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Table of Contents Glossary ................................................................................................................................. 1 Access Control .................................................................................................................... 1 Accounting Dates ................................................................................................................ 1 Accounting Period ............................................................................................................... 1 Accounts Payable Locations .................................................................................................. 1 Action Item ........................................................................................................................ 1 Administrator ...................................................................................................................... 1 Agreements ........................................................................................................................ 2 Alert .................................................................................................................................. 2 Allocation Grid .................................................................................................................... 2 Android ............................................................................................................................. 2 API .................................................................................................................................... 2 Application Access ............................................................................................................... 2 Applications ........................................................................................................................ 2 Approval Process ................................................................................................................ 3 Assignment Group .............................................................................................................. 3 Attribute Set ....................................................................................................................... 3 Authorizations .................................................................................................................... 3 Auto-approve rules .............................................................................................................. 3 Baseline ............................................................................................................................. 3 Billing ................................................................................................................................ 4 Billing Codes ...................................................................................................................... 4 Billing Rates ....................................................................................................................... 4 Billing Rules ....................................................................................................................... 4 Booking ............................................................................................................................. 4 Booking Chart .................................................................................................................... 4 Booking Request Layout ....................................................................................................... 4 Booking Types .................................................................................................................... 5 Budget .............................................................................................................................. 5 Budget Activities ................................................................................................................. 5 Budget Category ................................................................................................................. 5 Business Types ................................................................................................................... 5 Calculated Fields ................................................................................................................. 6 Carrier ............................................................................................................................... 6 Cash Advance ..................................................................................................................... 6 Charge Projections .............................................................................................................. 6 Charge Stages .................................................................................................................... 6 Charges ............................................................................................................................. 6 Client ................................................................................................................................. 7 Client Sizes ......................................................................................................................... 7 Client Sources ..................................................................................................................... 7 Clone ................................................................................................................................ 7 Company ID ....................................................................................................................... 7 Company Name .................................................................................................................. 7 Company Switches .............................................................................................................. 7 Contact .............................................................................................................................. 8 Continuation Menu .............................................................................................................. 8 Cost Center ........................................................................................................................ 8 Cost Transfer ...................................................................................................................... 8 Cost Types ......................................................................................................................... 8 Create Button ..................................................................................................................... 8 Currency ............................................................................................................................ 9 Custom Calculation .............................................................................................................. 9
Custom Detail Field ............................................................................................................. 9 Custom Event Messaging ..................................................................................................... 9 Custom Fields ..................................................................................................................... 9 Customer ......................................................................................................................... 10 Customer Location ............................................................................................................ 10 Customer POs ................................................................................................................... 10 Dashboard Module ............................................................................................................ 10 Data Access ...................................................................................................................... 10 Deal ................................................................................................................................ 10 Deal Stages ...................................................................................................................... 11 Demographic .................................................................................................................... 11 Department ...................................................................................................................... 11 Dimension ........................................................................................................................ 11 Dividers and Sections ......................................................................................................... 11 Earned Value Management (EVM) Metrics ............................................................................. 11 Education ......................................................................................................................... 11 Email Template ................................................................................................................. 12 Envelope .......................................................................................................................... 12 Exchange Rate .................................................................................................................. 12 Expense Items .................................................................................................................. 12 Expense Report ................................................................................................................. 12 Expense Report Layout ....................................................................................................... 12 Expenses Module .............................................................................................................. 12 Field Settings .................................................................................................................... 13 Filter Sets ......................................................................................................................... 13 FOB ................................................................................................................................. 13 Forgotten Password ........................................................................................................... 13 Form Default Values .......................................................................................................... 13 Form Permission Rules ....................................................................................................... 13 Form Permissions .............................................................................................................. 14 Form Signposting .............................................................................................................. 14 Gantt ............................................................................................................................... 14 Generics ........................................................................................................................... 