Day Types

Day Types define the different kinds of days used in production — for example, Regular Work Day, Overtime Day, or Holiday. As part of Line Budgeter’s calendar-based budgeting approach, each line can be assigned a Day Type to indicate how that day should be treated.

In conjunction with the Location and Phase columns, these three columns pull calendar data into the Start and End Dates columns, and work with date-based references such as DateSch, DateSpan, and DateRW assigned to the Amounts field.

Additionally, Tax & Fringes applied to a line use the defined T&F Hours of a Day Type when calculating fringe values.

The Day Types screen in Element Manager is initially populated based on the selections made during Budget Builder setup. Once the budget is created, you can add, edit, and manage Day Types and their settings directly from this screen.

Working with Day Types

Day Types are applied to lines in the Details level of the budget using the Day Types column.
They serve two key purposes:

1. Define the Day Type for the line (e.g., Regular Day, 6th Day, Holiday) along with the associated Tax and Fringe hours.

   • Example: A Regular Day might be set to 12 Tax and Fringe hours, which are used in applicable tax and fringe calculations on the line.

2. Work with other columns — specifically Locations and Phases — to pull calendar data.

   • Together, these three columns populate the Start Date and End Date fields for the line.

Day Types are included by default in every budget:

• Regular Day can not be turned off, but it does not have to be used.
• System Day Types cannot be removed but are optional to use.

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Day Types Table

Day Types can be created, edited, or removed from the Day Types table.

Adding a New Day Type

1. Press the Add button at the bottom of the table.
2. A new Day Type is automatically assigned a default name (e.g., DayType1). Custom Day Types follow this naming pattern: DayType1, DayType2, DayType3, etc.
3. Update the new Day Type with a custom name.
4. Designate a Day Status from the dropdown.
5. Assign T&F Hours.

Editing a Day Type

• Click into any cell to update the data. Changes are saved automatically when you click out of the cell.
• Only T&F Hours can be edited for System default day types.

Table Column Details

Column	Description	Data Type
Order	Drag the handle icon to reorder items in the table.	Draggable Icon
Use	Toggle this checkbox to enable or disable the selected day types. Disabled items remain visible in the budget but are excluded from total calculations.	Checkbox
Day Type	Set the name of the Day Type for use in the budget. Default day types cannot be renamed.	Text
Day Status	Designates if the Day Type is a work day or a day off for the calendar.	Drop Down
T&F Hours	Tax & Fringe Hours sets the number of hours for this day type to use in tax and fringe calculations applied to the line.	Numerical
Location Columns	Displays the Locations in the budget to designate Day Types to. A checkmark indicates that the Day Type is enabled for the selected location.	Numerical
Total	Displays the overall real-time total value assigned to this day type in the budget.	Numerical
Options (Three-Dot Icon)	Opens a dropdown menu with additional actions for the selected phase, including renaming and deleting.	Dropdown

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Options Menu

Clicking the three-dot icon in the Options menu reveals additional actions available for the selected element.

• Rename - renames the selected Day Type.
• Delete - deletes the selected Day Type from the budget.

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Deleting a Day Type

Rules: System default Day Types cannot be deleted.

• Behavior:
  • When deleting a custom Day Type, the user is prompted with a confirmation warning.

• If the user chooses to continue with deletion:
  • The day type is removed from the budget.
  • All lines that previously used that day type are reset to blank in the Day Type column in the details level.