PPM - Handling Synchronization of Scheduling and Milestones

[former_member301510]

Hi Experts,

We are able to create an Automatic corresponding project structure (only WBS elements) from PPM to PS.

1. Can we transfer and sync tasks dates (PPM) to corresponding WBS elements (PS)?

2. Our customer wish to create milestone in PPM itself and create automatically in PS if possible.

Also, there would be redundancy if a user need to create milestone in both PPM and PS. PPM milestones cannot be integrated directly with SD for billing.

Can we transfer and sync PPM milestones to corresponding PS milestones?

Best regards,

[sammar81 · Accepted solution]

Hi Sandeep,

You need to understand how PPM functions to develop your solution..

Just to give you a high level of PPM functionality..

1. Any Object within PPM (Bucket, Item, Initiative, Project, Phase, task, Checklist, Milestone) are all non accounting Objects. Which means you cannot perform any logistics transactions using these.

2. Now when we want to do accounting integration to capture actual cost/revenue in PPM Projects, we need to transfer/link these objects to PS or Internal Order.

3. What happens with PS integration is that whatever you create in PPM Project Management ( Phase, task, Checklist or Milestone) all gets created as WBS elements in SAP PS. 😞

4. from point 3 you would have got your answer of Milestones!!! 🙂

5. To reduce the redundancy of data entry, you need to enhance the PPM data transfer logic. As you rightly said there is no PPM Milestone integration with Sales Billing Plan.. It can happen only through PS Milestones..

Hope it helps you out..

Regards Sammar

[former_member301510 · Accepted solution]

Thanks a lot Sammar for clarifying that.

That means, scheduling dates transfer is not possible at all neither in standard nor via any BADI.

Correct me if I am wrong.

[sammar81]

I agree.. There is lot of scope to improve the integration aspects of PPM with PS..

Starting from Coding mask to planning, scheduling and actual cost capturing..

[former_member301510]

True... 😞

[sammar81]

Is there a requirement to update data in real time? You can think of a background job which updates the projects. maybe schedule it for every hour or a daily batch after business hours? will that work?

just thinking of options.. 🙂

[former_member301510]

I also thought so. Thanks.

We offered for Vanilla but honestly PPM cannot be a Vanilla implementation at all.

I have applied 50 Snotes (approx.) and 10 BADIs so far, just to implement maximum basic functionalities which any business can ask for.

Anyway, I will close this thread now.

Thanks again for your help.

Best regards,

[sammar81]

Hi Sandeep,

have you checked the BADI DPR_FIN_GECCO_ATTR, Is it capturing the dates fields of Phases & tasks? And you can update the PS project using BAPI_BUS2054_CHANGE_MULTI.

Regards

Sammar

[former_member301510]

Thanks Sammar.

I think, we have checked BADI DPR_FIN_GECCO_ATTR. Those dates are not passing through in this BADI.

And the BAPI implementation leads to slow performance at the time of save.

Best regards,

[judith_gabriel]

Dear Sandeep,

The DFM synchronization is available from Portfolio Management (Item, Initiative,...) to Project Management/PS-Project. It´s not possible to use DFM synchronization from Project Management to PS-Project. Those projects are linked via accounting integration.

Information of the available scenarios are also described in the online documentation under

https://help.sap.com/viewer/213a68a4ef6e448e8e49d8f67d1a1607/6.1.08/en-US/4ac386668c352470e10000000a...

Best regards,
Judith

[former_member301510]

Thanks Judith for your response.

How can we then transfer or synchronize milestones from PPM to PS or vice-versa?

Moreover, I believe DFM synchronization from Project Management to PS-Project is possible e.g. when

Source Main Grouping and Source Subgrouping as PDCP and

Source field mapping with Target field under Target Main Grouping and Target Subgrouping as PD.

Regards,