IJ01185: CANNOT APPROVE LABOR FOR MULTIPLE CONTRACTS IN LABOR REPORTING

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• n Labor Reporting, on the List page, approving multiple Labor
  for multiple contracts produces BMXAA8874E warning message, and
  the process hangs.
  
  Steps to Reproduce:
  -Go To Purchasing | Company Master
  -Click the New Company Master button on the toolbar
  -In the Company field enter "ALLIANCE-1"
  -In the Description field enter "Alliance Contractor 1"
  -In the Company Type field | Select Value | click V (Vendor)
  -Save the record
  -More Actions | Add Company Master to Organization
  -Click the checkbox for EAGLENA, then click OK
  -Click OK at the System Message indicating that the record was
  created
  -Use these steps to create a second Company Master record,
  "ALLIANCE-2"
  -Go To Purchasing | Companies
  -In the Company field enter "alliance" and press Enter
  -Open the record for ALLIANCE-1
  -Save the record
  -Repeat these steps for the other Company record, ALLIANCE-2
  -Go To Contracts | Labor Rate Contracts
  -Click the New Labor Rate Contract on the toolbar
  -In the Contract field enter AC-1
  -In the Description field enter "Alliance Contract 1"
  -In the Start Date field use the Select Date button to click on
  yesterday's date
  -In the End Date field use the Select Date button to click on a
  date one year from today
  - Leave Total Cost as blank (KEY to reproduce this issue)
  -In the Company field enter "alliance-1" and tab out
  -Save the record
  -On the Rate Schedule tab click the Select Crafts button
  -Click the checkbox for ELECT FIRSTCLASS, then click OK
  -In the Standard Rate field enter 25
  -Save the record
  -On the Associated Labor tab click the New Row button
  -In the Labor field enter "liberi" and tab out
  -In the Craft field enter "elect" and tab out
  -Click the checkbox for "Inherit Rate From Contract"
  -Save the record
  -Common Actions | Change Status
  -In the New Status field use the drop-down arrow and click
  Approved
  -Click OK
  -More Actions | Duplicate Labor Rate Contract
  -In the Contract field enter "AC-2"
  -In the Description field enter "Alliance Contract 2"
  -In the Start Date field use the Select Date button to click on
  yesterday's date
  -In the End Date field use the Select Date button to click on a
  date  one year from today
  - Leave Total Cost as blank (KEY to Reproduce this PMR)
  -In the Company field enter "alliance-2" and tab out
  -Save the record
  -On the Rate Schedule click the Select Crafts button
  -Click the checkbox for ELECT FIRSTCLASS, then click OK
  -In the Standard Rate field enter 25
  -Save the record
  -On the Associated Labor tab click the New Row button
  -In the Labor field enter "wilson" and tab out
  -In the Craft field enter "elect" and tab out
  -Click the checkbox for "Inherit Rate From Contract"
  -Save the record
  -More Actions | Duplicate Labor Rate Contract
  -In the Contract field enter "NON-AC"
  -In the Description field enter "Non-Alliance Contract"
  -In the Start Date field use the Select Date button to click on
  yesterday's date
  -In the End Date field use the Select Date button to click on a
  date one year from today
  - Leave Total Cost as blank (KEY to reproduce this issue)
  -In the Company field enter "cmc" and tab out
  -Save the record
  -On the Rate Schedule click the Select Crafts button
  -Click the checkbox for ELECT FIRSTCLASS, then click OK
  -In the Standard Rate field enter 25
  -Save the record
  -On the Associated Labor tab click the New Row button
  -In the Labor field enter "hunter" and tab out
  -In the Craft field enter "elect" and tab out
  -Click the checkbox for "Inherit Rate From Contract"
  -Save the record
  -Go To Administration | Organizations
  -In the Organization field enter "eaglena" and press Enter
  -Click EAGLENA to open the record
  -More Actions | Labor Options
  -UNcheck all options EXCEPT for "Allow Mismatched Craft and
  Labor When  Reporting Actual Labor?"
  -Save the record
  -Sign Out
  -Go To Administration | Resources | People
  -Click the New Person button on the toolbar
  -In the Person field enter "A-1"
  -In the First Name field enter "Alliance"
  -In the Last Name field enter "Contractor1"
  -Save the record
  -Repeat the steps to create another Person record with values:
   Person: A-2
   First Name: Alliance
   Last Name: Contractor2
  -Go To Administration | Resources | Labor
  -Click the New Labor button on the toolbar
  -In the Labor field enter "AC1" and tab out
  -In the Person field enter "a-1" and tab out
  -On the Crafts tab click the New Row button
