Creating an R/3 Project from a Microsoft Project 

Prerequisites

Objects created in Microsoft Project have to suffice certain criteria before they can be transferred to the R/3 Project System. For details of these criteria, refer to Mapping Microsoft Project Objects to the R/3 Project System).

Procedure

  1. Open MS Project.
  1. 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 .

The Open PS Wizard appears. Select Transfer current MSP project to R/3 PS and choose Next.
  1. The Project Configuration Parameters dialog box appears. Here you must enter a project definition, a description for the project, a project profile, and a network profile. The network profile that you enter here overwrites the network profile in the project profile.

 

The project definition you enter must fit any coding mask that has been defined in the R/3 target system. For example, if a coding mask P-0000-00-00 has been defined, your second entry must be a number. If you enter any other character, including a blank, the system issues an error message and stops processing the current transfer.

 

The project profile, network profile and network type that you enter here must already exist in the relevant system and client.

Make sure you use a network type (or a network profile that calls up a network type) that supports external numbers. Transfer to PS is otherwise not possible.

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).

  1. The Action Log dialog appears. If you want Open PS 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 the selected PS system. The objects in Microsoft Project are mapped to objects in PS as described in Mapping Microsoft Project Objects to the R/3 Project System.