---
title: Activate a scheduled job to generate labor costs
description: Activate and trigger a scheduled job to generate attribute-based labor costs for all the projects and demands at a required cadence.
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release: australia
product: Project Management
classification: project-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Generate labor costs, Starting a project, Using Project Management, Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management]
---

# Activate a scheduled job to generate labor costs

Activate and trigger a scheduled job to generate attribute-based labor costs for all the projects and demands at a required cadence.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **System Definition** > **Scheduled Jobs**.

2.  Open the **Generate labor costs for demands and projects** scheduled job.

3.  Select **Active** and on the Scheduled Script Execution form, fill the fields.

    For a description of the field names, see [Scheduled Script Execution Form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/scheduled-script-execution-form.md).

4.  Select **Update**.


**Parent Topic:**[Generate labor costs](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/gen-cost-pln-prj-wrkspc.md)

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[Scheduled Script Execution Form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/scheduled-script-execution-form.md)

[Generate labor costs](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/gen-cost-pln-prj-wrkspc.md)