Creating a MS Project from a R/3 Project 

  1. Open MS Project.
  2. Choose

The R/3 PS Log On dialog box appears. Select you user and the R/3 system to which you want to connect. Choose Log on.

For information on how to set up users and systems in the Logon dialog box, see Initial Settings .
  1. Choose.

    2. The Open PS Wizard appears. Select Transfer a R/3 PS project to MSP and choose Next.

  2. On the next screen, enter the number of the project that you want to transfer from R/3 PS. If the project is the same as the project in the Properties box of your current Microsoft Project, OpenPS automatically synchronizes the projects (see Synchronization). You must also decide how MS Project schedules the project: You can choose between scheduling forwards from the start date or backwards from the finish date. As opposed to the Project System, MS Project does not schedule in both directions. Choose Next.
  3. The Action Log dialog appears. If you want OpenPS to create a log of the actions, select the Create log file indicator. Choose Start.

The project is transferred. In the dialog box short messages appear. If you want to see the log (presuming you have previously set the indicator), choose Display Log File. Otherwise choose Close to leave the dialog box and edit the project in MS Project.

Result

The project is transferred to MS Project. The objects in the R/3 Project System are mapped to objects in MS Project, as described in Mapping R/3 Objects to Microsoft Project Objects.

WBS elements are mapped as summary tasks in MS Project. Summary tasks always have subordinate tasks. In R/3 PS these subordinate tasks could be, for example, subordinate WBS elements or activities. If there are WBS elements in the R/3 project that do not have other WBS elements or activities assigned, they appear in MS Project as tasks, which correspond to activities in PS.