14 Global Setting ................................................................................................................... 14 Guest .............................................................................................................................. 15 Hierachy ........................................................................................................................... 15 Industries ......................................................................................................................... 15 In-Form Notifications .......................................................................................................... 15 In-Form Popups ................................................................................................................ 15 In-Module Navigation ......................................................................................................... 15 Internal Switches ............................................................................................................... 16 Invoice ............................................................................................................................. 16 Invoice Layout ................................................................................................................... 16 Invoice Prefix .................................................................................................................... 16 Invoices Module ................................................................................................................ 16 iPhone ............................................................................................................................. 16 Issue ............................................................................................................................... 16 Issue Category .................................................................................................................. 17 Issue Severity .................................................................................................................... 17 Issue Source ..................................................................................................................... 17 Issue Stage ...................................................................................................................... 17 Issue Status ...................................................................................................................... 17 Job Codes ......................................................................................................................... 17 Job Roles .......................................................................................................................... 18 Leave Accrual .................................................................................................................... 18
Leave Accrual Rules ........................................................................................................... 18 Limit Value Lists ................................................................................................................ 18 Line Item ......................................................................................................................... 18 Loaded Cost ..................................................................................................................... 18 Locations ......................................................................................................................... 19 Lockout ............................................................................................................................ 19 Log In .............................................................................................................................. 19 Log In As ......................................................................................................................... 19 Log Out ........................................................................................................................... 19 Main Navigation ................................................................................................................ 19 Manufacturer .................................................................................................................... 19 Measure ........................................................................................................................... 20 Modules ........................................................................................................................... 20 Multiple Currencies ............................................................................................................ 20 Multiple Sessions ............................................................................................................... 20 Multi-week Timesheet View ................................................................................................. 20 NetSuite Integration ........................................................................................................... 20 News Feed ....................................................................................................................... 21 Nickname ......................................................................................................................... 21 Notifications ...................................................................................................................... 21 OpenAir Exchange Manager ................................................................................................ 21 OpenAir Integration Manager .............................................................................................. 21 OpenAir Mobile for Android ................................................................................................ 21 OpenAir Mobile for iPhone .................................................................................................. 22 OpenAir Projects Connector ................................................................................................ 22 Opportunities Module ........................................................................................................ 22 Overlapping Timesheets ..................................................................................................... 22 Password ......................................................................................................................... 22 Password Hint ................................................................................................................... 22 Payment Terms ................................................................................................................. 22 Payment Types .................................................................................................................. 23 Payroll Integration ............................................................................................................. 23 Payroll Types .................................................................................................................... 23 Pivot Table ....................................................................................................................... 23 Placeholders ..................................................................................................................... 23 Portlet ............................................................................................................................. 23 Pricing ............................................................................................................................. 24 Product ............................................................................................................................ 24 Progress Bar ..................................................................................................................... 24 Project ............................................................................................................................. 24 Project Billing Defaults ....................................................................................................... 24 Project Billing Rules ........................................................................................................... 24 Project Locations ............................................................................................................... 24 Project Stages ................................................................................................................... 25 Project Status Summary (PSS) .............................................................................................. 25 Project Status Summary Portlet ........................................................................................... 25 Project Status Summary (PSS) Portlet Item ............................................................................ 25 Project Task Types ............................................................................................................. 25 Project Templates .............................................................................................................. 25 Projects Module ................................................................................................................ 26 Proposal Layout ................................................................................................................ 26 Prospect .......................................................................................................................... 26 Proxy ............................................................................................................................... 26 Proxy Expiration ................................................................................................................ 26 Purchases Module ............................................................................................................. 26
