Calculation of Actual Dates (SAP Library

Calculation of Actual Dates

Use

The system executes this function automatically, when you save a confirmation.

Features

The system copies the actual dates from your confirmation to the network or to the WBS element to which the confirmed activity is assigned.

The start and finish dates, on which processing began or finished, are used to calculate the actual dates.

Note

Actual duration is only used in reports and evaluations. Actual duration is not copied into the activity and does not effect capacity load or actual costs (see Example: Actual Duration).

Activities

If you make more than one confirmation for an activity, the system copies the following dates into the network:

The earliest confirmed actual start date is the actual start date for the network
The latest confirmed actual finish date is the actual finish date

If an activity is assigned to a WBS element, the actual dates are copied into the WBS element as follows:

The earliest actual start date of all activities assigned to that WBS element will be the actual start date for the WBS element.
The latest actual finish dates of all activities assigned to that WBS element will be the actual finish date for the WBS element.