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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To use a search path</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>labor search path</Level1>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp" role="package">Project</GUIRef> uses specific search paths to find the values needed for a certain process.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph><GUIRef href="" role="manual">Labor rate search path</GUIRef>:</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>Labor rates are defined in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ppl/tcppl0191m000" role="session">Labor Rates (tcppl0191m000)</Link> session and <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ppl/tcppl0192m000" role="session">Labor Rates by Business Partner and Project (tcppl0192m000)</Link> session. SSA ERP first checks the rates in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Labor Rates by Business Partner and Project (tcppl0192m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>SSA ERP selects the labor rates from the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ppl/tcppl0192m000" role="session">Labor Rates by Business Partner and Project (tcppl0192m000)</Link> session, in the following order of preference:</Paragraph>
		<ProcedureList><ListItem>Labor rates for which <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Business Partner</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Project</GUIRef> are defined.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Labor rates for which <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Project</GUIRef> is defined and <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Business Partner</GUIRef> is not defined.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Labor rates for which <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Project</GUIRef> is not defined and <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Business Partner</GUIRef> is defined.</ListItem>
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		<Paragraph>SSA ERP selects the rates defined in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ppl/tcppl0192m000" role="session">Labor Rates by Business Partner and Project (tcppl0192m000)</Link> session only when the rates fall within the range of the defined Effective Date and Expiry Date. When the rates do not fall within the range of the defined Effective Date and Expiry Date, SSA ERP does not select the rates.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>When the rates are not defined in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ppl/tcppl0192m000" role="session">Labor Rates by Business Partner and Project (tcppl0192m000)</Link> session or when the rates do not fall within the range of the Effective Date and Expiry Date defined in the session, SSA ERP selects the rates from the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ppl/tcppl0191m000" role="session">Labor Rates (tcppl0191m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListTitle>Budget labor search path:</ListTitle>
			<ListIntro>The budget-labor-rate search path determines what cost rates and sales rates are used in budget lines. The path is specified in the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100s000" role="session">Project (tppdm6100s000)</Link> session. SSA ERP uses several search options to find the labor rate:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Labor cost and sales rates: The rates are set in the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm0511m000" role="session">Standard Labor (tppdm0511m000)</Link> session or in the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6111s000" role="session">Project Labor (tppdm6111s000)</Link> session. SSA ERP first checks for Project specific rates. If Project specific rates are not defined, SSA ERP selects the standard labor cost and sales rate.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Trade Group cost and sales rates: Labor rates associated with trade groups as defined in the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm0130s000" role="session">Trade Group (tppdm0130s000)</Link> session where the rate is derived from the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ppl/tcppl0191m000" role="session">Labor Rates (tcppl0191m000)</Link> session or from the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ppl/tcppl0192m000" role="session">Labor Rates by Business Partner and Project (tcppl0192m000)</Link> session. SSA ERP first checks the rates in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Labor Rates by Project and business partner (tcppl0192m000)</GUIRef> session. If the rates are not defined in this session, SSA ERP selects the rates defined in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Labor Rates (tcppl0191m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Project-specific cost and sales rates: Project-specific labor rates as defined in the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100s000" role="session">Project (tppdm6100s000)</Link> session.</ListItem>
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		<Paragraph>The default labor rate is the labor rate that SSA ERP finds by looking at the value displayed in the first labor rate option. If the labor rate is not defined for this value, SSA ERP looks at the value displayed in the second option. If the labor rate for this input is not defined or if the field is left empty, the labor rate defined for the value in the third option is used.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If you set the first labor rate option to <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Labor</GUIRef>, then the standard labor rates are used in the labor lines of the actual budget. If you have not defined standard labor rates, SSA ERP picks the labor rate defined for the value in the second labor rate option; this can either be <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Trade Group</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Project</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListTitle><GUIRef href="" role="manual">Cost registration search path</GUIRef>:</ListTitle>
			<ListIntro>The labor rate for the cost-registration search path determines which of the following cost and sales rates are used in hours registration:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Employee: Labor rates associated with employees as defined in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0101m000" role="session">Employees - General (tccom0101m000)</Link> session and derived from the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ppl/tcppl0191m000" role="session">Labor Rates (tcppl0191m000)</Link> session or from the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ppl/tcppl0192m000" role="session">Labor Rates by Business Partner and Project (tcppl0192m000)</Link> session. SSA ERP first checks the rates in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Labor Rates by Project and business partner (tcppl0192m000)</GUIRef> session. If the rates are not defined in this session, SSA ERP selects the rates defined in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Labor Rates (tcppl0191m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Labor: Standard labor rates defined in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ppl/tcppl0191m000" role="session">Labor Rates (tcppl0191m000)</Link> session.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Trade group: Labor rates associated with trade groups as defined in the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm0130s000" role="session">Trade Group (tppdm0130s000)</Link> session and derived from the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ppl/tcppl0191m000" role="session">Labor Rates (tcppl0191m000)</Link> session or from the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/ppl/tcppl0192m000" role="session">Labor Rates by Business Partner and Project (tcppl0192m000)</Link> session. SSA ERP first checks the rates in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Labor Rates by Project and business partner (tcppl0192m000)</GUIRef> session. If the rates are not defined in this session, SSA ERP selects the rates defined in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Labor Rates (tcppl0191m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Project: Project-specific labor rates as defined in the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100s000" role="session">Project (tppdm6100s000)</Link> session.</ListItem>
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		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>The default labor rate is the labor rate that SSA ERP finds by looking at the path displayed in the first labor rate option. If the labor rate is not defined for this value, SSA ERP looks at the value displayed in the second option. If the labor rate for this input is not defined or if the field is left empty, the labor rate defined for the value in the third option is used.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>If you set the first labor rate box to <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Labor</GUIRef>, then the standard labor rates are used in the labor lines of the actual budget. If you have not defined standard labor rates, SSA ERP picks the labor rate defined for the value in the second labor rate option; this can either be <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Trade Group</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Project</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Employee</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
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