PP Best Practices
Add these to your scripts to identify details such as the script author, purpose, and to log scripts in the database.
What are headers and footers?
This table is used to map depreciation groups through characteristics such as utility account, asset location, and more.
What is the Depr Control Tree?
What is depr_group_control?
This person knows just about everything there is to know about the Lease module.
Who is David McDonald?
Who is James Zhong?
This is the FERC Classification for what is otherwise known as a non-unitized asset.
What is 106 - Construction Complete Not Classified?
This field in the CR indicates whether a charge has been picked up by CWIP Charge.
What is CWIP Charge Status?
This PowerPlan term (and popular insult) are commonly abbreviated as SOB.
What is Set of Books?
This statement can be used in scripts to avoid issues with special characters, like the ampersand.
What is SET DEFINE ON/OFF?
This depreciation method is used to manage numerous, low-value assets (poles, meters, wires, etc.).
What is Group Depreciation?
This person is a real REGular in the Reg module.
Who is Tim Zeldenrust?
Who is James Eberhart?
This PowerPlan process runs during WO Month End to generate transactions in CR PowerPlan?
What is AFUDC? What are Overheads?
What is ARO? What are WIP Comps?
This CR field helps connect data lines in various CR Sources to the corresponding line in CR Cost Repository.
What is a Drilldown Key?
This WO Status is where AFUDC calculations stop and Depreciation Calculations may begin.
What is In-Service?
This is step begins the process of pushing scripts to the Repo. (Unrelated, this is what my ex told me I was afraid to do.)
What is Commit?
This depreciation method, which sounds like the name of a local plumber, must be installed via CD.
What is Handy Whitman?
This person knows all the PROS and cons of Depreciation.
Who is Wes Prose?
This window is used to review and approve CPR transactions during the CPR Close process.
What is Pending Transaction?
This process splits CR transactions into Install/Removal based on Unit Estimates.
What are Batch Derivations?
This attribute is considered the primary requirement for Unitization in Utility Accounting. Without this, an asset is not considered unitized.
What is a Retirement Unit?
This table can be queried to determine whether or not a script successfully ran during a cutover.
What is pp_update_flex?
This occurs if an asset is removed/retired before being fully depreciated. (Hint: Group Depreciation helps to prevent this.)
What is a Loss?
This person is an SME for ARO.
Who is Brice Croxton?
These variables are key to setting up a successful PP Journal Keyword for post.
What is a binding argument?
This collection of CR fields identifies unique code combinations used by a client and forms the main structure of their Cost Repository.
What is the Accounting Key?
This classification of Work Orders are closed on a cyclical basis which is determined by a client (monthly, quarterly, annual, etc.)
What is a Blanket WO?
Scripts should be tested using this method before being considered officially ready for cutover.
What is SQL Plus?
This field can be utilized to identify an ARO Depr Group.
What is Subledger Type Indicator?
This person can save the day in WPA.
Who is Amy Martinez?
This process in PowerPlan flags certain Work Orders, based on certain, configurable criteria, to prevent unitization and non-unitization.
What is an ARC?
What is Auto Review for Close?
This is the lowest level of categorization of charges in Powerplan. (Hint: It is sometimes called Expenditure Type.)
What is a Cost Element?
These GL Accounts are considered eligible for Rate Base.
What are 101 and 106?