s50037 Field descriptions

A

Alarm: Indicates a procurement schedule is critical towards the delivery deadline (the Required on Site At date).

AC

Activity Critical: Indicates a procurement schedule is activity critical, that is, the schedule affects the start date of a particular activity.

MC

Milestone Critical: Indicates a procurement schedule is milestone critical, that is, the schedule affects the forecast date of the next milestone.

SC

Schedule Changed: Indicates a procurement schedule has been updated since the last time forecasts were calculated. You can track the SC field to ensure that the most current and accurate information is considered for procurement decisions and forecasting future project timeline.

Id

The unique ID of a procurement schedule.

Title

The title of a procurement schedule.

Project

The ID of a project related to a procurement schedule. If procurement schedule milestones do not refer to a specific calendar, the default calendar of the project is used for reference.

Status

The status of a procurement schedule. The different statuses are:

• Open: The planning stage where the milestones and dates are updated. A procurement schedule is created in the Open status.

• Closed: The locked status where you can only update the actual dates and reschedule the forecasts. You cannot update the status of a procurement schedule from Closed to Open. The actual date of a procurement schedule will automatically update once the status is changed from Open or Finished to Closed.

• Change: The stage where a procurement schedule is open for modification of the schedule, dates, milestones, and so on. The actual date of a procurement schedule will automatically update once the status is changed from Open or Finished to Change.

• Finished: The terminal or intermediate state for completed procurement schedule or procurement schedules not in use. You can update the status of a procurement schedule from Finished to Change.

Version

The version number of a procurement schedule.

Responsible

The responsible buyer who has access to modify the schedule, actual dates, status, and float. The responsible buyer has access to update the status to Change only if the buyer has the Can Set Baseline UI Right for the s50037 Procurement Schedules screen. For more information, see Assign UI rights to a user role.

Remark

The comments related to a procurement schedule.

Required on Site at

Required on Site at (RoS): The date when a material is required on site. The RoS date reflects as the Expected Delivery Date when the forecasts are scheduled for all the milestones in a procurement schedule.

F

Fixed first forecast: Indicates the scheduling of the forecast dates of a procurement schedule is to start from an existing first forecast as a fixed start.

Baseline

The planned expected delivery date of a procurement schedule.

Forecast

The expected delivery date of a material in a procurement schedule, if the deadlines in the procurement schedule are met.

ROS Float

The amount of time the Forecast may be delayed and still arrive prior to the Required on Site date.

Forecast Calc At

The date when the last schedule forecast was calculated.

ROS-Activity

Required on Site Activity: The activity that is estimated to have the earliest need of the material targeted by a procurement schedule.

Activity Start Date

The start date of an activity that is estimated to have the earliest need of the material targeted by a procurement schedule.

Float on Act Start

Float on Activity Start Date: The amount of days the Forecast may be delayed without delaying the Activity Start Date of a linked activity.

Act Out of Sync

Activity Out of Sync: Indicates the activity related to a procurement schedule is not synchronized with the activity of the project component related to the procurement schedule.

Type

Defines the relationship between a procurement schedule and the materials related to the procurement schedule. The schedule types are defined in the s50031 Schedule Types screen. There are four types:

• COMP: The procurement schedule is related to a project component. The COMP type schedule can contain both project related and corporate defined milestones.

• M: The manual procurement schedule created outside AVEVA Enterprise Resource Management.

• MR: The procurement schedule is related to an MR.

• TMR: The procurement schedule is related to a TMR.

You cannot list any milestones related to an Event for manual type procurement schedules. You can link milestones and lead times for all other schedule types.

MR/TMR

The Material Requisition (MR) or the Technical Material Requisition (TMR) for which a procurement schedule is created.

Project Component

The project component for which a procurement schedule is created.

Project Component Activity

The activity related to the project component related procurement schedule as defined in the s20010 Project Components screen.

Correctional Time

The number of days before or after the activity start date at which the project component is required in production. The correctional time is applied to the project component related to a procurement schedule as defined in the s20010 Project Components screen.

Project Component Requirement Date

The date when the project component related to a procurement schedule is required on site as defined in the s20010 Project Components screen.

Multiple POs

Indicates that multiple Purchase Orders (POs) are related to a procurement schedule.

PO No

Purchase Order Number: If only one PO is relevant for a procurement schedule, the PO No field displays the relevant PO number. If Multiple POs checkbox is selected, the POs are listed in the Purchase Order tab.

Buyer

If only one PO is relevant for a procurement schedule, the field displays the buyer of the PO. If Multiple POs checkbox is selected, the POs are listed in the Purchase Order tab.

Procurement Package

The activity of the procurement package within the project plan related to a procurement schedule.

Progress

The cumulated progress of a procurement milestone with the highest sequence number and a completed actual date. The Progress field is applicable only if the procurement Schedule Item Type is M (Procurement Milestone).

Weight

The weight of a procurement schedule when calculating the progress of a procurement package in relation to other procurement schedules.

