Rate As Option

The Rate As option allows you to specify a labor rate as regular, overtime, or double time based on how your system is configured. The application can apply these rates as a default that you can update when managing revenue manually or automatically when importing actuals for a Local Services request.

 

Rate As Option

 

The option to manually set the Rate As option appears when adding or editing revenue through various screens, such as the Add Revenue Item screen.

 

Figure 9: Add Revenue Item screen

 

The Rate As option can be manually set through the following:

 

Add Billing Item

Add Invoice Line Item

Add Revenue Group

Add Revenue Item

Quote

 

When this option is available, you can pull in a rate from the Rate Plan as one of the following options:

 

Regular Rate

Overtime Rate

Double Time Rate

 

These three options correspond to the Rate, OT Rate, and Double Rate values, respectively, that are set on a rated item within Rate Plan Setup.

 

Figure 10: Rate items within a Rate Plan Setup record

 

 

In the example below (Figure 11), selecting the Overtime Rate option pulled in the OT Rate of $217.50 from the Rate Plan.

 

Figure 11: Add Revenue Item

 

 

 

Rate As Option when Importing Actuals

 

The Rate As option is utilized when importing revenue through the Import Actuals function. This feature ties directly to the Import revenue as section option of Import Labor and Hourly Equipment as individual revenue items, which references the Rate As defaults applied through the Rate Schedule for Labor to determine regular, overtime, or double rate to apply to the imported items automatically.

 

Figure 12: Import Actuals

 

Refer to the Import revenue as field description within the Import Actuals topic for more information and setup instructions for importing actuals with overtime and double rates.

 

 

 

Rate As Option Setup

 

Enable the Rate As option by setting the Apply Regular, OT and Double Rate option on Rate Type Setup records.

 

Figure 13: Rate Type Setup

 

Verify that the Rate Type is assigned to rated items, along with defining the Rate, OT Rate, and Double Rate (assuming you wish to have overtime and double rates apply) within the Rate Plan through Rate Plan Setup.

 

Verify that the plan is assigned to an order through the Tariff/Rate setting within the Billing Information tab and the Rate As option will be enabled.

 

Additionally, you can instruct the application to assign a default rate based on the day of the week and the time of day through the Rate Schedule for Labor. This setup allows you to control when you wish to automatically apply overtime or double rates based on the date of service.

 

Figure 14: Default Rate Schedule for Labor record

 

The is applied to an order through either Account Profile or Branch assignments. Refer to the Rate Schedule for Labor topic for details.

 

RELATED SETUP AREAS:

Add Rate

Account Profile Setup

Branch Setup

Rate Plan Setup

Rate Schedule for Labor

Rate Type Setup