1. IT Services PSA
  2. Data model
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The tables behind IT Services PSA

IT Services PSA ships with 13 tables, grouped here by the feature that uses them. Every record your team works with lives in one of them, and you can add fields and tables in Proto.

Tables
13
Features
6, plus shared settings
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How the model is organised

Client and organization

Organizations and Clients establish the commercial owner and terms.

Delivery

Engagements connect service entries, service milestones, time entries and Expenses.

People

Team members supplies the account, engagement, service and review references.

Billing

Milestone payments links an invoice and collection to a service milestones record.

Evidence

Review decisions, operation receipts and record attachments preserve decisions and files.

Every table, by feature

Clients and engagements

4 tablesAbout this feature
  • Clients

    Client master records with ownership and billing terms.

    Linked to Team members, Organizations
  • Engagements

    Billable engagements with contract value, budget and delivery status.

    Linked to Clients, Team members, Organizations
  • Organizations

    Firm business units, practice groups and regional offices.

  • Team members

    Consultants and delivery staff with rates and capacity.

    Linked to Organizations

Service delivery

5 tablesAbout this feature
  • Service entries

    Delivered service lines billed against an engagement.

    Linked to Engagements, Team members
  • Engagements

    Billable engagements with contract value, budget and delivery status.

    Linked to Clients, Team members, Organizations
  • Team members

    Consultants and delivery staff with rates and capacity.

    Linked to Organizations
  • Review decisions

    Approval decisions recorded against service, time and expense subjects.

    Linked to Team members
  • Operation receipts

    Evidence of executed billing, approval and document operations.

    Linked to Team members

Time and expenses

5 tablesAbout this feature
  • Time entries

    Logged consultant time by client and engagement.

    Linked to Team members, Clients, Engagements
  • Expenses

    Reimbursable and billable engagement expenses.

    Linked to Engagements, Team members
  • Engagements

    Billable engagements with contract value, budget and delivery status.

    Linked to Clients, Team members, Organizations
  • Clients

    Client master records with ownership and billing terms.

    Linked to Team members, Organizations
  • Team members

    Consultants and delivery staff with rates and capacity.

    Linked to Organizations

Milestones and billing

4 tablesAbout this feature
  • Service milestones

    Contractual milestones that trigger billing.

    Linked to Engagements, Team members
  • Engagements

    Billable engagements with contract value, budget and delivery status.

    Linked to Clients, Team members, Organizations
  • Milestone payments

    Invoices and receipts raised against milestones.

    Linked to Service milestones
  • Operation receipts

    Evidence of executed billing, approval and document operations.

    Linked to Team members

Payments and collections

3 tablesAbout this feature
  • Milestone payments

    Invoices and receipts raised against milestones.

    Linked to Service milestones
  • Service milestones

    Contractual milestones that trigger billing.

    Linked to Engagements, Team members
  • Operation receipts

    Evidence of executed billing, approval and document operations.

    Linked to Team members

Team and margin

5 tablesAbout this feature
  • Team members

    Consultants and delivery staff with rates and capacity.

    Linked to Organizations
  • Organizations

    Firm business units, practice groups and regional offices.

  • Engagements

    Billable engagements with contract value, budget and delivery status.

    Linked to Clients, Team members, Organizations
  • Service entries

    Delivered service lines billed against an engagement.

    Linked to Engagements, Team members
  • Time entries

    Logged consultant time by client and engagement.

    Linked to Team members, Clients, Engagements

Shared and settings

2 tables
  • Record attachments

    Files linked to records across the app.

    Linked to Team members
  • Users

    Users

    Linked to Users

Keys and references

Use the app’s record references when importing related data. A payment points to its milestone, and a service line points to its engagement and team member. Review attachment parent table and parent record identifiers together.

Migration order

  1. Organizations and people. Create Organizations, team members and Users.
  2. Clients. Import Clients with their account owners and terms.
  3. Engagements. Create Engagements with the client and manager references.
  4. Delivery. Add service entries, time entries, Expenses and service milestones.
  5. Billing and evidence. Add milestone payments, review decisions, operation receipts and record attachments.

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