Maintaining Data For Scheduling (SAP Library

Maintaining Data For Scheduling

Where Can You Maintain Data for Scheduling?

You maintain...

In the following tab page

normal/minimum duration for internal activities

Internal

duration for general costs activities

Costs

duration for external activities

Internal

Constraints

Dates

Indicator: Earliest/latest

Dates

reduction strategy for internal activities

Internal

Note

You enter the offset to start and finish for activity elements on the detail screens for work and general costs, and on the overview screen for external elements.

Starting Scheduling

To start scheduling, proceed as follows:

Call up a network.

Choose or Edit ® Functions ® Schedule.

Scheduling is started.

Changing Scheduling Parameters

You can change some of the settings that you make in Customizing for scheduling in the applications by choosing Settings ® Options in the project planning board, Settings ® Scheduling parameters (networks) in the Project Builder, or Edit ® Settings ® Scheduling parameters in network maintenance. In the Project Builder you must have selected a network object for the menu to be active.

Adjust basic dates indicator. Set this indicator if you want the basic dates to be adjusted to the scheduled dates if the scheduled dates lie outside the time frame of the basic dates.

Shift network indicator. Set this indicator if you do not want the actual dates of partially confirmed activities to be taken into consideration when the network is rescheduled.

Start in past: Number of days that the scheduled start may be in the past.

Max. redctn. level : Maximum reduction level used to reduce lead time.

See also:

Settings for Scheduling Parameters

You maintain...	In the following tab page
normal/minimum duration for internal activities	Internal
duration for general costs activities	Costs
duration for external activities	Internal
Constraints	Dates
Indicator: Earliest/latest	Dates
reduction strategy for internal activities	Internal