  -In the Contract field | Detail Menu | Select Value | click the
  row for AC-1
  -Save the record
  *Verify that the Active Contract checkbox is now checked, and
  that  values for the Craft, Skill Level, Vendor, and Rate
  fields populate
  -Repeat these steps to create another Labor record with values:
   Labor: AC2
   Person: A-2
   Contract: AC-2
   Vendor: ALLIANCE-2
  Create Work Orders that will use the Labor Rate Contracts,
  Vendor, and Labor records:
  -Go To Work Orders | Work Order Tracking
  -Click the New Work Order button on the toolbar
  -In the Asset field enter "13150" (or 11430) and tab out
  -On the Plans tab | Tasks for Work Order section | click the
  New Row  button
  -In the Task 10 Summary field enter "Task One"
  -In the Duration field enter 1
  -On the Labor tab click the Select Craft button
  -Click the checkbox for ELECT FIRSTCLASS Contract AC-1 , then
  click OK
  -Save the record
  -Common Actions | Change Status
  -In the New Status field use the drop-down arrow and click
  Approved
  -Click OK
  -More Actions | Duplicate Work Order
  -Click OK with the radio button selected for "Duplicate Work
  Order with its Tasks"
  -Common Actions | Approve Work Order
  -Click OK
  -Repeat these steps to create and approve total 2 Work Orders.
  -Repeat the WO creation steps, create 2 WOs, except
  -Click the checkbox for ELECT FIRSTCLASS Contract AC-2 , then
  click OK
  -Repeat the WO creation steps, create 2 WOs, except
  -Click the checkbox for ELECT FIRSTCLASS Contract NON-AC , then
  click OK
  -Make a note of all the Work Order numbers used
  -Once the Work Orders are created and approved, add Actuals in
  the following manner:
      2 Work Orders will use vendor Alliance-1 Contract AC-1
      2 Work Orders will use vendor Alliance-2 Contract AC-2
      2 Work Orders will use vendor CMC and Contract NON-AC
  -On the List tab | Work Order field enter the first Work Order
  number  that was created, and press Enter
  -Click the record to open it
  -On the Actuals tab | Labor tab | click the Select Planned
  Labor  button, then click OK
  -In the Task field | Select Value | click 10h
  -In the Labor field enter "ac1" and tab out
  -Expand the details for the Labor record, verify that the
  Contract and  Vendor field were populated with AC-1 and
  ALLIANCE-1 as expected
  -In the Regular Hours field enter 1 and tab out
  -Save the record
  -Repeat these steps for 1 more Work Order records that were
  created
  -Repeat these steps for 2 of the remaining Work Order records,
  but use
  AC2 for the Labor value (AC-2 and ALLIANCE-2 for the Contract
  and Vendor values)
  -Use the following steps for the remaining 2 Work Orders:
  -On the Actuals tab | Labor tab | click the Select Planned
  Labor  button, then click OK
  -In the Labor field enter "hunter" and tab out
  -Expand the details for the Labor record
  -In the Regular Hours field enter 1 and tab out
  -In the Contract field | Detail Menu | Select Value | click the
  row  where NON-AC is in the Contract column
  -Save the record
  Approve the Labor records that use the YORN field:
  -Go To Work Orders | Labor Reporting
  -Click the checkboxes for all 6 of the Work Order records that
  were created (for Labor codes AC1, AC2, and HUNTER)
  -More Actions | Approve Labor
  - The following message could be displayed. Click Yes/OK to
  continue
  BMXAA8874E - Approving this labor will exceed the 0 USD maximum
  value on labor contract NON-AC by XXXXX USD. Do you want to
  proceed?
  BMXAA8874E - Approving this labor will exceed the 0 USD maximum
  value on labor contract AC-1 by XXXXX USD. Do you want to
  proceed?
  BMXAA8874E - Approving this labor will exceed the 0 USD maximum
  value on labor contract AC-2 by XXXXX USD. Do you want to
  proceed?
  Result:
  *the process hangs; the Please Wait... dialog remains on the
  screen  indefinitely; the session must be terminated (close
  browser) to allow   any further
  

Local fix

• Approve Labor for one associated contract at a time
  

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * MAXIMO                                                       *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * CANNOT APPROVE LABOR FOR MULTIPLE CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTS    *
  * HAVE NO LIMIT IN LABOR REPORTING                             *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  package:
  		 | Release 7.6.1.0 of Base Services
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WORK ORDERS

• Fixed component ID

  5724R46WO

Applicable component levels

• R760 PSY

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