DIP profile

[Former Member]

Hi All,

           in getting revenue for respective WBS element i am doing PS SD integration. During this process DIP profile plays a major role. I am not able to open DP81 trans code whenever i am trying i am getting the error which is attached. could anybody help me out as i don't have SD consultant .

Thanks,

abhinay

[Former Member]

Mr Tushar,

                 thanks for your confirmation, i too inform my team leader in the same ,but he wants me to do the project with less configuration as they want to use it internally in the company the people who going to use don't have knowledge regarding SAP. Anyway thanks for your confirmation.

[Makal]

You can still create revenue project with only WBS elements.

But you miss out lot of features that Network activities bring in to the project.

[Former Member]

The error is self explanatory.

Check your DIP Profile configuration. Especially the material determination part.

[Former Member]

Hi Tushar and Gokul,

                         iam not able to open the link related to DIP profile configuration. Actually in my project i used 1214 as secondary cost element, standard T-20000 as material and standard dynamic profile 13000000. where exactly all these relate to each other. could you please help me out.

thanks,

abhinay

[Former Member]

Hi Abhinay,

For reference, I have just taken screenshot from our IDES system and indicated below , how material T-20000 is assigned in material determination for DIP profile # 13000001

Here, u can see for material T-20000, set PS_ALL is attached. ( 2nd screenshot)

When you click on Set ( Arrow icon), it displays u Subordinate sets where set for each primary & seconday costs is maintained ( 3rd screenshot)

So, please explore this config in your test system and see what config is missing at your end.

Take help of FICO consultant to know how to do grouping of cost elements.

Regards

Tushar

[Former Member]

So kind of you Mr Tushar. i will work on it. In mean time i got new requirement regarding the same project as they want me to do it simple with as much as possible minimum configuration. can i do it ,if suppose we have a client from which our company have say 8 support projects and we divide it as two groups each with 4 projects. can we see revenue for entire client in a single project by taking cilent at level1 , two groups at level2 and prrojects for each group at level3 and consultants of each project at level4. project should have only wbs not activities can we do planning of course but also revenue from these wbs . Is it possible? please help me out.

thanks,

abhinay.

[Former Member]

Hi Abhinay,

You want to see revenue for entire client in a single project. This means this is Customer Project.

As per standard, Customer project is mapped using a work breakdown structure that contains activities.

For example, if two companies are resonsible for executing this project. Cost and revenues and payments are planned using activities and SD documents.Actual data will be entered when activities are confirmed,invoices are assigned and SD documents are billed.

So i don't think it is possible with only WBS not activities.

Let us wait for other experts to comment.

Regards

Tushar

[Former Member]

Hi,

You have said in your post above that you want to see revenue for entire client in single project. This is fine.

You also seem to be using DIP profile for RRB. And i assume that you have specified "Actual Costs" as the source in your DIP configuration. If yes, could you please let me know how you are getting the actual costs on the project so that they can be billed using DIP? Are you posting costs directly on the WBS element which are then considered in the DIP as the source for billing?

I don't say that you can't manage a customer project with only WBS elements as part of your project structure. But that becomes a completely different scenario. A proper customer project would have activities as part of the structure as it gives a clear picture about the postings that happen through out the life cycle of the project in addition to other benefits.

Hope you get what i am trying to convey here.

Regards,

Gokul

[Former Member]

Hi Gokul,

     actual i started project with activities ie. internal activity confirmation gives us actual cost which is the source in DIP configuration. based on this revenue will be billed. but my superior wants project without activities. Is that possible, if so how can we get actual cost and how it is useful in getting revenue?

2) in activity confirmation process after getting actual cost . how exactly revenue is billed? upto my knowledge in saled order we planned revenue and in billing plan the milestone dates are given as billing dates. once ativity are confirmed based on milestone dates revenue is triggerd. If so how exsactly revenue is billed?

please help me out.

thanks,

abhinay.