Apply Usage Link Issue

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Has anyone else experienced an issue where the Schedule Cost of a Job increases when the “Apply Usage Link” is checked or am I missing something about the purpose of the Apply Usage Link?

What I’m seeing is a follows:

The “Apply Usage Link” box is checked. The Job is setup with Schedule (Cost) entries for the Job. When either a Purchase Order or a Job Journal with a Line Type of Contract is posted, two Job Planning entries are created, one of type Contract and a second one of type Schedule. The entry for Schedule incorrectly causes an increases the Cost of the Job.

If the “Apply Usage Link” box is not checked, only one Job Planning Line, of type Contract, is created.

Thanks for the help.

Ron

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Yes… I see kind of the same issues. If I have Apply Usage Link checked and post a Job Usage Journal with the Line type Blank it creates a new Planning Line - it shouldn’t according to the MSDN. It creates two of them if a Planning Line with the same Resource doesn’t already exist on the Job and only one if it does. Uncheck Apply Usage Link and post the entry with a blank Line Type and get no new Planning Lines, as expected.

Did you ever figure this out? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Simeon

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I figured this out. It is in the MSDN Documentation for 2015, even though this is happening in a 2013 database and is not documented as such on the MSDN. Boooooo…