There are two types of links or connections required in WebET.
Project String to Profit Center;
Project String to Project Labor Category (PLC).
There are several ways to forecast employees in CPMRS to establish the required links for WebET. These methods are illustrated in the following example.
The figure below shows a portion of a forecast screen for Project String 05590.0004.S005.2055 from CPMRS. Three people have been forecast. The first employee, "John Doe" has hours forecast in both January and February. The second person, is a new hire "ET Link" and has zero hours forecast in January. The third employee, "Bob Haft" is also forecast with zero hours in January. The ability to assign a Zero Hour Forecast is a new feature in CPMRS that allows managers to establish links or add an employee to the Vehicle Level Workforce without effecting the forecast.
WBU: 05590.0004.S005.2055
As a result of this forecast a Project String/Profit Center link has been established and will be transmitted to WebET during the evening update. The Profit Center 01327 has been linked with Project String 05590.0004.S005.2055. Any one of these forecast lines would create the link between the Project String and each profit center.
In WebET, if a user were to perform an Org Abbreviation Lookup the dialog box above would be displayed. The "Suspense Code" is linked to all Project Strings.
The forecast above has also created a Project String/PLC link by including the PLC in the Labor Category field. Each of the three PLCs 020N, 020L and 020J have been linked to Project String 05590.0004.S005.2055.
In WebET, if a user were to perform an PLC Lookup the dialog box above would be displayed as a result of the above forecast. The "Suspense Code" has also been linked to the Project String. Each of the two employees "John Doe" and "Bob Haft" are able to see all three of the PLCs. Project String/Profit Center and Project String/PLC links are global. Once established they are available to all employees who are forecast to the vehicle.
The new hire "ET Link" was the only person forecast against the PLC 020L. While the new hire has not been transmitted to WebET the link established by that part of the forecast has been added to the links in WebET. The links are not period specific and do not have to be repeated for different months. Once the link is created it is valid through out the POP of the Project String.