Object Links

Business objects important to a project can be located in different systems. Since it is important to have an overview of these objects directly in Project Management, you can connect the objects which you defined or activated in Customizing for Project Management to the application as object links. You define or activate the objects under Start of the navigation path Connection to External Systems Next navigation step Object Links in SAP Systems Make Settings for the Linked SAP Objects End of the navigation path or Structure Define Object Types for Object Links . The following objects support object links:

Project definition in template
Project template
Checklist in template
Checklist template
Phase
Phase in template
Task
Task in template
Checklist item
Checklist item in template
Control plan version
Control plan version in template
Role
Role in template

Note Note

You cannot make any changes if you opened a snapshot.

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Integration

You can take linked objects into consideration in the evaluations (see Evaluations) you perform for your project. The Threshold Values pushbutton enables you to display the threshold value violations for an object link and set a manual severity.

Activities

Carry out one of the following activities:

Creating an Object Link (see Creating an Object Link)
Editing an Object Link (see Editing an Object Link)
Opening a Linked Object for Editing (see Opening a Linked Object for Editing)
The option is available only if your system administrator made the appropriate settings.
Displaying Linked Object Data (see Displaying Linked Object Data)
The option is available only if your system administrator made the appropriate settings.
Deleting an Object Link (see Deleting an Object Link)