Generating Microsoft Project Files 

Use

If you want participants to edit the project structure outside the SAP System using Microsoft Project, you must generate a Microsoft Project file (MPP file) before you publish the folder. CEP uses Open PS for Microsoft Project to convert a SAP project structure to Microsoft Project format.

Prerequisites

You have opened a configuration folder in Configuration Management and assigned the folder a controlled object. See also Create Configuration Folder, Assigning a Controlled Object, and Selecting Substructures of the Controlled Object.

You have opened the project structure browser by choosing .

Procedure

  1. In the project structure browser select the project definition. If you want to generate a MPP file for a substructure only, select the corresponding WBS element.
  2. Choose .

    3. The R/3 PS Logon dialog box appears. Here you have to log on to the current R/3 System again. This is necessary for technical reasons.

  3. Enter your user name and password for the R/3 System. In the next dialog box, be sure to select the current system. Confirm by choosing OK.

If this is the first time you have used Open PS for Microsoft Project, you have to enter your user and system data. A wizard helps you do this.

For more information about the initial settings for Open PS, refer to the Open PS for Microsoft Project documentation that you downloaded with Open PS.
  1. The first time you generate a MPP file in CEP, a dialog box appears asking you to specify where the file is to be stored in the document management system.

For more information, see Storing Data in the Storage System of the Knowledge Provider.
  1. Save the MPP file.

Result

The system generates a MPP file that is displayed in the browser as an extra object. This MPP must be included in the selection when Selecting Substructures of the Controlled Object.