PPM Task Type

[ashwinipingle]

Hi All,

I am using PPM 6.1

What is the significance of Task Type in PPM - Project Management ?

I find the following issues

1. Unless I set the task type, I cannot release the task. What could be the reason? Can I eliminate the usage of Task Type field?

2. I have defined custom task types in customizing, however these are not reflected in the Project Template. Instead I see them in User Settings --> Defaults in project template as well as the operational project.

3. Even after setting the defaults, the default values for task type are not getting set when I create a new task or a new operational project from the template.

Please provide guidance on usage of this field.  Also why I am not seeing my custom task types in the operational project tasks?

Regds,

Ashwini

[hanspeterbaier · Accepted solution]

Hi Ashwini,

let me beginn with issue nr. 2. Please have a look to your project type customizing. There you have to assign the task types to your project types. Only these task types are allowed for assigning.

Issue nr. 1 (usage of task type): It is rather a philosophic aspect to use the task types. It is a need for using the status management. In a normal way the task type is used to have different customizing like the way tasks are treated when they are completed. Another way is the different calculation model with the use of cost/revenue rates. Last but not least many companies use this attribute to get their reporting done.

You have the option to make defaults to the task type by the user settings. Another possibilty is using BAdI DPR_ATTRIBUTES to make defaults to the field(s) on the coding level. If you do this via implementing the BAdI you can afterwards hide the drop-down field via customizing the field catalog.

br,
Peter

[ashwinipingle · Accepted solution]

Hello Peter,

Thanks so very much for the elaborate response.

Much appreciated !!

Regards,

Ashwini