The level of the project where labor rates tables should be set up could be a “summary level project” if rates can be used across several projects or the level of the project at which labor is charged or the transaction level.

If you have selected the Top Level Workforce check box on the Manage Project User Flow, you should set up the labor rates at the top level of the project. You must also enter the top level of the project when initializing the following screens:

• Link Project Labor Categories to Projects
• Manage Employee Work Force
• Manage Vendor Work Force
• Assign PLC to Employee Work Force subtask of the Manage Employee Work Force screen
• Assign PLC to Vendor Work Force subtask of the Manage Vendor Work Force screen
• Link PLC Rates to Employee/Vendor

You can use a source project for your labor rates if the labor categories and billing rates that you need for your project are already being used on another project. You can set this up on the Manage Rate Sequence Orders screen. Costpoint automatically substitutes the source project for the transaction project during PLC validation and defaulting and during the Load Labor Rates process. If you decide to use this method, enter the transaction level of the project in the Project field and enter the source project in the Source Project field on the Manage Rate Sequence Orders screen. The source project is the project for which labor rates have been established and for which you want to use these rates.