All the basic project settings can be defined here. Different options to define general settings related to a project are available here. These settings are grouped under different panes in the Project Settings window. Different settings that can be defined are described in the following sections.
Here basic document and Work Breakdown Structure settings can be defined. The settings that can be defined in this pane are described in the following section.
Figure: Basic Settings
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Setting |
Description |
1 |
Revision Series |
The revision number indicates the number of times a document is revised. Different series, like 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and A, B, C, D etc. can be assigned as revision number. If there are no client revising options then revision number is only used. The revision series to be used for documents in a project can be restricted by selecting the series in project. To select a revision series
In the drop-down list all revision series created in Wrench master is displayed.
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2 |
Project Linked SmartFolders |
Click the browse button to select a smart folder. The Project linked smart folders will be selected while creating a project from an existing project. |
3 |
Block File Replication |
On selecting the check box next to this, manual replication of documents and drawings related to this project is restricted. Click the browse button next to this option to select the server for which this option has to be blocked. |
4 |
Enable X-Ref |
Select the check box next to this option to enable X-ref handling for this project. Click the configure button to define link file types. |
5 |
Package based progress measurement |
Package based progress measurement in WBS of the project will be enabled if the check box next to this option is selected. |
6 |
Calculate Project progress based on Customer Weightage factor. |
On selecting the check box next to this option project progress is calculated in terms of customer weightage factor. |
7 |
Allow Duplicate Name |
When adding documents or drawings to Wrench drive, adding documents with filename already existing in Wrench drive is restricted. This usually occur when templates are used to add documents. This option permits the user in adding documents with the same file name to Wrench drive. |
8 |
Allow time log entry only to project resource |
If this option is selected only the project resources can create time log entries. If this option is not selected any resources can create time log entry for this project. |
9 |
Time logs cannot exceed the planned time |
if the checkbox next to this option is selected, user is restricted from entering time logs more than budgeted or forecasted hours. While entering timesheet, if time entered is more than budgeted or forecasted hours, a warning message is displayed. |
10 |
Complete task on completion of workflow of linked document |
If this option is selected, when workflow of document linked to the task is completed, task is also completed. |
11 |
When a transmittal is released and client comment is updated, internal revision number is not incremented and the document remains still in released status. Now when the document is checked out for the first time after transmittal release, an option to select revision number is enabled and you can select a revision number. If the check box next to this option is not selected, when you select the current revision number of the document from the drop-down list a warning message is displayed informing the user selection of duplicate revision number is restricted. You have to select a different revision number and continue. Internal revision number incremented and status of the document will be work in progress. |
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12 |
Retain manually added resources in workflow |
If this option is selected, when workflow is refreshed manually added resources are not removed. Or else they will be removed. |
13 |
Update actual finish date when task achieves 100% |
If this option is selected, when the task achieves a progress of 100%, actual finish date of the task in WBS is updated automatically. |
14 |
File Matching option |
You can define different file matching options for documents in a project. You can either assign a basic matching option or predefine the matching option format for the documents added under the project. For more information see Selecting file matching options. |
15 |
Approver is required for meeting |
If this option is selected, minutes of meeting for this project is to be approved by an approver. |
16 |
Restrict the editing of received back date |
If this options is selected received back date of transmittal released documents cannot be edited by any user. Only users of customer origin will be able to edit the received back date. |
17 |
Inherit task custom properties to linked documents |
If this option is selected, custom properties assigned to the task will be inherited to the documents linked to the task. |
18 |
Use lowest scheduled finish date of rules as task scheduled start date |
In scenarios, where schedules are imported to WRENCH, there are instances where the schedule dates (of ROC) of a deliverable can undergo change. In such cases, when the new dates are imported to WRENCH, the new schedule dates (of ROC) are not being updated to the task schedule dates. If the checkbox next to this option is selected, on clicking the Schedule button, the minimum and maximum dates of the ROC get rolled-up with the start and end dates of the task. If the checkbox next to this option is not selected, on clicking the Schedule button, an alert message “Failed to schedule the task. Scheduled start/finish not updated will be displayed. |
19 |
Person Hour Rate |
In some cases billing of the project may be done against man hours spent on the project. "Person Hour rate" is the cost spent on a person per hour for execution of the tasks assigned to him. Person hour rate field is useful to mention the rate of billing of man hour in the project. This is used internally to calculate the costs of the Tasks based on the resources which in turn can be used to gauge the progress of the Project.
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20 |
Ageing Days |
During the initial stage of a Project, a mutual agreement is made between the company and the client on the number of days the client will take to respond to the submitted documents. This period can be defined as 'Ageing Days' of the project.
