Documents
Definition
Information carrier containing information intended either for a project worker or for exchange between systems. Documents can show any kind of storable information, such as technical drawings, graphics, programs, or text, which, taken together, describes an object.
Use
You can use document management make documents available throughout your business, and link them with SAP objects from different business areas. In the Project System, you can link documents with WBS elements, activities, and material components. So, for example, you can display technical drawings from a CAD system directly in your project.
For the purpose of decentralized project planning and control, you can also access documents using the Internet (see
Creating Project Documents in the Web and Searching for Documents in the Web).Integration
The functions for processing SAP documents are available in the Project System; choose Project System ® Documents ® Document Management. For more information, read
Document Management .
You can also carry out many of these functions directly in the project - for example, when you edit a project in the Project Builder (see
Editing Documents in the Project Builder ).Documents used and made available within projects are assigned to WBS elements, network activities, or material components. You can make such assignments either by means of the editing functions in document management or directly in the project (for example, in the Project Builder or project planning board. See
Assigning Documents in Document Management and Editing Documents in the Project Builder for details.