New Features in
Project Period-End Closing 
Use
The features new for this release make period-end closing work more efficient.
Overview of New Features
- Internal parallelization for project interest calculation and project- related incoming orders.
- Closing functions executed in status Partially released
- Log can be accessed online in the Schedule Manager
- User-specific variants
New Features in Detail
Internal Parallelization
You can improve the runtimes for capacity-intensive processes by running certain functions in parallel. The relevant objects are then processed in parallel on one or more application servers, rather than one after the other on one server.
This has the following advantages:
- Significantly improved performance when compared with sequential processing
- Less administration work re external paralleization because there is no need to maintain variants
- Simpler to check processing in comparison with external parallization because only one log is produced
As of this release, internal parallelization has also been connected to the following functions:
- Project-related incoming orders
- Interest calculation (projects/internal orders)
- Overhead calculation
- Revaluation at actual prices
- Settlement
- Results analysis
We recommend that you only split objects into a number of variants if you have more than 300,000 objects.
Closing Functions in Status Partially Released
The system carries out the following functions, even when the WBS elements in question are only in status Partially Released:
- Interest calculation
- Results analysis (from Release 4.5)
- Project-related incoming orders
- Settlement (per Note/Hot Package, from Release 4.5)
This makes it possible to carry out period-end closing for projects whose superior WBS elements you do not want to release yet.
Online Log Access in Schedule Manager
From this release, the log for the following mass processes is stored in the database:
- WBS settlement rule generation
- Periodic transfers
- Interest calculation (projects/internal orders)
- Project-related incoming orders
- Results analysis
You can evaluate the log online.
In mass processing runs, you can use jumps from the log (such as the list of balances in the interest calculation) or enhanced analysis options that are not displayed in the batch spool list.
You can access the stored log in the Schedule Manager monitor.
Storing User-Specific List Variants
From this release, you can stor user-specific list variants for the detailed log of the interest calculation. In this way, you can adapt the log to your personal information requirements. This enables you to configure the log printout to achieve the clearest possible results on your printer.
To enter a list variant other than the default, choose Extras -> Display Variants in the initial screen for the transaction.