Query Related Data ........................................................................................................... 26 Rate Card ......................................................................................................................... 27 Receipt Policy .................................................................................................................... 27 Receipt Rule ..................................................................................................................... 27 Receiving Location ............................................................................................................. 27 Recognition ...................................................................................................................... 27 Record Navigation ............................................................................................................. 28 Report Editor .................................................................................................................... 28 Report Management .......................................................................................................... 28 Reports ............................................................................................................................ 28 Resizing Timesheet Columns ............................................................................................... 28 Resource Profile ................................................................................................................ 28 Resources Module ............................................................................................................. 28 Retainer ........................................................................................................................... 29 Revenue Types .................................................................................................................. 29 Roles ............................................................................................................................... 29 Saved Report .................................................................................................................... 29 Schedule .......................................................................................................................... 29 Screen-Specific Navigation .................................................................................................. 29 Services ........................................................................................................................... 29 Setting ............................................................................................................................. 30 Sidebar ............................................................................................................................ 30 SOAP ............................................................................................................................... 30 Submission Rules .............................................................................................................. 30 SuiteAnswers .................................................................................................................... 30 Switches ........................................................................................................................... 30 Tag Group ........................................................................................................................ 30 Target Utilization ............................................................................................................... 31 Task Types ....................................................................................................................... 31 Tax Location ..................................................................................................................... 31 Tax Option ....................................................................................................................... 31 Team ............................................................................................................................... 31 Tech Skills ........................................................................................................................ 31 Templates ........................................................................................................................ 32 Terminology ..................................................................................................................... 32 Territories ........................................................................................................................ 32 Time Entry Rules ............................................................................................................... 32 Time Types ....................................................................................................................... 32 Timesheet Report Layout .................................................................................................... 32 Timesheet Rules ................................................................................................................ 33 Timesheets Module ............................................................................................................ 33 Tips Button ....................................................................................................................... 33 Trial Billing ....................................................................................................................... 33 URL Sharing ..................................................................................................................... 33 User ................................................................................................................................ 33 User Center ...................................................................................................................... 33 User Entity Tag ................................................................................................................. 34 User ID ............................................................................................................................ 34 User Location ................................................................................................................... 34 User Scripting ................................................................................................................... 34 Utilization ......................................................................................................................... 34 Vehicles ........................................................................................................................... 34 Vendor ............................................................................................................................. 34 View Button ...................................................................................................................... 35 Web Services .................................................................................................................... 35
WIP ................................................................................................................................. 35 Wizards ............................................................................................................................ 35 Work Schedule .................................................................................................................. 35 Workspaces Module ........................................................................................................... 35 XML ................................................................................................................................. 36 XML Commands ................................................................................................................ 36 XML Datatypes .................................................................................................................. 36 Zero-hour entries .............................................................................................................. 36
Glossary 1
Glossary
Access Control
Access Control defines the level of access that is granted to the assigned employees. Access Control
can be set for the following items: Clients, Projects, Project stages, Services, Employees, Expense Items,
Charge stages, and Booking types. The filter sets provide the access relationship of those items to a
specific employee via discrete selections or with a meta value relationship description. For example,
employees may have access to Project XYZ or to all projects they directly own. See OpenAir Admin
Guide Chapter 6 "Administration - Global Settings".
Accounting Dates
OpenAir allows you to establish Accounting Dates for a variety of transactions. You can associate
Accounting Dates with timesheets, time entries, expense reports, receipts, invoices, revenue containers,
and recognition transactions as well as with reports drawing from these accounting dates. The ability
to maintain separate accounting dates can be particularly helpful when the original transaction date of
an entity must be independent from the financial accounting date, as signified by a financial report or
general ledger application. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 6 "Administration - Global Settings".
Accounting Period
OpenAir accounting period functionality allows you to associate separate accounting dates with most
transactions as well as with reports drawing from these accounting dates. The ability to maintain
separate accounting dates can be particularly helpful when the original transaction date of an entity
must be independent from the date, as signified by a financial report or general ledger application. See
OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 6 "Administration - Global Settings".
Accounts Payable Locations
Accounts payable locations are for your company's billing addresses. Your company may have multiple
accounts payable addresses, which can be each location, a regional office, or a shared services facility.
Accounts payable locations are only available in the Purchases Module. Once created, you can choose
the appropriate accounts payable location when creating a PO so that the vendor is aware of the correct
billing address when invoicing for this purchase. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 8 "Purchases".
Action Item
See Issue.
Administrator
Administrator is a special role in OpenAir that allows a user to perform key system administration duties.
See the OpenAir Admin Guide for details.
GlossaryAgreements 2
Agreements
Agreements are contracts or SOWs that are used to track budget balances. Agreements may be
associated with a project then assigned to the project billing rules for the tracking of balances. As
such, agreements are created for a specific client. An agreement may encompass multiple projects. An
agreement can be used in conjunction with Customer POs, independent of Customer POs, or not at all.
Agreements are standard reporting fields and can provide the remaining balance on the agreement and
the charges to date. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 7 "Invoices".
Alert
Alerts are time driven events that based on set conditions can auto-generate emails. An alert consists
of a set of event rules and the time(s) to apply them at. This functionality allows you to send automated
email reminders to ensure that company policies are followed, time is entered and submitted on time,
and approvals are completed. There are several types of alert and multiple alerts of each type can be set
up to meet varying business needs.
Allocation Grid
The allocation grid is a Custom Fields that allows you to automatically report on a percentage of a
number, where the percentage is stored in the allocation grid, and each value/row in the grid becomes its
own reporting column. Allocation grids can be helpful in a number of use cases, but typically only work for
small customers because of the amount of maintenance they require and how they work in reporting. See
OpenAir Customization Guide Chapter 2 "Custom Fields".
Android
See OpenAir Mobile for Android.
API
API stands for A pplication P rogram I nterface. OpenAir provides both an XML and SOAP API.
Application Access
Application access provides the ability to access certain applications (Modules) of OpenAir functionality.
