Processing Design Activities 

Use

To process design activities, you must carry out the following processes in the R/3 System:

Assign design documents

The documents are created in external system, the data required is entered in the R/3 System, and the documents are assignment to the appropriate activities in the project.

Confirmation of design activities

When design is complete, procurement is automatically released.

A worklist was assigned to user WF-PS-1 in the Sales and Distribution using Workflow section. It covers mechanical and electrical activities and activity elements.

Procedure

  1. Log on to your IDES System as user WF-PS-1. Enter the following data in the logon screen:
    2.

    Field

    Data

    User

    WF-PS-1

    Password

    WELCOME

    Language

    De,En,Fr,Sp

  2. Choose .
  3. Call up the transaction as follows:
    4.

    Menu Path

    Logistics ® Project System ® Project ® Project Planning Board ® Change Project

    Transaction Code

    CJ2B

  4. Enter the following data:
    5.

    Field

    Data

    Project definition

    E-# # # #

    Plan.board prf

    Elevators

    w. activities

    Select

  5. Choose Open project.

    6. You see the graphical overview of the entire project.

  6. Select the activity Specification Mechanical Equipment (1030).
  7. Choose Goto ® Documents.

    8. A dialog box appears, showing an overview of the documents linked to the activity.

    Information on the design documents created in external systems has already been entered in R/3 document management. You assign the technical drawing using the appropriate document.

  8. In the dialog box, enter the following data:
    9.

    Field

    Data

    Type

    DOC

    Document

    PS-ENG-000-00001

  9. Position your cursor on the line entered and choose .

You see the basic data screen for the assigned document.

The Originals frame shows the references to the original files.

The original document is stored in two different file formats.

From the R/3 System, you can start an application on your computer to display the documents. See the Document Management documentation for details of the relevant prerequisites.

You see the storage data for the originals. The originals of this document are copied to the SAP database. For example, a database server may be specified, specifying file path and the name of the original file.

To display the original screen, you require:
  1. Choose , then .
  2. To save the document assignment, choose .

Final Confirmation of Design Activities

Use

The design activities for the cabin cannot start until the design activities for the electrical and mechanical components are complete.

To make this example easier, confirm activity 1070 (Cabin design) now. This releases all the activities in all the project phases from the procurement phase for processing.

Procedure

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    Office ® Workplace

    Transaction Code

    SBWP

  2. Choose Inbox ® Workflow ® Grouped according to task.
  3. Choose PS Entry Actual Data.

    4. The work item is opened in the right-hand side of the screen.

  4. To process the pool of confirmations, select the item and choose .

    5. The collective confirmation, with the design activities to be prorcessed, is accessed automatically.

  5. Set all the indicators in the final confirmation column.
  6. Choose .
  7. In the dialog box, choose Complete work item.

The work item is flagged as complete.