In this step, you control the update of the project information database. The project-relevant costing, revenue and payment data is updated from the operative systems (FI, CO, MM, SD and so on) in it. It allows fast database access for:
For this reason, the cost elements and commitment items are grouped together in value categories.
The update can either be carried out at real-time (V1 update) or delayed (V2 update). The V2 update makes sure that the performance of the posting functions is not impaired by the update of the project information database.
When you change releases, take over data or make subsequent changes to control data for the update, you must reconstruct the project information database.
You must first define value categories.
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