Creating Project Objects (SAP Library

Creating Project Objects

Use

There are various methods of creating project objects in the project planning board. You can

Create completely new project objects or
Use other project objects, standard templates, or simulations as templates.

In the following, only creating completely new objects is described. For information on how to copy or create WBS elements and activities using templates, see Creating Project Objects by Copying.

Features

To create project objects, choose or Create in the context menu in the table area. On the left-hand side of the screen a separate Templates window appears, in which there is the Individual objects group.

Under Individual objects you can find all possible project objects (WBS elements, activities etc.).

If you want to create a new project object or insert a new object in an existing structure, copy the object in question from the Templates to the selected position in the table area.

There are various ways of doing this:

Using Drag & Drop

In the Individual objects of the Templates screen area, select the project object to create (for instance WBS element, activity (external), or milestone).

Keeping the left-hand mouse button pressed, drag the project object to the required position in the table area. If it is possible to assign the new object to an object in the table area, a plus sign appears besides the mouse cursor.

If you use drag & drop to create project objects, the new object is always subordinate to the object it is positioned after in the project hierarchy.

Using Double-Click or the Context Menu

The following table describes how you create project object with a double-click or using the context menu.

Function	Prerequisite	*Action in Templates* Screen Area**	Effect
Create WBS element		Double-click on WBS element Or select WBS-element and choose Create in the context menu	The new WBS element is always placed on the top level of the project. The WBS elements are numbered automatically.
Create WBS element	WBS element has been selected in the table area	Double-click on WBS element Or select WBS-element and choose Create in the context menu	Assigns the new WBS element in the project hierarchy to the selected WBS element.
Create activity	WBS element or activity has been selected in the table area	Double-click on the activity category (internal, external, costs, or service) Or select an activity category and choose Create in the context menu	Creates an activity for the selected WBS element or below the selected activity.
Create activity element	Activity has been selected in the table area	Double-click on the activity element (work, external, costs, or service) Or select an activity element and choose Create in the context menu	Creates an activity element for the selected activity.
Create subnetwork	Activity has been selected in the table area	Double-click on Subnetwork Or select Subnetwork and choose Create in the context menu	Enables you to add more detail for an activity by creating a subnetwork. Enter a standard network as a template. See also: Subnetworks
Create component allocation	Activity has been selected in the table area	Double-click on Material component Or select Material component and choose Create in the context menu	Creates an material component allocation for the selected activity. See also: Material
Create milestones	WBS element or activity has been selected in the table area	Double-click on Milestone Or select Milestone and choose Create in the context menu	Creates a milestone for the selected activity or WBS element See also: Milestones
PS texts	WBS element or activity has been selected in the table area	Double-click on PS text Or select PS text and choose Create in the context menu	Creates a PS text for the selected activity or WBS element
Documents	WBS element or activity has been selected in the table area	Double-click on Document Or select Document and choose Create in the context menu	Assigns a document to the selected activity or WBS element

You can make entries for various project objects (project definitions, WBS elements, milestones, activities, activity elements) directly in the table area. You can thus change your entries in the table area without having to go to the corresponding detail screen. Click on the relevant field. For example, the following fields can be changed in this way: Description , ID , basic dates, forecast dates, actual dates, Duration, Work , Work center , long text.