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Converting Hours to Days for Billing in OpenAir

By Sibyl Parsons | February 13, 2023 | Comments Off on Converting Hours to Days for Billing in OpenAir

Using OpenAir billing rules, you can configure the rules to convert hours recorded on timesheets into days in order to invoice a customer by number of days. Within a time…

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Creating Dependent Dropdowns in OpenAir

By Robert Giordano | February 6, 2023 | Comments Off on Creating Dependent Dropdowns in OpenAir

OpenAir has the ability to link two custom dropdowns such that the values in the child dropdown will be dependent on the selection of the value in the parent dropdown.…

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When to Use Balanced Incurred vs Forecast instead of Incurred vs. Forecast

By Bianca Marinca | January 30, 2023 | Comments Off on When to Use Balanced Incurred vs Forecast instead of Incurred vs. Forecast

Balanced Incurred vs Forecast rule uses Internal Pivot Date when recognizing revenues. If an organization uses Accounting Dates this is a great option. For timesheets, the rule will recognize revenue…

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Allowing Users to Specify Report Filter Sets in OpenAir

By James Owen | January 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Allowing Users to Specify Report Filter Sets in OpenAir

If your company is like most, the OpenAir Reports module is used by many users in different parts of the organization to get and share information about your Projects, Users,…

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Why Approval Routing Cannot be Deleted in OpenAir – And How to Resolve

By Jimmy Morales | January 9, 2023 | Comments Off on Why Approval Routing Cannot be Deleted in OpenAir – And How to Resolve

If the ‘Delete’ button on an Approval Routing does not appear, even though it has no transactions routed through it, it can be due to the Approval Process being set…

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Trick for Using Blank Date Field in Form Permission Rule Logic

By Alexandra Goodrich | December 19, 2022 | Comments Off on Trick for Using Blank Date Field in Form Permission Rule Logic

OpenAir’s form permission rules are a great way to customize any forms—Project Properties, Timesheets, Expense Reports, etc. You can create your own logic to show/hide fields, make fields read-only or…

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Recovering Report Configuration/Settings of Last Report Run in OpenAir Report Management & Editor Interface

By Andrea Larsen | December 12, 2022 | Comments Off on Recovering Report Configuration/Settings of Last Report Run in OpenAir Report Management & Editor Interface

This is a trick that allows you to recover report configuration/settings when using the current OpenAir Report Management & Editor interface. If you are using the older reporting UI, this…

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Audit Trail in User Interface for Company Switches

By Tres Churchill | December 5, 2022 | Comments Off on Audit Trail in User Interface for Company Switches

“Who changed that setting?” There are many settings that can be toggled on and off in OpenAir if the user has sufficient privileges. Often these settings can drive changes to…

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Rate Multipliers for Special Situations in OpenAir

By Ali Walsh | November 21, 2022 | Comments Off on Rate Multipliers for Special Situations in OpenAir

In OpenAir there is an easy way to create billing rules that include situations for varying rates for weekend work, yearly increases, or for remote versus onsite work rates. Important:…

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Use Bookings Rather Than Assignments to Calculate Task Schedules in OpenAir

By Richard Curzi | November 15, 2022 | Comments Off on Use Bookings Rather Than Assignments to Calculate Task Schedules in OpenAir

Is your company using resource bookings faithfully, but you still need to separately manage assignments to keep your task dates and planned hours in line? There is a little-known feature…

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