Basic Data 
Basic Data
Basic data is general data that is needed for a WBS element over a long period of time and contains information that is used repeatedly in the project:
Project Type
You can use the project type to sort a WBS element according to particular categories, such as capital-investment project or customer project, and evaluate it in the information system. You maintain the project type key in the Project System Implementation Guide.
Priority
You can maintain sort keys for a WBS element for information system evaluation. You define the priority key in Customizing.
Project Summarization
See
Classifying WBS Elements for SummarizationOperative Indicators
With operative indicators, you specify the attributes of a WBS element and determine which tasks the WBS element can carry out in the project. Whether you can change the operative indicators in project planning depends on the system status.
You can assign the following operative indicators to WBS elements:
Operative indicator for... |
Usage... |
Cost planning |
If you want to plan costs for a WBS element, you have to indicate that the WBS element is a planning element in the WBS. |
Account assignment |
If you want to post actual costs and commitments to a WBS element, you have to indicate that the WBS element is an account assignment element in the WBS. All objects that can be assigned costs and commitments within a project (for example, orders, networks, or purchase orders) can only be assigned to a WBS element if you have set the account assignment indicator for the element. In Customizing for the Project System, you can set an indicator to specify that costs are planned for all WBS elements or only for specific WBS elements. |
Billing |
If you want to post revenues to a WBS element, you have to indicate that the WBS element is a billing element in the WBS. |
See also:
Cost Planning