Intro

Classification Usage is an app where you assign the appropiate classification system(s) or table(s) for the "usages" applied in the project.

These "usages" determine the type or function of the data collected by build.works in order to be grouped and managed in the concerning processes. Assign classifications to usages will allow the classification of the data, items or elements in a standarized format that maintains the integrity of the information and eases its replication and comparison. 

These usages are categorized as:

• Model Elements: it will define the classification of all your project elements in your take-off. 
• Activity Suggestion: it will define the classification of the activities which will be assigned to your take-off elements in Assign Activities app. 
• Budget Structure: classification for your budgeting items
• Manage Level of Information: classification of the elements for defining the model levels of information.
• Product Requirements Planning: it will define the classification of the materials and products for their requirement planning in Project Demand app.
• Product Suggestion: it will define the classification of the materials and products which will be assigned to your take-off elements in Assign Products app.  
• Service Requirements Planning: it will define the classification of the services for their requirement planning in Project Demand app.

Prerequisites

• You must have a build.works account and a role with access to Classification Usage app using "Edit+View" authorization. Roles can be assigned to users in Users app. To modify a role, use Roles app.
• You have a project and you are member of it. To create a new project, use New Project app. To add members to a project, use Project Members app.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Log in your build.works account

2. Open My Projects app. 

3. Select a project.

4. On the Definition phase menu, click on Classification Usage tile.

5. Select the usage to view the assigned classification tables.

6. On the detail view, you can delete and assign new classification tables. Click on Add button.

7. A pop-up window will open. Select the classification table(s) by ticking the checkboxes. Click on Save button.

Note

• To set the deafult classification table, first select the classification table and then click on Set Default button.

8. The newly assigned classification table appears in the detail view of the selected usage.

What's next?

Once you have assigned classification usages, you might proceed with:

• The management of your Project Activities.