Working with the Structure Overview / Project Structure Overview 

Open Structure Overview/Project Structure Overview

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       1.      On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics or Accounting ® Project System ® Information System ® Structures ®

¡        Structure Overview (transaction code CN41)

¡        Project Structure Overview (transaction code CN41N)

Only use the project structure overview if you do not require the full functional scope of the structure overview.

The Enter profile dialog box appears.

       2.      Enter a PS info profile and choose  Continue.

       3.      Enter the project and/or the other objects you want to display in the structure.

       4.      Choose  Execute.

The system displays the structure overview for the object(s) you selected. In the project structure overview, the system displays the data using the ALV tree control.

Display Detail Screens

As a rule, you can call up detail screens for all project objects in the structure overview and the project structure overview. The detail screens show general information on the project object, for example, activity or WBS element data.

·        In the structure overview:

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                            a.      Select an object in the Project Object column and choose Extras/environment ® Detail Screen.

The details appear in a separate window.

                            b.      Close the window by choosing Continue.

·        In the project structure overview select an individual object and choose Goto ® Object ® Display/Change/Display long text. Alternatively, you can choose  Display,  Change, or  Long Text in the toolbar.

Display Overview Variants (Structure Overview Only)

You can display the structure overview in a variety of ways by selecting an overview variant. You must have already created the overview variant in Customizing for the Information System. In this type of variant, you can stipulate, which data you want to display for each object.

To display the variable overview, proceed as follows:

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       1.      Choose Goto ® Structure overview®Variable overview.

A dialog window appears.

       2.      Select an overview variant and choose  Continue.

The system displays the overview.

       3.      To return to the structure overview, choose Goto ® Structure overview ®  Structure overview.

Call Individual Overviews for an Object (Structure Overview Only)

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       1.      In the object list in the structure overview, select the project objects for which you want to call up individual overviews.

If you already called up the structure overview, the system selects all project objects. In this case, deselect the project objects, whose individual overviews you do not wish to display.

       2.      Choose Goto ® Individual overview and then the object whose individual overview you wish to display.

The system displays the individual overview for the project objects you selected. The system does not display the overviews of the lower-level project elements. If you select the project definition, for example, but not its dependent WBS elements, the system does not display the individual overviews of these WBS elements.

       3.      Return to the structure overview by choosing Back.

You can also directly call up individual overviews. For more information, see Calling Up Individual Overviews.

Call Up Enhanced Individual Overviews (Structure Overview Only)

If you call up individual overviews from the structure overview, the standard system displays the individual overviews with the basic functions. If you want the system to display the enhanced individual overviews instead, you must activate the user parameter PSIS_USE_EXTENDED with the report PSIS_SET_USER_PARAMETER.

Microsoft Project – Create File (Structure Overview Only)

In the structure overview, you can create a Microsoft Project file for the project definition or a WBS element.

You can use this function only if you have already installed Open Project System (Open PS) completely. For more information about Open PS, see the SAP Service Marketplace under SAP Support Portal ® Downloads (Software Distribution Center) ® Download ® Installations and Upgrades ® Entry By Application Group ® Supplementary Components for Cross Industry Solutions ® Project Management ® OpenPS ® Open PS for MS Project.

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       1.      Select a project definition or a WBS element.

       2.      Choose Evaluation ® Export ® Microsoft Project (MPS).

       3.      Enter a menu path and choose Continue.

The system generates a MPP file for the project definition or the WBS element.

The logon language for the SAP system must be identical to the PC language, otherwise an error can occur when you open the file in Microsoft Project.

Display Original Document for Objects (Structure Overview Only)

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       1.      In the structure overview, choose the object whose original document(s) you want to display.

       2.      Choose Extras/environment ® Display original document.

Once you have made your selection, the system displays the corresponding original document(s). You can edit the original in this view.