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Purpose

The Field Billing Costs module provides access to any Field Costs transactions that have been logged. Field cost transactions can be added manually or automatically as a result of completing a certain Field activity (i.e. retrieving specimens in field).

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Adding A

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Billing Cost

Click the Add Cost button to add a field cost transaction manually.

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FieldDescription
Work Item
  • High-level type of field work being completed
  • Configured in Administration module
Cost Type
  • High-level type of cost
  • Configured in Administration module
Date
  • Date of the cost transaction
Cost Unit
  • Type of unit the cost is based on (set, test, sample, hours, trips, etc.)
  • Configured in Administration module
Unit Cost
  • Cost per each unit
Units
  • Number of units for the cost (i.e. 2 hours, 1 trip, 5 sets, etc.)
Total Cost
  • Calculation = Unit Cost * Units
Lab
  • Lab the field cost should be attributed to, if applicable (optional)
Cost Note
  • Notes pertaining to the cost transaction

Approving

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Billing Cost Transactions

Approving field billing cost transactions is optional. If desired in your workflow, click the Approve Cost button to approved marked cost transactions.

Viewing Cost Relationships

If a cost transaction was created automatically from a Field/Lab activity, you can see the relationship that cost transaction has to the related field activities. Clicking the arrow icon in the resulting pop up will bring you to the related field activity in the respective QC module.

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