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Function documentationSetting Up Project Management

 

To use project management in SAP Solution Manager 7.2, you need to set it up and, if you are upgrading from SAP Solution Manager 7.1, activate your projects.

Prerequisites

You are familiar with the following functions:

Activities

SAP Solution Manager Configuration

Set up the project management in SAP Solution Manager: Configuration (transaction SOLMAN_SETUP), under Project Management. Follow the guided procedure.

For more information, see the help texts in the guided procedure.

Activating an SAP Solution Manager Project in Solution Documentation

As of SAP Solution Manager 7.2, instead of the dual concept of solutions and projects, the new solution documentation model is a hierarchical structure, which uses a solution as the single, central point of access for the solution documentation. You manage your solutions in Solution Administration (transaction SOLADM). To continue using your existing SAP Solution Manager projects, you need to activate your content in the solution documentation.

Projects that belonged to SOLAR in SAP Solution Manager 7.1 are automatically activated in the solution documentation content activation. You cannot select or deselect projects manually. During the activation, the projects are assigned to a branch.

For more information, see the chapter IT Portfolio and Project Management at Start of the navigation path http://service.sap.com/instguidesInformation published on SAP site Next navigation step SAP Components Next navigation step SAP Solution Manager Next navigation step SAP Solution Manager 7.2 Next navigation step 5 Upgrade Next navigation step Solution Documentation Content Activation Guide End of the navigation path.

Postprocessing for Project Activation

When you have activated the previous SOLAR projects in the solution documentation content activation, you need to enable your projects in SAP Solution Manager 7.2:

  1. Start SAP Solution Manager Configuration (transaction SOLMAN_SETUP).

  2. Choose Start of the navigation path Related Links Next navigation step Post-Upgrade Activites Next navigation step Project Management Enablement End of the navigation path.

  3. A new window opens.

    Proceed as described in the help text.

Now you can use the existing projects in the project management of SAP Solution Manager, which is integrated with SAP Portfolio and Project Management (SAP PPM).

Behavior of a Project from SAP Portfolio and Project Management (PPM) with a Non-Activated Project in SAP Solution Manager

The behavior of a PPM project to which an old, non-activated SAP Solution Manager project is assigned, is the following:

  • When you open a PPM project, you get a warning that informs you about the non-activated SAP Solution Manager project.

  • In the project, on the Solution Documentation tab, you cannot change the assignment of the project, but you can navigate to it and display it.

  • After changing the project status, you can save it, but it is not updated in SAP Solution Manager applications.

  • You cannot assign a business transaction to a task, manually on the Transaction tab, or automatically

You can perform all activities that have no impact on synchronization.

Behavior of non-activated projects in the project administration of SAP Solution Manager (transaction code solar_project_admin):

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

  • The status field is read-only.

  • Time planning data is not visible. The following fields are hidden:

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

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

The Project Team Member tab includes resources that were assigned in the project management, in addition to those assigned in transaction solar_project_admin. The resources are read-only. They can only be changed in the project management. You cannot add new team members in solar_project_admin.

Resources that are in the SAP Solution Manager project, but not assigned to the PPM 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 PPM project, the system checks whether 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 PPM project is added to the menu in 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 PPM project is assigned to the SAP Solution Manager project.

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