SAP ABAP IMG Activity CPRO_PRP_SKALEN (Edit Scales)
Hierarchy
☛ CPRXRPM (Software Component) SAP Portfolio and Project Management 6.0
   ⤷ PPM-PRO (Application Component) Project Management
     ⤷ DEVELOPMENT_PROJECTS_CUSTOMIZE (Package) General Customizing for Project Management
IMG Activity
ID CPRO_PRP_SKALEN Edit Scales  
Transaction Code S_APL_52000034   (empty) 
Created on 20020704    
Customizing Attributes CPRO_PRP_SKALEN   Edit Scales 
Customizing Activity CPRO_PRP_SKALEN   Edit Scales 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name CPRO_PRP_SKALEN    

In this step, you define and change the proficiency scales that are used in the Qualifications and Requirements and Appraisal Systems components.
You define a scale by specifying a unique numeric identifier and a name for the scale. You will also have to define proficiencies for each scale.

There are two basic types of scale:

Quality scales
You must define and name each individual proficiency for a quality scale. You can define up to 9999 proficiencies per scale, each with its own user-defined proficiency text, if you wish.
Note
In the Qualifications and Requirements component, the proficiency 0 cannot be used for rating qualifications or requirements.
In the Appraisals Systems component, the proficiency 0 can be used. It should be used to mean "does not exist".

You can enter a text to describe the individual elements in a quality scale. These so-called proficiency descriptions are then passed on as defaults for every element in the qualifications catalog and appraisals catalog that is assigned to the scale in question.

Quantity scales
When you define a quantity scale, you specify its highest and lowest proficiency, the interval range, and the unit used for rating the proficiencies. When you define quantity scales, you can define quantities with 12 digits before the decimal point, and 3 after. You can use the proficiency 0. Quantity scales can be used in the Appraisal Systems component ONLY.

Example

Examples of quality scales

Proficiency (Proficiency text)

Language scale
1 (Learned at school)
2 (Basic working knowledge)
3 (Good oral/written communication)
4 (Fluent)
5 (Native speaker)

3-point scale
1 (1 point)
2 (2 points)
3 (3 points)

Yes/No scale (for qualifications
1 (Yes)

Note
A Yes/No scale needs only one proficiency since you only need to show that the qualification exists. If it does not exist (that is, if the person does not have the qualification in question), you simply do not enter any proficiency at all. If you want also to use the scale for appraisals, you must also create the proficiency 0 for No.

Examples of quantity scales

Lowest proficiency    Highest proficiency    Interval range    Unit

100% scale:

    1    100        1            Percentage

Sales volume scale:

    1    1 000 000        1            USD

Recommendation

When creating quality scales, bear the following recommendations in mind:

  • Try not to define any more than 20 proficiencies for a scale. The more proficiencies a scale has, the less meaningful it becomes.
  • Create at least one proficiency for each quality scale. Define the proficiency using a unique numeric identifier and a descriptive proficiency text. Ensure that all your scales are sorted in ascending order, that is, that the highest proficiency ID value is used for the highest/best proficiency (see examples). This will ensure that the suitability percentage is calculated correctly.
  • If a scale has the proficiency 0, this proficiency is displayed by the input help, but not in the Qualifications/Requirements component.

If quality scales are only to be used in the Appraisal Systems components, you can sort the proficiencies in either ascending or descending order. Since there is no technical way of telling whether scales are sorted in descending order or ascending order (or whether they were created for the Qualifications and Requirements or Appraisal Systms component), you should try to make this clear when you actually name your scales.

When changing scales bear the following recommendations in mind:
Do not change scales that have already been used in appraisals, or been used to rate qualifications, since this might make your data inconsistent. Create a new scale instead.

Activities

  1. Choose Edit ->New entries in the Change View "Scale": Overview screen.
  2. The New Entries: Overview of Added Entries screen appears.
  3. In the ID field, specify a numeric identifier.
  4. In the Scale field, enter a suitable name for the scale.
  5. Choose ENTER.
  6. Select the entry in question.
  7. Choose Proficiencies in the structure tree.
    The Determine Scale Type screen appears.

Creating a quality scale

  1. Choose Quality scale.

    The Change View "Proficiencies on a Quality Scale": Overview screen appears.

  2. Choose Edit -> New entries.
  3. Enter your data as required.

    Note
    When you create and change quality scales, please ensure that you start numbering your proficiencies with 1 (or 0), and that your proficiencies are numbered consecutively without any gaps.

  4. Choose ENTER.
  5. Save the scale.

Creating a quantity scale

  1. Choose Quantity scale.

    The Change View "Proficiencies on a Quantity Scale": Overview screen appears.

  2. Choose Edit -> New entries.
  3. The screen New Entries: Overview of Added Entries appears.
  4. Enter your data as required.
  5. Choose ENTER.

    Note
    If you entered the value 0 in the Lowest proficiency field, this is not displayed in change mode.

    Save the scale.

Creating proficiency descriptions for quality scales

  1. Select the scale in question.
  2. In the structure on the left, choose Proficiencies.

    The Change "Proficiencies" View: Overview screen appears.

  3. Select the proficiency for which you want to define a description.
  4. In the structure on the left, choose Proficiency descriptions.

    The Change "Proficiency Descriptions" View: Overview screen appears.

  5. Choose Edit -> New entries.

    The New Entries: Overview of Added Entries screen appears.

  6. In the column entitled Line, enter the proficiency description. If necessary, you can use several lines.
  7. In the column entitled Seq. number, number the lines in ascending order from 1 to n.
  8. Choose ENTER.
  9. Save your entries.

Translating a scale/proficiencies(proficiency descriptions.

  1. Go to the object in question, and select it.
  2. Choose Edit -> Translation.

    The Choose Languages dialog box appears.

  3. Select the desired languages, and choose Continue.

    The dialog box Texts in Other Languages appears.

  4. Specify the corresponding translations in the Name of object column.
  5. Choose Continue.
  6. Save your translation.

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 250   Define Number Range and Basic Structures 
Mandatory / Optional 1   Mandatory activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 2   Non-critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG CPRO_PRP_SKALEN 0 APL0000031 Resources 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
VC_T77SK C - View cluster SM34  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20020816 
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