This allows more generic roles to be setup and then control access to entire applications of functionality
via the application access. An example of this is when employee is granted the ability to create invoices
in their Role, but they are restricted from the Invoices application. This essentially deactivates any
permissions the employee has via the role since the Invoices application is not available to them. See
OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 6 "Administration - Global Settings".
Applications
See Modules.
GlossaryApproval Process 3 Approval Process Approval processes are available in the application settings of several different applications. Any process created in any of the applications settings, i.e., timesheets or expense reports, is available on all approval areas for project or employee level approvals. See OpenAir Customization Guide Chapter 5 "Approval Processes". Assignment Group An Assignment group is a list of employees that are available from all the active employees in the system. Assignment groups allow you to assign a number of employees to projects and/or project tasks quickly and share reports to multiple employees efficiently. The effect within OpenAir is the same as assigning the employees individually to projects and/or project tasks or sharing reports to individual employees. Assignment group functionality is useful when you have tasks that need to be assigned to a large number of employees such as on internal or administrative projects. In this case, you establish an assignment group that contains all company employees. Then you assign them via the assignment group to tasks such as training, vacation, and holidays. The hours set on an assignment group on a task can either be split evenly among the group or kept the same across each employee in the assignment group. Another use is where you may have a group of resources with similar skills and can be interchangeable on a project task. To avoid having to set up each resource on the task when they begin work, the assignment group provides a simple solution. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 4 "Projects. Attribute Set Attribute sets allow you to designate a measurement of resources according to their skill set, education, or other custom characteristic defined in OpenAir. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 5 "Resources". Authorizations Authorizations request advance approval of future expenses. Employees create an authorization, enter future expenses, and request approval. To use this feature, your administrator must enable expense authorizations. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 3 "Expenses". Auto-approve rules Auto-approve rules can be created for any approver in an Approval Process. They automatically approve items when the value of the parameter meets the criteria specified in the rule. See OpenAir Customization Guide Chapter 5 "Approval Processes". Baseline A baseline is a snapshots of a project and is used for variance reporting. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 4 "Projects". Glossary
Billing 4 Billing Billing provides the ability to create and run billing rules for generating invoice charges and billing forecasts. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 4 "Projects". Billing Codes A billing code is a free-text 2 digit field that may be used in the Invoices application for batch creation of invoice per billing code. Values set in the billing code field are not defined within OpenAir and should be set according to policy within your company, if used. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 4 "Projects. Billing Rates OpenAir allows you to select how the system determines hourly Billing Rates. The options are: Service, Service / Client, Employee, Employee / Project, Client / Project, and Project billing rules. This is a global setting that controls all billing rates in the system. Therefore, you cannot choose Service for one client and Project billing rules for another. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 6 "Administration - Global Settings". Billing Rules Billing rules define how client invoicing is done and may drive revenue recognition. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 7 "Invoices". Booking The default application terminology for the allocation of resources to projects is booking. The Resources application helps you collect and assign the resources your company has available for booking to specific projects, and even to tasks within those projects. The intention of the resource bookings is to properly assess a forecast of your company's resource needs. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 5 "Resources". Booking Chart The Booking chart allows you to see booking data in a visual chart and is the recommended way to get an overview of bookings for one or more employees. This view can be customized to show booking data according to different attributes. To update a booking from the chart view, click on a day/bar on the chart and the booking is opened up in the List view. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 5 "Resources". Booking Request Layout Use the Booking request layout form to design a form that meets your company's needs and helps employees request resources they need. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 5 "Resources". Glossary
Booking Types 5
Booking Types
Booking Types provides you with the ability to group bookings or booking requests into distinct
classifications. For example, a Hard booking type may indicate that the contract has been signed and
a resource is needed for a specific time frame. While a Soft booking type can indicate that the contract
has not been signed and the need is tentative. You can create booking types based on your company's
needs and terminology. We recommend that you use booking types that align with a pipeline maturity or
project lifecycle since updates are consistent with the state of the project or opportunity. For example, a
proposed project with Soft bookings is signed and all bookings should be converted to Hard bookings.
This requires a manual update. If you do not have the resources to maintain this data, then you may want
to avoid using booking types. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 5 "Resources".
Budget
The Budget option in the Projects Module allows you to track project funding over time. Many projects
require change orders or extensions to the existing project budget funding. When the budget
functionality has been enabled in your OpenAir environment, you are able to identify individual funding
items that make up the total project budget, such as statements of work (SOW) or purchase orders (PO).
See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 4 "Projects".
Budget Activities
Budget Activities are a way to identify various activities that are involved in obtaining the project funding.
