SAP ABAP Data Element PS_VGPLF (Planning method for project basic dates)
Hierarchy
☛ BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   ⤷ SRM-EBP (Application Component) Enterprise Buyer
     ⤷ CN (Package) R/3 Application development: PS Basic data
Basic Data
Data Element PS_VGPLF
Short Description Planning method for project basic dates  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type PSPLFRM    
Data Type NUMC   Character string with only digits 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
Parameter ID   
Default Component name PLAN_BASIC   
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Plan/basic 
Medium 15 Plan.meth/basic 
Long 20 PlanMeth/basic dates 
Heading 10 Plan/basic 
Documentation

Definition

To plan basic dates you must specify a planning method. This only to the work breakdown striucture and not to activities:

  • In Top Down Planning you plan the dates starting from the top WBS element in the hierarchy. The dates that you maintain in the subordinate WBS elements must lie within the dates periods of the superior WBS elements.
  • In Bottom Up Planning you plan the dates starting from the subordinate WBS elements. The dates of the superior WBS elements are only changed, if thery do not include the dates of the subordinate WBS elements.
  • In Strict Bottom Up Planning you specify that the dates of subordinate WBS elements determine the dates of the superior elements. If you have already entered dates for the superior WBS elements, the system deletes them, and calculates new dates based on the dates of the subordinate WBS elements.
  • In Free Planning you plan the dates without hierarchical dependencies.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20010427 
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