PO No

Purchase Order Number: The PO number of the PO related to a procurement schedule.

PO Code

The purchase code ID of the PO related to a procurement schedule.

Version

The version number of the PO related to a procurement schedule.

Title

The title of the PO related to a procurement schedule.

Buyer

The buyer of the PO related to a procurement schedule.

First Issue Date

The date when a PO is issued for the first time. Subsequent changes to PO do not impact the First Issue Date.

First Issue By

The user ID of the user who issued a PO for the first time.

Required on Site at

The date on the PO that specifies when the purchased goods are required on site.

Forecast Delivery Date

The expected delivery date of the ordered materials at the location agreed upon in the delivery terms of the PO related to a procurement schedule.

Ext Status

External Status: Indicates whether the PO related to a procurement schedule is dispatched to the supplier.

Int Status

Internal Status: Displays the internal status of the PO related to a procurement schedule. You cannot manually update the internal status. The status is updated by the workflow actions in the s50018 Purchase Order screen.

Delivery Status

Indicates whether the purchased materials have been delivered for the PO related to a procurement schedule.

Def. At

The date of a journal entry.

Def. By

The user of a journal entry.

Note

The dated remark on the status of a procurement schedule.

FC

Forecast Critical: Indicates the milestone forecast of a procurement schedule is time critical. There are three statuses:

• Red: The milestone forecast is after the baseline.

• Yellow: The milestone forecast is up to two days earlier or on the baseline.

• Green: The milestone forecast is before the baseline by three or more days.

  The status is empty for lead time lines and milestones with no baseline.

Calculation Sequence

The unique sequence in which the milestones are scheduled. If the default sequence number of a line item defined in the s50033 Procurement Milestones screen already exists in Calculation Sequence field, the sequence of either line items is required to be changed to save the milestone.

Version

The version number of a schedule milestone.

Schedule Item Type

Indicates whether an item in a procurement schedule is a milestone or a lead time.

• M (Procurement Milestone): Display all active milestones defined as Corporate or Project in the s50033 Procurement Milestones screen in the Id dropdown.

• LT (Procurement Lead Time): Display all active lead times defined as Corporate or Project in the s50033 Procurement Milestones screen in the Id dropdown.

The procurement milestones or lead times are defined in the s50033 Procurement Milestones screen. The schedule item type IDs and descriptions are defined in the s50032 Schedule Item Types screen.

Id

The ID of a milestone or a lead time. The IDs are defined in the s50033 Procurement Milestones screen. A milestone or a lead time with the status closed cannot be used in a procurement schedule.

Progress

The progress of a procurement schedule item in percentage. The Progress field is applicable only if the procurement Schedule Item Type is M (Procurement Milestone).

Cumulative progress

The cumulative sum of the progress of a procurement schedule item in percentage. The cumulative progress is calculated by deducting the cumulative progress of a previous milestone from the cumulative progress of the current milestone. Ensure the latest milestone has a cumulative progress of value 100%.

The Progress field is applicable only if the procurement Schedule Item Type is M (Procurement Milestone).

Baselined Duration

The planned duration used to create the baseline of a procurement milestone.

Baseline

The planned date for a procurement milestone. The baseline can be updated manually or by the Update Baseline action in the Scheduling group.

Duration

The duration of days between two scheduled procurement milestones.

Forecast

The expected delivery date for a milestone in a procurement schedule. The forecast is applicable only if the procurement Schedule Item Type is M (Procurement Milestone) and is populated by the Reschedule Forecast action in the Scheduling group.

Actual Date

The date when a procurement milestone is achieved. The actual date is applicable only if the procurement Schedule Item Type is M (Procurement Milestone). For milestones related to an Event, the actual dates are updated by the Update Actuals action in the Scheduling group.

Float

The difference between the Baseline and the Forecast dates of a procurement milestone.

Calendar

The calendar related to a procurement milestone. The default calendar of the project is used if a calendar is not set for a milestone or a lead time.

Milestone Event

Indicates the activity related to a procurement milestone. If a procurement schedule is linked to an MR, a TMR, or a project component, then the schedule actual date will be updated as per the MR, the TMR or the project component respectively. The milestone event is applicable only if the procurement Schedule Item Type is M (Procurement Milestone).

Instance

Indicates whether the Actual Date of a procurement milestone is updated to the first or the latest date of the event related to a procurement milestone. There are two options:

• First: The actual date reflects the earliest date of the procurement milestone event.

• Latest: The actual date reflects the latest date of the procurement milestone event.

  The Instance is only applicable if the procurement Schedule Item Type is M (Procurement Milestone).

Block Forecasting

Indicates the forecast on the current milestone is not updated if the duration, forecast, actual date, or calendar on the prior milestones are changed. The Block Forecasting is only applicable if the procurement Schedule Item Type is M (Procurement Milestone).

Block Reporting

Indicates that the milestone in a procurement schedule is not included in the r50039 Procurement Schedule Report.