Tips and Tricks for Sub Contract Valuation

Below is a list of tips and tricks for the Sub Contract Valuation course. Click one of the items below to see information that may be helpful to you as you take the course.

• Importance of Student-Created Data
• What Executables to Use
• Process Models
• Adding Data to Lists of Values
• Data Used In Course Material

Importance of Student-Created Data

It is extremely important that you work with your own data to maintain data integrity. When you create your own data, it is recommended that you add your initials, XX to the data codes. It will be easy for you to find your data later on during the exercises, and no one else should be using your data.

The use of prefixes has several advantages:

• XX is used to identify data that belongs to the student with initials XX. 
• XX makes it easy to query (F3) on the data you are using in the Sub Contract Valuation exercises.
• a query such as AP will normally fetch data that belongs to the student whose initials start with AP.
• exercise text can be more specific when referring to data elements.
• the students do not have to create their own identifiers.

What Executables to Use

The executable named Engineer To Order And Project Delivery includes all the functionalities needed to complete the exercises in this course.

Process Models

Sub Contract Valuation

Adding Data to Lists of Values

The Zoom feature (F9) helps you set up a piece of missing basic data using the List of Values, or to become familiar with the parameters set for a particular piece of basic data. An example of this is when you need to create a sub contract type which has not been set up. With the cursor in the Contract Type field, click Zoom on the Commands menu (Shift+F9). The Type window appears, where you can create the needed data.

Data Used in Course Material

If you are an instructor, additional information is available about the Racing database, which is the database used by all IFS eLearning material.

The Racing database contains different data layers, including the following two layers that form the foundation of the database:

• RTUBE:  The RTUBE data layer includes most basic data tables.
• Static: The Static data layer includes more course-specific data.

To see more information about the Racing database, including a link to documentation for the RTUBE data layer, see Racing Database in IFS Training Help.