Update Project Cost Codes for Export to Viewpoint® Spectrum®
Objective
To update a project's cost codes and cost type assignments in preparation for export to Viewpoint® Spectrum®.
Background
If your company has enabled the ERP Integrations tool and a user has added a new project cost codes to the Spectrum Standard Cost Code List, a user must send those updates to the ERP Integrations tool so the changes can be reviewed by an accounting approver.
Important! Before you can export any contracts or contract change orders to Spectrum, you must always update the project's cost codes first.
The accounting approver then reviews the new cost codes and category assignments in the ERP Integrations tool and then updates the codes as described in the steps below.
Things to Consider
- Required User Permission:
- Prerequisites:
- At least one new cost code has been added to the ERP-synced project in Procore.
- Additional Information:
- If a new cost code that already has a different category assignment in Procore is approved/updated, both category assignments will be tied to the cost code.
- Existing cost code descriptions in Spectrum will not be overwritten. For example, if the cost code already has a description in Viewpoint® Spectrum® that's different from the Standard Cost Code's description that appears in Procore, the cost code's description in Spectrum will stay the same.
Steps
Review Projects
- Navigate to the company's ERP Integrations tool.
- Click the Jobs tab.
- Under Filters, click Ready to Update.
- Click View Requested Updates.
This reveals the 'Cost Codes for Update' window. - Review the new cost codes.
Note: You cannot make any changes to cost codes or category assignments in this window. These checkboxes are grayed out and unavailable.
- Click the 'x' to exit out of the 'Cost Codes for Update' window.
- If you are ready to accept the new cost codes, click Update.
The system will export the new codes codes in Procore to your integrated Spectrum system during the next data sync. See How often can I sync data between Spectrum and Procore?