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If you are using WBS elements and activities are not assigned, you can always maintain the actual start and finish date of a WBS element manually or automatically. However, you can only maintain the actual start if the WBS element has the status “Released” or “Partially released”, which means it is ready for processing or partially ready for processing. You can maintain the actual finish regardless of the status of the WBS element. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

The system can activate requirements (such as reservations or purchase requisitions) in different ways, depending on the settings in customizing and master data. Some of these ways are:

Immediately, by saving the project: This means that the system creates requirements for all materials assigned to WBS elements or activities as soon as you save the project. This option requires that you set the indicator “Requirements immediately” in customizing for your project profile.

When releasing a network or an activity: This means that the system creates requirements for all materials assigned to a network or an activity when you release them. This option requires that you set the indicator “Requirements on release” in customizing for your network type or activity type. Reference: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_ON-PREMISE/4dd8cb7b1c484b4b93af84d00f60fdb8/79ceb65334e6b54ce10000000a174cb4.html? &version=1909.002

To grant individual authorization for WBS elements and networks, you have to activate access control lists (ACL) for the project profile and the network profile. Access control lists are a feature that allows you to control access to project objects, such as WBS elements and networks, based on user-specific authorization objects. You can use access control lists to define which users can create, change, display, or delete project objects. The project profile is a parameter that defines the basic properties of a project, such as its project type, number range, and budget profile. The network profile is a parameter that defines the basic properties of a network, such as its order type, number range, and scheduling parameters. You have to activate access control lists for both the project profile and the network profile in Customizing in order to use them for WBS elements and networks. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

“The controlling area that you specify when you create a project definition is unique for the entire project. You specify the controlling area just once when you create the project.”References: 2

 To solve the problem of the system not preventing their project managers from exceeding their budgets, you have to activate availability control in the assigned budget profile and define the tolerance limits in customizing. The budget profile is a parameter that defines the basic settings for budgeting in your project, such as whether availability control is active or not. The tolerance limits are values that specify how much deviation from the budget is allowed before the system issues warnings or error messages. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

This is how earliest dates and latest dates of activities are scheduled in the SAP Project System. Earliest dates are scheduled by forward scheduling, and latest dates by backward scheduling. Forward scheduling is a method of scheduling activities from the start date of the project to the end date. Backward scheduling is a method of scheduling activities from the end date of the project to the start date. The earliest dates are determined by forward scheduling and the latest dates are determined by backward scheduling. This ensures that the activities are scheduled within the project duration and that any slack time is distributed evenly

To analyze the capacity requirements of their project, you can recommend using the extended capacity evaluation report. The extended capacity evaluation report displays capacity requirements and availability for work centers or resources over a period of time. You can use various selection criteria and display options to customize the report according to your needs. You can also access detailed information on individual capacity requirements or availability situations by choosing drilldown functions. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

To enable automatic assignment of material components to the project, you have to maintain the material master and the BOM item. The material master contains the data required for planning and procurement of materials. The BOM item contains the data required for assigning materials to a network activity or a WBS element. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

The prerequisites for resource-related billing are a dynamic item processor (DIP) profile with the appropriate settings and an activity-account-assigned network that is assigned to a sales order item. Resource-related billing is a process that allows you to bill customer-specific services based on individual materials, internal activities, and costs. The prerequisites for resource-related billing are:

A dynamic item processor (DIP) profile with the appropriate settings: A DIP profile is a parameter that defines how billing requests are created from project data, such as activities, materials, PRTs, and so on. A DIP profile contains various settings, such as which data sources are used, how prices are determined, how quantities are calculated, and so on. You have to create and maintain DIP profiles in Customizing for Project System under Revenues and Earnings Integration with SD Documents Dynamic Item Processor .

An activity-account-assigned network that is assigned to a sales order item: An activity-account-assigned network is a network that has its activities assigned to different account assignments, such as cost centers, orders, or sales orders. An activity-account-assigned network that is assigned to a sales order item means that some or all of its activities are assigned to an item of an SD document (such as standard order) with controlling object. This enables costs and revenues to be updated in both the SD document and the controlling object.

To maintain constraints for start dates, you can use activities. Activities are structural elements of a network that represent tasks or partial tasks within a project. Constraints are parameters that define fixed dates or time intervals for activities or networks. Constraints can be used to influence the scheduling of project objects and to ensure that certain deadlines are met. You can maintain constraints for start dates or finish dates of activities or networks in the project builder or the project planning board. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html