Resource Shift Pattern Mapping page.Are there any replacements for these two screens in 25R1?Thank you very muchBest regardsAntonin