There are two possible objects that can be used for planning appropriation requests that have already been transferred to measures for their implementation:

• Appropriation request

• Measure (order or WBS element) for the implementation

Usually it is most practical to carry out planning during the implementation phase on the measure itself. However, in some enterprises, investment planning is conducted centrally in the organization, whereas the measures are managed in decentralized organizational units during their implementation. In this case, the appropriation request then serves as the central object for planning and updating the plan, both in the approval phase and in the implementation phase.

You specify in the appropriation request type where planning and plan updates should take place (Customizing: Control Data). You specify that planning should be done either:

• After the appropriation request has been released, in the measure that replaces the appropriation request (Replace by measure indicator was set)

• Only in the appropriation request (even while the measure is being implemented)

As long as the appropriation request is not released, you have to enter plan values in the appropriation request in any case.

If you have stipulated planning in the measure during the implementation phase, the system automatically sets Replaced by measure status when the appropriation request is released. The results are as follows:

• The system no longer displays appropriation requests that have been replaced by measures, in the drilldowns in the Information system.

You should keep the following points in mind, if you continue to use the appropriation request for planning during the implementation phase:

• When rolling up plan values on the investment program, the system only considers the plan values of the appropriation requests.