Labor Type : Group Field

Story

A new feature is being developed which requires a new way to group together labor types outside of the current Type setting (Prod, Hours, Bonus). One of our clients is going to be generating an invoice (or multiple invoices) that reports the labor breakdown by GROUPS of labor types.

For example, they will have a labor type named “Inbound OG Day” and “Inbound OG Night”. Eventually we will be giving them an invoice detail that groups these two together. Some example groupings:

• Group : Inbound
  • Labor Type : Inbound OG Day
  • Labor Type : Inbound OG Night
• Group : Outbound
  • Labor Type : Outbound OG Day
  • Labor Type : Outbound OG Night
• Group : Scrap
  • Labor Type : Scrap Truck
• Group : General Labor
  • Labor Type : General Labor
• Group : Mislabeled Tires
  • Labor Type : Mislabeled Tires

For this task we only need a method to add a Group attribute to labor types.

Proposed Functionality

Add a new data field to the Labor Type table labeled “Group”.

This will be a free-form text field, limit 100 characters, no restriction on data format (full alphanumeric + symbols).

This is an optional field.

On the add/edit labor type front end a new “Group” entry should be places on-screen, I suggest to the right of Type.

Bonus Points : make that field a “quick fill” field that suggests previously-entered group names when the user starts typing. This can help with consistent data entry on a free-form text field.