[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":425},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide:en:work-fulfillment/activities":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":417,"extension":418,"meta":419,"navigation":420,"path":421,"seo":422,"stem":423,"__hash__":424},"guide_en/en/user/work-fulfillment/activities.md","Activities — Defining the Types of Work Crews Perform",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":408},"minimark",[9,14,50,57,62,73,95,102,106,111,147,152,172,179,182,193,255,270,274,277,291,294,298,308,313,337,342,356,360,363,389],[10,11,13],"h1",{"id":12},"activities","Activities",[15,16,17,18,22,23,28,29,32,33,37,38,41,42,45,46,49],"p",{},"Activities are the catalogue entries that describe ",[19,20,21],"strong",{},"what your crews do",", the way ",[24,25,27],"a",{"href":26},"/guide/inventory-management/resources/","resources"," describe ",[19,30,31],{},"what your crews use",". A resource is a metre of cable or a junction box; an activity is ",[34,35,36],"em",{},"pulling"," that cable, ",[34,39,40],{},"splicing"," that fibre, ",[34,43,44],{},"excavating"," a trench, or ",[34,47,48],{},"inspecting"," a span. Define an activity once and it becomes available to pick on any work order, measured in its own units (splices, metres, hours, spans).",[15,51,52,53,56],{},"Activities were introduced in the §193 work-model restructure as a first-class registry, symmetric to resources. Before, the work a crew performed lived only as free text on each work order — impossible to total, compare, or price. Now the ",[34,54,55],{},"type"," of work is a structured, reusable record.",[58,59,61],"h2",{"id":60},"where-activities-fit","Where Activities Fit",[63,64,69],"pre",{"className":65,"code":67,"language":68},[66],"language-text","Job  (planned unit of work — geometry + what is needed)\n  ├── Resources   → the materials/equipment/labour consumed   (catalogue: Resources)\n  └── Work Order  (assignment of the job to a crew)\n        └── Activity line  → the work performed              (catalogue: Activities)\n","text",[70,71,67],"code",{"__ignoreMap":72},"",[15,74,75,76,79,80,83,84,79,87,90,91,94],{},"A ",[19,77,78],{},"resource"," answers ",[34,81,82],{},"“what materials does this work consume?”"," and lives on the job as a resource line.\nAn ",[19,85,86],{},"activity",[34,88,89],{},"“what work is being done?”"," and lives on the ",[19,92,93],{},"work order"," as its activity line — either a registered activity from this catalogue, or an ad-hoc one-off typed in directly.",[15,96,97,98,101],{},"Both are ",[19,99,100],{},"optional",". A job does not have to declare any resources, and a work order does not have to name a registered activity. Use them when structured tracking earns its keep; skip them for simple or one-off work.",[58,103,105],{"id":104},"activity-fields","Activity Fields",[15,107,108],{},[19,109,110],{},"Basic Information",[112,113,114,121,127],"ul",{},[115,116,117,120],"li",{},[19,118,119],{},"Name"," — Descriptive work type (e.g., \"Fusion splice\", \"Pull fibre\", \"Directional bore\")",[115,122,123,126],{},[19,124,125],{},"Description"," — Method notes, acceptance criteria, or safety callouts",[115,128,129,132,133,136,137,136,140,136,143,146],{},[19,130,131],{},"Units of Measure"," — The units this activity can be tracked in, with one marked as the default (e.g., ",[34,134,135],{},"splices",", ",[34,138,139],{},"metres",[34,141,142],{},"hours",[34,144,145],{},"spans",")",[15,148,149],{},[19,150,151],{},"Organisation",[112,153,154,160,166],{},[115,155,156,159],{},[19,157,158],{},"Tags"," — Free-form labels for filtering and grouping (e.g., \"fibre\", \"civil\", \"QA\")",[115,161,162,165],{},[19,163,164],{},"Properties"," — Arbitrary key/value metadata, the same flexible bag features and resources carry",[115,167,168,171],{},[19,169,170],{},"Attachments"," — Reference files: method statements, spec sheets, photos of the expected result",[15,173,174,175,178],{},"Activities deliberately carry ",[19,176,177],{},"no inventory, no stock, and no pickup policy"," — those belong to resources. An activity is a definition of work, not a thing you hold. That is the whole point of