Background documentationIntegration

 

Financial plans contain the information required to support downstream processes in order to avoid duplicate data entry and to provide the efficiencies and benefits of an integrated solution.

Features

The following integration scenarios are possible from Project Cost and Revenue Planning (CA-CPD-FP):

Scenario/Transfer Method

Transfer Rationale

Quantity Update in Network Activity

Transfer of work quantity from Project Cost and Revenue Planning to an existing network activity. The transfer of work is required to support subsequent execution activities such as confirmations and scheduling.

Material Component Update in Network Activity

Creation of the material component and the transfer of the material quantity from Project Cost and Revenue Planning to an existing network activity. The transfer of material quantity is required to support subsequent execution activities such as purchasing, confirmations, and scheduling.

Cost Update in Network Activity

Transfer of the cost values related to the work and material quantities at the cost element level. The transfer of cost supports processes such as results analysis legacy Project System (PS) reporting.

Cost and Revenue Update in Work Breakdown Structure Elements (WBSEs)

Transfer of cost and revenue values from Project Cost and Revenue Planning to WBS element planning at the cost element level. The transfer of cost and revenue supports processes such as results analysis and legacy PS reporting.

Update of Resource Management Information in SAP Multiresource Scheduling (MRS)

Transfer of planned items from Project Cost and Revenue Planning to create resource demands based on the skills profile held in the plan line item in the resource management system. Improve the process efficiency and allow the trigger of resource demands directly from the plan items. This provides a closed loop process from the planning, requesting, identifying, to the booking of internal resources.

Update of cost and revenue to WBS elements (for phases and tasks) in cProjects

Transfer of planned costs and revenues to WBS elements that are assigned to phases or tasks in a cProject.