Design 24.3 Release Notes

Updated 08-APR-2024

• InEight Platform project value integration in Quantity Forecasting – The project value integration in Engineering is now available in Quantity forecasting as part of the integration with Platform’s project value master data. Read more

  As an administrator, you can now configure the project values that can be included in quantity items, and whether they are required in a project in Quantity Forecasting.

  

  When you include project values at the organization level, those values are listed as optional in Quantity Forecasting project settings. You can set the Require toggles to Yes to include the values, which makes them required for the project.

  When you require project values at the organization level, those values are automatically included at the project level and cannot be changed. Included project values at the organization level show at the project level in the project > Quantity Forecasting > Attributes and project values tab.

  

  The selected project values are shown in the Quantity item grid column options and in the slide-out panel. You can also export and import them in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

  

  For more information about project values, see the following new topics:

  • Project values at the organization level.

  • Attributes and project values at the project level.

• New Attributes and project values and Component integration tabs – In project > Settings > Quantity Forecasting, the Fields and component integration tab has been renamed to Attributes and project values. In addition, a new tab has been added for Component integration. Read more

  Attributes and project values

  Project values fields have been updated as part of the InEight Platform project value integration.

  

  You can enable the following additional options for Attributes and Project values:

  • Include – Lets you select values to make them available in quantity items. When included, the fields are shown in the Quantity forecasting > Quantity Items grid and quantity item slide-out. You can also import the field values.

  • Component – Lets you select fields to configure how component data from InEight Plan is assigned to a quantity item. You must enable component integration with Plan in the Component integration tab to make this column available. For component values to be active they must first be synced in Plan.

  The selected values are shown in the Quantity item grid column options and in the slide-out panel. You can also export and import them in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

  Component integration

  The Plan component integration section is now a new tab in project settings.

  

  When you enable component integration with Plan, the Component column shows in the Attributes and project values tab, where you can configure the criteria for how Plan components are associated to quantity items. In Quantity forecasting > Quantity Items > Actions > Get Plan Components option is also made available.

  You can sync components by clicking Refresh Components or Delta Refresh Components.

  For more information, see the following new topics:

  • Attributes and project values.

  • Component integration.

• Get CE MHrs/Unit manual rate column – In the project Quantity forecasting > Quantity Items > Action > Get CE MHrs/Unit option, you can now override the Current Rate or Pending control rate using a manual rate in the Manual Rate column. Read more

  The Get FC Remaining MHrs/Unit ability to override rates is now available in the Get CE MHrs/Unit action in Quantity forecasting > Quantity Items > Actions > Get Control unit rates option. When you sync CE MHrs/Unit, a new Manual Rate column shows in the Get Unit Rates dialog box, where you can enter a manual rate to override the current rate or Pending control rate. If a CE manual rate is maintained, the manual rate is used to calculate CE MHrs.

  

  For more information, see Get Control unit rates.