splitting the two registries: materials flow through inventory; work flows through reports and payment.",[58,180,131],{"id":181},"units-of-measure",[15,183,184,185,188,189,192],{},"Like resources, activities use the unified units model: a single ",[19,186,187],{},"Units"," list where each entry has a name and one is marked ",[19,190,191],{},"primary"," (the default shown when the activity is picked). Choose units that match how the work is naturally counted and paid:",[194,195,196,212],"table",{},[197,198,199],"thead",{},[200,201,202,206,209],"tr",{},[203,204,205],"th",{},"Activity",[203,207,208],{},"Sensible units",[203,210,211],{},"Primary",[213,214,215,225,235,244],"tbody",{},[200,216,217,221,223],{},[218,219,220],"td",{},"Fusion splice",[218,222,135],{},[218,224,135],{},[200,226,227,230,233],{},[218,228,229],{},"Pull fibre",[218,231,232],{},"metres, feet",[218,234,139],{},[200,236,237,240,242],{},[218,238,239],{},"Directional bore",[218,241,139],{},[218,243,139],{},[200,245,246,249,252],{},[218,247,248],{},"Pole inspection",[218,250,251],{},"poles, hours",[218,253,254],{},"poles",[15,256,257,258,261,262,265,266,269],{},"When a work order picks the activity, the planner enters a ",[19,259,260],{},"volume"," in one of these units (the ",[19,263,264],{},"Activity Volume"," and ",[19,267,268],{},"Activity UOM"," on the work order). That structured pair is what makes activity work totalable across a project and feedable into payment calculations — unlike the old free-text description.",[58,271,273],{"id":272},"registered-vs-ad-hoc-activities","Registered vs Ad-Hoc Activities",[15,275,276],{},"A work order's activity line can be filled two ways:",[112,278,279,285],{},[115,280,281,284],{},[19,282,283],{},"Registered"," — pick an activity from this catalogue. Reusable, consistent naming, rolls up cleanly across work orders and projects. Use for any work type you do more than once.",[115,286,287,290],{},[19,288,289],{},"Ad-hoc"," — type a one-off activity directly on the work order without creating a catalogue entry. Use for genuinely unique or emergency work that will never recur.",[15,292,293],{},"The guidance mirrors resources: if you find yourself typing the same ad-hoc activity repeatedly, promote it to a registered activity so it can be totalled and priced.",[58,295,297],{"id":296},"creating-activities","Creating Activities",[15,299,300,303,304,307],{},[19,301,302],{},"Access Required:"," ",[70,305,306],{},"activitiesCreate"," admin right",[15,309,310],{},[19,311,312],{},"Workflow:",[314,315,316,319,325,328,331,334],"ol",{},[115,317,318],{},"Navigate to administration → Activities",[115,320,321,322],{},"Click ",[19,323,324],{},"Add Activity",[115,326,327],{},"Fill basic information (name, description)",[115,329,330],{},"Add the units of measure and mark one primary",[115,332,333],{},"Tag and attach reference files if useful",[115,335,336],{},"Save",[15,338,339],{},[19,340,341],{},"Best Practices:",[112,343,344,347,350,353],{},[115,345,346],{},"Name by the verb of the work (\"Splice\", \"Pull\", \"Bore\", \"Inspect\") so the catalogue reads as a list of actions",[115,348,349],{},"Keep units to the few that crews actually report in — one primary, a couple of alternates at most",[115,351,352],{},"Tag by discipline (fibre / civil / QA) so planners can filter the picker quickly",[115,354,355],{},"Reach for ad-hoc only for truly one-off work; promote anything recurring",[58,357,359],{"id":358},"activity-usage","Activity Usage",[15,361,362],{},"Activities appear in:",[112,364,365,371,377,383],{},[115,366,367,370],{},[19,368,369],{},"Work Orders"," — the structured activity line (registered activity or ad-hoc) plus its volume and unit",[115,372,373,376],{},[19,374,375],{},"Reports"," — the work a crew records against the assigned activity",[115,378,379,382],{},[19,380,381],{},"Project roll-ups"," — totals of like activities across all the project's work orders",[115,384,385,388],{},[19,386,387],{},"Payment"," — activity volume × rate, where work (not just materials) drives pay",[15,390,391,392,395,396,136,398,402,403,407],{},"Activities do ",[19,393,394],{},"not"," touch inventory. 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