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Using confirmed work as basis for calculation on internal order in cProjects

Former Member
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Hello experts,

I am almost there with a quite interesting way of charging for change projects:

  • I have used SAP Solution Manager Time Recording on Request for Changes and Change Documents, in order to track actual working time
  • With an integration of SAP cProjects in SAP Solution Manager it is now possible to show a project overview based on cProjects-data in SAP Solution Manager, combined with the aggregated work time out of SAP Solution Manager

  • Via the program DPR_CATS_CPR_TRANSF the working time is being transfered to cProjects and shown in the "Dates and Work" tab under "Confirmed work"

  • Accounting integration in cProjects is activated and working, also the automatic creation of an internal order

The problem is, that the project is calculated based on planned effort, not on the actual time spend (Confirmed work) - so the project would be charged via an internal order based on planned costs, not actual costs. I am sure there must be any possibility now to create an internal order, based on confirmed work, isn't there? Can nyone of you help me out here? Please consider that I am neither an cProjects nor an FI/CO specialist. Thanks a lot!

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Former Member
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Does no one have an idea how to calculate / charge projects via an Internal Order using confirmed / actual time? I need to finish my bachelors' thesis this week and this is basically the last little step to reach my goal. So I would appreciate it a lot, if you could help me

Former Member
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Hi Patric,

I have one doubt.

Are you using CATS(Time sheet) for the confirmed hours?

Regards

Ravindra


Former Member
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Hi Ravindra,

not actively, as I am recording working time directly in Solution Manager.

But according to the transfer program DPR_CATS_CPR_TRANSF, I am pretty sure that the data is being transferred to CATS in background to make it possible for cProjects to access confirmed work data!?

Former Member
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Hi Patric,

Only confirmed hours can be posted against Internal Order not a planned hours.

cProjects is a planning tool  & for actual you have to post confirmed hours against Internal Order

If you are confirming time in solution manager then collect  confirmed hours data  & post it against internal order

Regards

Ravindra

Former Member
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Hi Ravindra,

thanks for your response - my internal order is generated in cProjects automatically, as soon as the project is released. So the internal order is existing, confirmed hours are existing in cProjects as well. But how can I post confirmed work against the internal order? That is exactly what I need to do.

Former Member
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Hi,

If you are integrated with CATS then you can post using t code CAT7

Once the resource confirmed the hours in time sheet (CATS) then you have to post this hours using t code CAT7

Regards

Ravindra

Former Member
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I think the actual work time from cProjects is not yet in CATS.

According to SAP, I have to do a replication of confirmed work (e.g. nightly) to CATS. From CATS the time recordings should be transferred to the respective CO objects for billing (e.g. monthly).

Do you know how to do the replication of confirmed work from cProjects to CATS?

Former Member
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Hi Patric,

Before answering your question, please let me know the SAP landscape.

I want to know whether ECC  & cProjects is in same system or different.

I think SAP is indicating time data replication from solution manager to CATS

You can only replicate time sheet data from CATS to cProject. 

Regards

Ravindra

Former Member
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Hi Ravindra,

SAP Solution Manager and SAP cProjects are running on same system.

ECC is running on a different system.

Thanks so much in advance!