Scheduling the Work Breakdown Structure (SAP Library

Scheduling the Work Breakdown Structure

Use

You can schedule a project or a sub-hierarchy of the project with all activities assigned to it.

The WBS element basic dates are used as the basic dates for scheduling the activities (presuming you have set the WBS determines dates indicator.

If a network has activities, which are not all assigned to the same WBS element, the system treats these activities as external networks in scheduling.

Procedure

In SAP Easy Access choose Logistics ® Project System ® Dates ® Change basic dates.

The initial screen for WBS scheduling appears on which you enter the relevant data.

What do you want to do?	Action
Maintain dates for the whole project	Enter the project definition.
Maintain dates for a subhierarchy or a WBS element	Enter the WBS element.
Select all the activities assigned to the WBS elements	Set the With activities indicator.

Choose Actual dates.

If there is not a basic start date for activities or WBS elements, a dialog box is displayed.

Choose the relevant tab page for the set of dates you want to maintain. Edit the dates.
Choose Enter.

Note

Errors in scheduling are displayed in the error log.

Note

You can display an overall overview of all the dates in WBS scheduling by choosing Extras ® Log ® Old/new date overview.