Examples include Initial Estimate, Proposal Provided, and Signed Contract. Individuals responsible for the
activities can be defined on the Budget form along with the activity and the % allocation of funding to the
type of activity completed. Allocation usage is typically for identification of commission payouts according
to the compensation policy of your company. You are able to create as many activities as necessary. See
OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 4 "Projects".
Budget Category
With Budget Category, you can specify what types of documents the funding is coming from such as a
SOW, PO, or master agreement. Another common definition of categories is the type of funding such as
Fees, Expenses, and Maintenance. Enter a name for the category and any notes, if needed. The Budget
category field on the Budget form displays a drop-down list of categories. See OpenAir Admin Guide
Chapter 4 "Projects".
Business Types
You can create Business Types to capture OpenAir standard demographic information that includes
Business types. This field is visible on the list view of the client data and in reports. Definition of business
types is related to how your company groups types of Clients. Examples are by vertical such as Healthcare
and Education, or by industry such as Energy and Transportation. If business types are not defined, then
the field does not display on the Client form. Business types may be created or inactivated at any time.
Inactive business types do not appear as a valid selection on Client forms. See OpenAir Admin Guide
Chapter 12 "Opportunities".
GlossaryCalculated Fields 6 Calculated Fields OpenAir comes with a number of standard value fields, but you may find that there are other values you would like to track such as fields related to projects, employees, resources, and expenses to name a few. Or, there may be some standard value fields that you would like to rename for reporting purposes, using your company's terminology. OpenAir addresses your needs by allowing you to create custom calculated fields and renamed built-in fields. See Custom Calculation. Carrier Carriers are the organizations that transport the purchases you order from your vendors to your company locations. You may want to specify the carrier you would like your vendor to use when shipping your purchases. The preferred carrier can be entered when creating POs. Frequently, you may have special arrangements with certain carriers. The use of carriers is only available in the Purchases application. See OpenAir Customization Guide Chapter 8 "Purchases". Cash Advance The Cash advance field is available on each receipt to allow employees to note the amount of a cash advance provided by the company for the specific expense item. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 3 "Expenses". Charge Projections Charge projection options provide forecasting of financials within OpenAir. Report values in Summary reports entitled Projected xxx are populated based on the charge projection settings. Charge projections are based on information derived from the project details and the billing rules set on the project. If no billing rules are set on the project record, no charge projections are generated for that project. The same principle applies to using revenue recognition projections. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 4 "Projects". Charge Stages Charge stages separate time and expenses items into different phases or states within the Invoices application. There are two charge stages needed within OpenAir: Open and Billed. You may create any number of charge stages in your environment based on your company's requirements. For example, you may create stages to indicate charges that are billable to the customer (e.g., Billable or Chargeable) or not billable (e.g., Administrative, Pending, or Overage). See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 7 "Invoices". Charges A charge is a specific financial transaction incurred during the course of a project for services performed, expenses incurred, or negotiated chargeback credits to be applied. Each time entry, expense entry and fixed fee rule is a charge. One or more charges can be combined to create invoices. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 7 "Invoices". Glossary
Client 7 Client See Customer. Client Sizes You can create Client Sizes records to capture OpenAir standard demographic information that includes Client Sizes. This field is visible on the list view of the client data and in reports. Definition of client sizes is generally interpreted in terms of employees or revenue. Examples are less than 100, 101-500, 501-1000 if employee based, or less than $500K, $1M-$5M if revenue based. If client sizes are not defined, then the field does not display on the Client form. Client sizes may be created or inactivated at any time. Inactive client sizes do not appear as a valid selection on Client forms. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 12 "Opportunities". Client Sources You can create Client Sources to capture OpenAir standard demographic information that includes Client Sources. This field is visible on the list view of the client data and in reports. Definition of client sources is generally interpreted as how the client was obtained. Examples are referral, marketing campaign, trade show, cold call, etc. If client sources are not defined, then the field does not display on the Client form. Client sources may be created or inactivated at any time. Inactive client sources do not appear as a valid selection on Client forms. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 12 "Opportunities". Clone In addition to using Project Templates, you can also Clone a project to copy project information from a current project to a new project. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 4 "Projects". Company ID A Company ID uniquely identifies your company's implementation of OpenAir. To login to OpenAir you need three credentials: Company ID, User ID, and Password. Company Name A company name is the official corporate name of a customer and is used within OpenAir on reports and invoices. Company Switches Your administrator can configure company switches as well as account-wide settings. See OpenAir Admin Guide Chapter 1 "Company Switches and Settings". Glossary
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