System Options

The System Options (SOPT) reference page has a tab of options just for Internal Costing. All fields are required, even if the type of internal cost referenced will not be used.

The table below contains each control listed in alphabetical order.

Field Name	Description
Equipment/Employee Home Department Inference	A control for the inference logic of the Equipment/Employee Home Department field on the Header of the Internal Costing Usage Transaction. Valid values are: Infer from Transaction Department – The same department value used in the creation of the transaction will infer. Infer from User’s Home Department – The home department defined for the User ID creating the transaction will infer. No Inference – No department value will infer and one will have to be entered. This control works in tandem with the Permit Duplicate Equipment / Employee IDs Across Departments control: If the Permit Duplicate Equipment / Employee IDs Across Departments is true, then the Equipment/Employee Home Department Inference can be any of the three values. If the Permit Duplicate Equipment / Employee IDs Across Departments field is false, then the Equipment/Employee Home Department Inference must be No Inference.
Get Rates from Employee Benefits Multiplier	A control used during the Internal Costing system process, determining which set of Employee Benefit Costs Multipliers is used to calculate Employee Benefit Costs. When set to true, the Employee Benefits Multiplier reference page is used. When set to false, the Internal Cost Rate reference page is used.
Materials Testing Class Inference Indicator	A control used by the Internal Costing Transaction when an accounting line has the Usage Group of Materials Testing. If this control is set to true, the Usage Class infers from the Materials Testing Class Inference referenced page using the Materials Testing Department and Materials Testing Program values of that accounting line. If this control is set to false, then the Materials Testing Class Inference will not be used.
Mileage Rate	The standard rate for the calculation of mileage expenses by the Internal Costing system process. Of the different options and controls, this one is one likely to change during a year or between years.
Permit Duplicate Equipment/Employee IDs Across Departments	A control that when set to true enables Equipment ID and Employee ID setup to use the same ID for multiple departments. When set to false, each ID must be unique, regardless of Department. Please see the Equipment/Employee Home Department Inference control for the interaction with this control.
Require Overtime Multiplier	A control used by the Internal Costing Usage Transaction for those accounting lines recording labor usage. When this control is set to true, if the Overtime Labor Units field is used an Overtime Multiplier Code must be entered. When set to false, the multiplier is optional.
Usage Date Inference	A control used by the Internal Costing Usage Transaction (ICT) to infer dates to the Usage From and Usage To fields. When this control is set to true, if either date field is blank then the current Application Date will infer. If the control is false, then neither date will infer and must be manually supplied.
Validate Employee ID on Employee Information	A control used by the Internal Costing Usage Transaction that controls whether or not an Employee ID entered is validated against the Employee Information reference page. When set to true the validation is performed. When set to false, that validation is not done although the pick for the Employee ID field still looks to the Employee Information page.