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Function documentation Planning of Labor Costs Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You use this function to improve your financial planning of labor costs. With this function, you can plan labor costs and revenues based on SAP xApps Resource and Portfolio Management (SAP xRPM) capacity planning data or the cProjects role demand and resource allocation information using the cProjects cost/revenue rate.

You can define and assign cost/revenue rates to a role or a resource in cProjects. To calculate the labor planning costs based on the capacity, the system uses these cost/revenue rates as a part of financial planning in SAP xRPM.

Prequisites

·        You have configured the following for financial planning in Customizing of SAP xApp Resource and Portfolio Management (SAP xRPM) by choosing Base System Interfaces ® Financial Planning Settings ® Define Financial Planning Settings:

¡        Map Fin/Cap Entities to cProjects Rate

¡        Map Financial Views to cProjects Role Function

·        You have set the Acct.Intgrtn Scen. column of the cProjects project to Single-Object Controller in SAP R/3 CO in Customizing of Collaboration Projects by choosing Structure ® Define Project Types.

Features

With regards to the labor rates planning, SAP xRPM supports the following scenarios:

·        Cost/revenue rates assignment to roles:

A cProjects role is always assigned to a role type. The role type is then assigned to a cost/revenue rate. When you create a new role, the system assigns this default rate to the role.

You can change the rate in the Costing tab page in the resource portion of the cProject portal, by choosing Project Management ® Projects. Select a project. When you have done the prerequisites for the project, on the Resources tab page, the Costing tab page is displayed.

·        Cost/revenue rates assignment to resources:

You can create resources in the SAP xRPM system directly. You can then assign the rate to the resource from the Enterprise Portal.

You can create resources in the SAP xRPM system through an HR-ALE Integration with an R/3 or ERP system. You must maintain a mapping in the R/3 or ERP system that assigns an activity type of an employee in the ERP system to a cProject cost/revenue rate. The mapped rate is then transferred to the SAP xRPM system.

For already created resources, such as external resources or resources created through HR-ALE Integration, you must assign a cost/revenue rate.

 

Example

Based on the SAP xRPM capacity planning data, a forcasted demand in the capacity planning view of ten consulting days for a cost rate of 500 EUR per day in March 2008 result in forecasted cost in the financial planning view for wage of 5,000 EUR in March 2008.

Based on cProjects role data, a required capacity of ten consulting days for a cProjects role with a cost rate of 500 EUR per day in March 2008 result in forecasted cost in the financial planning view for wage of 5,000 EUR in March 2008.

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