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21 |
Project Calendar |
Click the browse button to select a calendar for the project. All time sheet calculations and notifications would be based on this calendar. |
22 |
Currency Symbol |
Though the currency used by an organization is configured in control panel, each project may have a different currency. Hence it is required to use the organization’s currency in each project and allow it to be changed if required. This will help maintain the actual cost of the resource to the organization and the cost to project as well. Here the currency used in the project that is configured in the masters is displayed. This can be overridden. |
23 |
Decimal place for percentage values |
Here you can define the number of decimal places that has to be included in percentage values. |
24 |
Allow Planned Progress on Specific Dates |
If this option is enabled, system calculates the planned progress based on specific dates. If this option is disabled, hyperlink against ‘PLANNED PROGRESS AS ON’ option will be disabled in the WBS window. When the setting is disabled, in the schedules tab of task details, the hyperlink ‘View planned progress as on a different date’ is hidden. |
25 |
Numbering Template |
There can be practically only one numbering template per project. But in practice, each department may have its own numbering templates. Hence it is required to attach multiple numbering templates per project. To attach or select multiple numbering templates
Numbering Template selection window is displayed.
Selected numbering templates will be available for the project. |
Selecting file matching options
File matching options for documents in a project is configured using this option. Matching options can be configured using basic or advanced options. Now when you replace documents in bulk using the Update option, the matching option defined here will be available in the File Matching Options of Bulk Upload Documents window.
NOTE: While defining matching options, custom properties can also be selected as matching option. Once a custom property is selected, then the document in the folder whose file name matches the custom property is fetched.
To select basic document matching option
Advance Numbering Option window is displayed. Here Basic Option is selected by default.
The selected matching option will be available in the Bulk Update Documents window.
Advanced Options
Advanced matching options for fetching documents for replace is configured from this tab.
To configure advance matching options
File Matching Option window is displayed.
For ease of defining a file matching option you can select a reference file and based on this file you can create a matching option.
Now let us see how a matching option pattern is created. This can be explained based on the following example.
Suppose in WRENCH there are documents added with the following document number and revision number.
Document Number |
Revision Number |
DOC001 |
A |
DOC002 |
B |
DOC003 |
A |
DOC004 |
A |
Table: Documents in Wrench
Now you have the following files in a folder in the system.
File Name |
DOC001-A-111.DOC |
DOC002-B-22.DOC |
DOC003-A-11.DOC |
DOCBIZ1-2-22.DOC |
DRWG01-6-22.DOC |
DRW222-7-24.DOC |
Now the files in WRENCH has to be replaced with the files from this set that matches some conditions. Hence you have to create a file matching option using the advanced option. You want to match files based on document number and revision number.
Figure: Defining file matching option
First you have to define a matching option using the property Document Number. Assume that your organization follows the following file naming convention.
<Document Number> - <Revision Number> - <Sheet Number> . <File Type>
This will generate a matching option containing the characters in the file up to the first hyphen.
This will generate a matching option containing the characters between the first and second hyphen.
When bulk upload operation is carried out using this advanced matching option, documents satisfying the matching options are fetched as shown in the following figure. Observe the way in which the files with Document Number and Revisions matching are fetched.
Figure: Bulk Updating Documents
Type is a categorization of the project. A project may include multiple types. A Type can be selected from a pre-defined master list.
Site/Location
Sometimes a project may have to be executed at multiple sites/locations.
For Example: An oil pipeline across a state will have multiple project sites (which may act as design and approval office, site offices and warehouses for that area). This field helps in finding a solution to the following scenario faced at some sites.
A normal user (like draftsman) who actually creates and adds document to Wrench may not know which numbering template is to be selected while adding documents into Wrench. A numbering template can be assigned to different sites. While adding documents to a project a unique number is defined for each document. In the document number generation window Project, Site or Location and the corresponding template description is displayed.
This helps the user in identifying the numbering template defined for the site or location on which he is.
Item Name
Item details are specified for the purpose of creating document numbers for project documents automatically. For those documents that are to be created at various stages of delivering the item (design, procurement or construction) the numbering template specified for the particular project type will be used.
Restricting project access for internal domain users
In confidential projects which need high security, project documents are to be made accessible only from specified network segments based on TCP/IP address. Hence, a facility to assign each high security projects with a TCP/IP segment, ensuring only users working from this specified network segments will access files of the project is required.
To make this possible in the Project Settings window an option TCP/IP allowed for project document access, that will help to configure TCP/IP address is provided.
To configure project access restriction
Once a network address is specified, requests to access project documents is permitted only from the specified addresses only. If Project documents are accessed from a different address, operation is aborted and an alert message is displayed.