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Background documentationHandling of Assigned Orders

 

The system handles assigned orders during the transfer of financial planning data from Project System to Portfolio and Project Management depending on whether an object is directly assigned to the portfolio item, or if an object is retrieved through hierarchy processing. In the Financial Planning screen, you can see financial planning figures for an item. The choices you make in Customizing affect these figures. For more information, see Hierarchy Processing.

In Project System, orders or networks can be assigned to an element within a WBS structure. Project System differentiates between assigned orders or networks that are appended or not appended.

Transferring Costs to Corresponding Portfolio Items

When transferring planning data from Project System to Portfolio and Project Management, the system displays the data if hierarchy processing has been activated. The transfer of planned data is affected if hierarchy processing is activated and if orders are appended.

In the table below you can see whether actual and planning costs for an object are transferred through hierarchy processing or are directly assigned to a portfolio item. If hierarchy processing has not been activated, orders are assigned directly to the portfolio item.

Transferred to Corresponding Portfolio Item

Orders

Actual Costs

Planned Costs

Hierarchy Processing Activated

Appended

Yes

Yes

Not Appended

Yes

No

Hierarchy Processing Not Activated

Appended

Yes

Yes

Not Appended

Yes

Yes

Planned costs are added to give the planned cost of the WBS element for appended orders or networks. The sum is displayed as the project plan.