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 Project System, Extended Usability and Performance

 

Technical Data

Technical Name of Business Function

OPS_PS_CI_2

Type of Business Function

Enterprise Business Function

Available From

SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0

Technical Usage

Central Applications

Application Component

Project System (PS)

Required Business Function

Not relevant

You can use this business function to use the following enhancements in Project System (PS):

  • Performance improvement options in the Project Builder

  • A Business Add-In (BAdI) that provides improved system performance options in the Project Builder and network transactions

  • Display of nonarchived and archived line items in the Display Project Actual Cost Line Items screen

  • A BAdI to implement a specific down payment clearing logic in billing and invoicing plans, according to your business requirements

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:

    Type of Component

    Component

    Required for the Following Features Only

    Software Component

    SAP_APPL 606

Features

Performance Improvements in the Project Builder

You now have the option to load projects and networks without loading specific data. You can exclude this data on the Project Builder: User-Specific Options screen. The performance improvement options are:

  • Exclude Material Master Data

    If you select this option, material master data is excluded when you load a project or a network in the Project Builder. However, note that all relevant data and fields are displayed when you access material component details (in the detail or overview screens), or when you explicitly perform a material availability check.

  • Exclude Purchase Order History

    If you select this option, purchase order (PO) data is excluded when you load a project or a network in the Project Builder. If this option is selected, the following fields are no longer displayed in the Project Builder:

    • GR Quantity (including the unit) on the Purchasing Data tab

    • PO Exists on the Procurement Parameters tab

    • PO IDs on the Procurement Parameters tab

    • Received (including the unit) on the Procurement Parameters tab

Performance Improvement Options in the Project Builder and Network Transactions

You can use a BAdI to override performance-related user options that have been specified in the Project Builder. Note that in the network processing transactions, the system loads material master data and the purchase order history by default; and this BAdI allows you to exclude this data.

Display of Nonarchived and Archived Line Items

In the line item reporting of Project System, you can now access line items from the archive and the database in parallel.

Option for the Down Payment Clearing of Billing Plans and Invoicing Plans

You can use a BAdI to implement a specific logic based on your business requirements for clearing down payments in billing plans and invoicing plans. The standard system provides 999 line items for each cash document. This can cause problems if you are using large billing and invoicing plans, since the line items in the cash document exceed the number of items in the billing and invoicing plans. You can use this BAdI to change the standard logic for the planned down payment clearings. Since you can change the standard logic, you can also reduce the number of line items in the cash document generated by the system.