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Function documentationEnhancements in SAP Solution Manager projects

 

The integration of an SAP Solution Manager project with an SAP Portfolio and Project Management project has the following consequences in the SAP Solution Manager Project Administration (transaction code solar_project_admin):

  • New fields are added in the header, to display the SAP Portfolio and Project Management project, external ID, name and type. This data is read-only, and is updated when the integration occurs (and when the SAP Portfolio and Project Management project ID or name is changed). These fields are hidden if the SAP Solution Manager project is not integrated with an SAP Portfolio and Project Management project.

  • If the SAP Solution Manager project is integrated with an SAP Portfolio and Project Management project, the status field is read-only, as it is set by the SAP Portfolio and Project Management project.

  • If the SAP Solution Manager project is integrated with an SAP Portfolio and Project Management project, the time planning data is not visible, as the planning is done in the SAP Portfolio and Project Management project. The following fields are hidden:

    • Plan Data: Start Time, Plan Data: End Time, Plan Data: Resources

    • Actual Data: Start Time, Actual Data: End Time, Actual Data: Remaining Work, Actual Data: Resources, Actual Data: Completion Rate.

The Proj. Team Member tab includes resources that were assigned in the SAP Portfolio and Project Management project, in addition to those assigned in transaction solar_project_admin. The SAP Portfolio and Project Management resources are read-only. They can only be changed in the SAP Portfolio and Project Management project; changes will be synchronized to SAP Solution Manager. If the SAP Solution Manager project is integrated with an SAP Portfolio and Project Management project, you cannot add new team members in solar_project_admin.

Resources which are in the SAP Solution Manager project, but not assigned to the SAP Portfolio and Project Management project, are handled as follows:

  • If a resource is not assigned to the business blueprint or configuration (transactions solar01 and solar02, it will be deleted from solar_project_admin.

  • If a resource is assigned to the business blueprint or configuration, it is retained, and editable in solar_project_admin.

If a resource is deleted in the SAP Portfolio and Project Management project, the system checks if it is assigned to any blueprint element. If so, a pop-up informs you before the deletion, and you can cancel the deletion or delete the resource, including its use in the blueprint elements.

A function to navigate to the SAP Portfolio and Project Management project is added to the menu of transaction solar_project_admin. Choose Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Project Management Project End of the navigation path. This menu entry is inactive if no SAP Portfolio and Project Management project is assigned to the SAP Solution Manager project.

Deletion of an SM project

You cannot delete an SAP Solution Manager project if it is assigned to an SAP Portfolio and Project Management project. If you try to do so, an information pop-up informs you about the SAP Portfolio and Project Management project connection.