How Is a Network Structured? (SAP Library

How Is a Network Structured?

A network consists of the following:

Activities
Activity elements
Relationships

The following graphic shows you a network with activities and the different types of relationships.

For more information on activities and activity elements, see activities and relationships

Network Headers

In the network header you can enter the following data, which are used as default values for the entire network:

Assignments to other objects, for example, project definition, WBS element or sales document
System status
Basic start and finish dates of the network as well as indicators for scheduling
Release and scheduled dates
Assignments of organizational data, such as profit center and business area
Costing data, for example, costing sheet and results analysis key
Administrative Data

In header-assigned networks the values in the Costing section of the supplementary data screen of the network header are not default values, but are binding for the whole network. Even if you overwrite them in the activities, the values from the header are used.

Execution Factor

The network header also contains an execution factor that determines how often network activities should be repeated. If the network activities themselves have execution factors, these are multiplied by the factor in the header. For more information, see Execution Factors