Costs & Revenues getting mapped against separate WBS elements in Public Cloud Professional Services

[pratapbhat]

Dear PS Experts,

In SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services app "Plan Customer Projects", the WBS element ending with 0.1 gets created automatically with billing element indicator as superior to the expense WBS ending with 1.1, which is the work package assigned to the billing item in the Billing tab. (This superior relation is observed in the CDS view I_ENTERPRISEPROJECTELEMENT as well.)

However, when we assign the expense WBS elements ending with 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc. to expenditures, these costs do not flow up to the billing WBS elements ending with 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, etc. However, the project billing is done only for the billing WBS elements. As a result, in the app "Project Profitability", we do not get to see the Margin mapped against each work package, as shown in the screenshot below.

Even if I create PO line items with the billing WBS elements ending with 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, etc., the timesheet hours of the resources are mapped by default against the expense WBS elements ending with 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc.

Kindly inform me how I can correct this, thank you.

Regards,

Pratap.

[pratapbhat · Accepted solution]

Hi @Ken_Melching 

I feel like Archimedes now, only I do not have a bathtub. Thank you. And thank you @RogerEarle, I figured out the method and then I saw your answer.

Solution: Right-click on WBS Element column and choose Select Hierarchy.

Just click Search and you will get an SAP default hierarchy for WBS. Then click OK.

Viola! We have the desired result, as answered by @RogerEarle. We can then just sort it by the ID, and also expand the hierarchy.

Regards,

Pratap.

[Ken_Melching]

To measure profitability by Work Package you need to create separate Billing Items for each work package.  This aligns the Work Package WBS to the Billing WBS 1:1.

[pratapbhat]

Hi Ken, I've added some more screenshots to my question for your reference. I already have created separate billing items for each work package and given 1:1 alignment for Work package WBS to the Billing WBS. The Project Billing profile is set in such a way that any material number in a transaction will go for project billing, and the activity type for the resource is linked to an equivalent material number. The reason being that there are too many material codes for project expenses. Please inform me if there is any mistake in my setting, thank you.

[Ken_Melching]

Unlike traditional PS projects the Public Cloud Customer Projects does not flexibility in how the WBS are structured, it is hidden for simplicity. You have set everything up correctly. You might have to a custom report to get the reporting you need.

[pratapbhat]

Wow Ken, that was unexpected. I surely thought there must be some error in my configuration. Thank you for the verification.

[RogerEarle]

Hello, have you consider using the WBS hierarchy in the Project Profitability report, this way the cost on 1.1 would roll up to 0.1, and 1.2 would roll up to 0.2 etc. Right click on the WBS and select the hierarchy and see if this helps.