C_TS412_2021 SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA Project Systems Questions and Answers

Availability control is a function that monitors whether the budget for a project is sufficient for planned and actual costs. Availability control can be activated in different ways depending on the settings in the availability control profile and the tolerance limits. Some of these ways are:

• Automatic activation with budget assignment: Availability control is activated when you assign budget to a WBS element or a network activity.
• Automatic activation with the first actual posting: Availability control is activated when you post the first actual cost to a WBS element or a network activity. Reference: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_ON-PREMISE/4dd8cb7b1c484b4b93af84d00f60fdb8/79ceb65334

Mass change (CNMASS) is a powerful tool that allows you to change multiple fields in multiple objects at once. You can use it to change fields in project definitions, WBS elements, networks, activities, milestones, and PRTs.”References: 3

“The EPS interface enables you to exchange data between SAP Project System and Microsoft Project.”References: 2

To define a milestone for February 10 that should not be changed through scheduling, you should enter February 10 as fixed date for the milestone. A fixed date is a date that remains unchanged during scheduling, regardless of any changes in the dates of preceding or succeeding activities or milestones. A fixed date can be entered manually or automatically derived from a constraint. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

User status profiles are used to define additional statuses for project objects that can control their business processes. User status profiles can allow business processes that are forbidden by SAP system status, such as releasing a project that is locked by SAP system status. User status profiles can also restrict setting user status for individual users by assigning authorization keys to user statuses. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

The approval of a service entry sheet and the approval of a goods receipt are both transactions that can be used to post actual costs for external processing.”References: 3

When you increase the quantity of the external activity after creating a purchase requisition and a purchase order, a workflow can be triggered to inform the purchasing group. A workflow is a process that automates and controls business tasks according to predefined rules and conditions. A workflow can be triggered when certain events occur in a project, such as changes in quantities, dates, or statuses of project objects. A workflow can perform various actions, such as sending notifications, creating documents, or calling transactions. In this scenario, a workflow can be triggered when you increase the quantityof the external

Capacity requirements are the demand for capacities that result from planned or actual orders. If a work center is overloaded, it means that its capacity requirements exceed its available capacities. To reduce the overload of the work center, you can trigger automatic capacity leveling inside the project planning board, which is a tool that allows you to plan and monitor capacities for network activities. You can also shift activities backward or forward on the time axis where more capacities are available, which means changing their start and finish dates manually or automatically. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

To carry out the internal project work as soon as possible, you have to maintain the control key of an activity in capacity requirements planning. Capacity requirements planning is a process that determines the capacity requirements and availability for work centers or resources that are used to execute project activities. The control key is a parameter that defines the basic properties of an activity, such as whether it is internally or externally processed, whether it requires confirmation or not, and whether it is relevant for scheduling or not. The control key also determines whether an activity is relevant for capacity requirements planning or not. To carry out the internal project work as soon as possible, you have to use a control key that activates capacity requirements planning for the internal activities. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

Capacity requirements are determined by using the control key of an activity. The control key is an object that defines various control parameters for an activity, such as scheduling type, confirmation type, costing relevance, or capacity requirements determination. The capacity requirements determination indicator in the control key specifies whether capacity requirements are calculated for an activity based on its work or duration. The capacity requirements are then used for capacity planning and leveling. Reference:https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_ON- PREMISE/4dd8cb7b1c484b4b93af84d00f60fdb8/0673b65334e6b54ce10000000a174cb4.html

 To solve the problem of the system not preventing their project managers from exceeding their budgets, you have to activate availability control in the assigned budget profile and define the tolerance limits in customizing. The budget profile is a parameter that defines the basic settings for budgeting in your project, such as whether availability control is active or not. The tolerance limits are values that specify how much deviation from the budget is allowed before the system issues warnings or error messages. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

Project-Oriented Procurement (ProMan) is a tool that allows you to display and process procurement documents that are relevant for projects. You can use ProMan to display reservations and purchase order items that are assigned to WBS elements or network activities. You can also use ProMan to create purchase requisitions, purchase orders, goods movements, and invoices for project-related materials and services. Reference:https://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/EN/8e/8bc95360267214e10000000a174cb4/frameset.htm