Design elements

Design elements are subdisciplines that you can associate to scope items. Design elements group labor types above account codes for rolling up data. Design elements configured at the organization level are available to all projects in the organization.

You can manage Design elements for your organization in Settings > Design > Engineering > Design elements.

Steps

You can do any of the following actions:

  • Add - Enter a unique name, select a UoM, select an associated EPC option (engineering, procurement, or construction), optionally select a parent Design element to group elements together, and then click the Add design element icon. The Alternate System UoM will be automatically populated based UoM selected. You can also use the import process to import Design elements using the Export and Import icons.

  • Edit - Click in the fields, and then enter text. You cannot edit a design element’s UoM when it is assigned to a scope item.

  • Delete - Click the Delete design element icon to the right. You cannot delete a design element, or a terminal design element assigned to a scope item. You cannot delete a parent design element when it has other design elements associated with it.

  • Sort - Select the Design element, and then click the up and down arrows to the right of the table to adjust the position of a Design element.

When Design elements are created, they become available to assign to account codes in the organization settings. For more information, see Account code set.

Design elements can be associated to scope items at the resource level for your project. For more information, see Scope item resources.

Considerations

  • You must have Level 3 – Account Admin permissions in InEight Platform or a role with the applicable permissions in Engineering.

  • The Alternate system UoM field is automatically populated according to the units of measure in the InEight Platform master data library.