Create a labor rate card in Enterprise Asset Workspace

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title: Create a labor rate card in Enterprise Asset Workspace
description: Create a labor rate card to capture costs by the time consumed on an hourly basis.
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# Create a labor rate card in Enterprise Asset Workspace

Create a labor rate card to capture costs by the time consumed on an hourly basis.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_eam.enterprise\_admin or sn\_eam.enterprise\_asset\_manager

## About this task

Labor rate cards are included in the base system. Except for the **Number** field, all other fields on the default labor rate cards are editable. You can't delete any of the base system labor rate cards. The following steps are to create a labor rate card.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Enterprise Asset Workspace**.

2.  From the Enterprise Asset Workspace, open the Admin center view.

3.  From the navigation panel of the Admin center view, navigate to **TCO configuration** > **Labor rate card**.

4.  Select **New**.

5.  On the form, fill in the fields.

    |Field|Description|
    |-----|-----------|
    |Number|A unique number automatically created for each labor rate card.|
    |Name|Name of the labor rate card.|
    |Rate code|Code for each labor rate card.|
    |Rate type|Standard rate type. You can add your own rate types.|
    |Active|Indicates if the labor rate card is being used or not. By default, this check box is selected.|
    |Short description|Short description of the labor rate card.|
    |Hourly rate|The currency code and the cost per hour.|
    |Set conditions|Filter to run on the table selected to determine whether this rate card applies to a given task. This field uses the Condition Count widget to preview what records would be returned by the conditions.|
    |Description|Detailed description of the labor rate card.|

6.  Select **Save**.

    After a labor rate card is created, expense lines are created based on the value in the **Use time worked** field.