Steps: Set Up Projects Infrastructure
You can set up your projects infrastructure to plan, track, and manage work across
your organization.
You can predefine project elements, such as:
- Custom labels
- Hierarchies
- Plans
- Rates
- Roles
- Templates
- Configure these business process definitions:
- Ad Hoc Project Transaction Event
- Create Project
- Create Project Hierarchy
- Edit Project
- Project Resource Plan Line
- Rate Work
- Request Worker
- Configure the security policies for these business processes:
- Ad Hoc Project Transaction Event
- Create Project
- Create Project Hierarchy
- Edit Project
- Project Resource Plan Line
- Rate Work
- Request Worker
- (Optional) Configure the Project Profile.
- (Optional) Access theConfigure Optional Fieldstask to hide optional fields on the project summary.From theBy Functional Areaprompt, select theProject Summary - Composite Viewoption to hide optional fields on most Projects tasks and reports that display the project summary. When you hide an optional field, Workday continues to require it for custom validations you've configured.See
- Hide or Require Optional Fields.
- (Optional) Access theEdit Tenant Setup - Financialstask.In theProjectssection, configure your tenant-wide settings.See Reference: Edit Tenant Setup - Financials.Security:Set Up: Tenant Setup - Financialsdomain in the System functional area.
- (Optional) Create Custom Labels.SelectProjectfrom theTerm Contextprompt on theMaintain Custom Labelstask.
- (Optional) Create custom validations. See Steps: Set Up Custom Validations.Configure validations for these project transaction types:
- Project
- Project Plan
- Project Resource Plan
- Project Task Resource
- (Optional) Create project standard cost rates to cost labor without accessing worker-sensitive information.
- (Optional) Calculate project cost rates based on worker salaries and an overhead percentage. See:
- (Optional) Create advanced labor cost calculations for prorating and overtime.
- (Optional) Define project details.
- (Optional) Create Templates for Projects.
- Configure your project plans.
- Configure resource management.
Build projects.