Equipment

The Equipment (EQID) reference page defines each piece of equipment used for internal costing. Outdated records are purged from this page by the Internal Costing system process. The purge process only deletes records that have an Effective To date and that Effective To date is less (earlier) than the date derived based on the value in the Number of Days Old for Purging input parameter.

The table below contains those fields that are not self-evident and not defined on a previous section listed in alphabetical order:

Field Name	Description
Department Unit	Of the two organizational chart of accounts, Department is required and Unit is optional
Description	An optional description for the equipment for reference and reporting purposes.
Effective To Effective From	Unlike the earlier reference pages, the date fields for equipment are optional. Date ranges assigned must be sequential: gaps between the Effective To of one record and the Effective From of the next record are not allowed.
Equipment Class	The definition of a particular classification of equipment as defined on the Internal Costing Rate reference page.
Equipment ID	The unique identification ID assigned to a piece of equipment for internal costing purposes. This does not necessarily have to be the actual fixed asset tag or the Fixed Asset Number. Please see the section on the System Options reference page for settings that control Equipment ID entry.
Equipment Rate - Fixed	The basic rate used with the Equipment ID when calculating costs when the rate category is Fixed on the Internal Costing Transaction. When set to 0 the rate for the Equipment Class will be used as defined on the Internal Costing Rate reference page.
Equipment Rate - Standard	The basic rate used with the Equipment ID when calculating costs when the rate category is Standard on the Internal Costing Transaction. When set to 0 the rate for the Equipment Class will be used as defined on the Internal Costing Rate reference page.
Fixed Rate Surcharge	The surcharge rate used with the Equipment ID when calculating costs when the rate category is Fixed on the Internal Costing Transaction. When set to 0 the rate for the Equipment Class will be used as defined on the Internal Costing Rate reference page.
In Service Date	An optional date to record the earliest date charges can be recorded to the equipment ID.
Standard Rate Surcharge	The surcharge rate used with the Equipment ID when calculating costs when the rate category is Standard on the Internal Costing Transaction. When set to 0 the rate for the Equipment Class will be used as defined on the Internal Costing Rate reference page.
Unit of Measure	The measurement method for the usage as defined on the Unit of Measure reference page that is shared by the Procurement function and others.