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Create Nework Type

The network type contains information for controlling and managing networks.

In the SAP System, the network is a special form of the work order which has a structure in common with production, maintenance and inspection orders. Every network you create must have a network type allocated to it.

The network type determines:

the order category

the CO (controlling) partner update

With the indicator, you specify whether a summary record should be written per network if a CO partner object (for example, cost center) is settled with a network of this type.

whether the network is used for planning and does not add to the assigned values

residence times 1 and 2 for the archival and deletion of networks

a default value for the settlement profile

a default value for a status profile, if you want to use the user status in status management

allocation of the network type to a number range

You have to allocate a number range to every network type.

Create Network Type

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Copy from Network Type PS04

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Enter Order Type as GR## and Description Group ## and press Enter. In the Next Screen.. SAVE it.

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Status Profile (similar to Project Profile’s User Status)

Settlement Profile (similar to Project Profile’s User Status)

Financial Reporting purpose

The object class categorizes Controlling objects according to their business function and enables you to analyze cost flows within Controlling from different business perspectives.

Reorganization (Residence time tor setting Deletion Flag and Deletion Indicators)

Use this indicator to specify that you are only using the network for planning. All of the planned costs from this network will be appended to the WBS element, however, they do not raise the assigned values.

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Check Number Range

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Double-click number range Group

Because we copied from PS04 to GR##, they belong to same Number Range

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Note number range

Save the Network Type when EXIT

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Specify Parameters for Network Type

Parameters for network types:

a standard distribution rule for settlement

a reduction strategy for scheduling

a results analysis key

the costing variants for planned costs and actual costs

a strategy for determining the settlement rule

whether the network has header or activity account assignment

indicator whether a workflow is to be created for changes to quantities or dates of non-stock components, externally processed activities and external elements and whether a purchase order already exists.

indicator whether the net price is to be copied from the purchase requisition into the purchase order without any changes.

Specify Parameters for Network Type

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Copy from Plant 1300 Network Type PS04 (Parameter for Network Type is Plant Dependent)

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Replace with GR## and press Enter

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Collective PR means one PR Doc for each Network order Type

ActvtyAccAsgn is SET, means Account Assignment for Networks always ocurs for these paramters on the activity level

Use this indicator to specify whether changes to quantities or dates of non-stock components, external activities and external elements should create a workflow and whether a purchase order already exists.

Indicator which specifies that the net price cannot be changed when copied over from the purchase requisition into the purchase order.

Activate Change Documents for these STATUS change objects

OCM (Order Change Management) which is Engineering Change for Order Level

BOM Appliation for BOM usage priority selection

Indicator which specifies that changes in certain predefined fields in the order are to be recorded in a document.

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Specify how Planned Cost is Calculated

Costing Variant for Plan Cost and Actual Cost determination (including Overhead Costing Sheet.

Reduction Strategy is for Scheduling tuning to reduce floats when Start Date is int he Past. (SAP provide 6 reduciton levels)

In a CO settlement rule, the distribution rules are, in certain cases, generated automatically. The default rule determines how this kind of distribution rule is structured. The default rules are predefined by SAP and cannot be changed.

How settlement rule is determined

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Maintain Network Profile

The network profile contains default values and parameters for controlling the processing of networks, such as control keys for activities.

The data which you enter here in the network profile is copied into the header, activities, and activity elements when you create a network. You can overwrite these values in each new network.

Examples

To be able to call up the network structure graphic, you must have entered a graphic profile in the network profile.

To be able to create a project version for the network, you must have entered a version profile in the network profile.

You enter the different values you need for the network profile in different Customizing areas. For example, in Customizing for the Project System, you enter the control keys, but you make the settings for graphics in the Basis IMG by choosing Frontend Services -> Bar Chart and Network/Hierarchy.

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Copy from Network Profile 1004

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Change to GR## and Press ENTER

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When to Generate

Reservation and PR

. Never

. At Release

. At Create

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Change to Network Type GR##

All Planner Group allowed and defualt MRP Contgroller Gorup

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Default Relationship view

Level of detail for the maintenance of graphics and the MPX interface for standard networks.

Use

Use the level of detail to specify the number of networks which are linked together with relationships to be read in by the system.

Component increment no.

Operation increment no.

how the activity dates will be checked in top-down scheduling of the work breakdown structure.

Overview Variant for how the objects are displayed in an On Screen Layout report

Which stock the components are to be managed

The Third-party order indicator

The Preliminary order indicator

The item category

Field Key

Frequently used Standard Text Key

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Will Capacity Requirement be Calculated

If the entry tool is on,

the system automatically branches to the operation's detail screen after you create an operation in the routing.

the system automatically displays the detail screens relevant to the activity/operation in the standard network or in the production order.

Use this indicator to specify that activities in networks with activity account assignment will be taken into account in project summarization.

Activities are only taken into account (as summarization objects), if they are assigned to a WBS element with a summarization indicator, or if a WBS element with a summarization indicator exists in the path upwards.

Use this indicator to specify that components should be staged for the scheduled finish date of the activity.

If you do not set this indicator, the components will be staged automat ically for the scheduled start date of the activity.

If this indicator is set, the project particpates in summarization via master data characteristics.

If the indicator is not set, summarization is via classification

SAP recommend that you use summarization via master data characteristics. In the medium term summarization via classification will no longer be supported.

If you activate this indicator, the iPPE-PS tab page is displayed in the Project Builder in the detail screen for the WBS element and network activity.

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VALIDATION RULE and SUBSTITUTION RULE similar to whats available in the

PROJECT PROFILE

ACL: Control rights to Users similar to whats available in the

PROJECT PROFILE

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Fine-tune graphics in the Project Planning Board

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Default CONTROL Key for Internal Activity

Cost element under which the expected costs from material planning for internally-processed activities are recorded.You must define a cost element here if you want to use material planning in internally-processed activities.

Default UOM for WORKS

Default UOM for DURATION

How the system Calculation key for duration, work or number of required capacities in the activity.

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Default CONTROL Key for COST Activity

Cost element for General Cost Activity

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Default CONTROL Key for SERVICE

Default Cost Element for SERVICE

Default Material Group for SERVICE

Default Purchasing Group Group for SERVICE

Default UOM for SERVICE

External Services (with or without Service Master)

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Default CONTROL Key for EXTERNALLY PROCURED Activities

Default Material Group for EXTERNALLY PROCURED Activities

Default Currency for EXTERNALLY PROCURED Activities

Default Purchasing Group for EXTERNALLY PROCURED Activities

Default Cost Element for EXTERNALLY PROCURED Activities

Default Purchasing Group for EXTERNALLY PROCURED Activities

Press Enter and SAVE

External Processing Activity (NON Service Master based)

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In this step you define control parameters for scheduling depending on the plant, the type of network and the production scheduler, for example:

whether basic dates are to be adjusted if the network is shifted within the earliest/latest dates

the scheduling type

whether or how many days the start date can be in the past

whether the dates are to be automatically recalculated on saving

whether the error log is automatically displayed if errors were calculated in scheduling

the number of days that the start date is in the past

the reduction type that defines whether all the operations should be reduced or only those on the critical path

maximum reduction level for reduction

Scheduling Paramters

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Copy from Plant 1300 Order Type PS04

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Replace with GR##

Press Enter and SAVE

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BASIC DATE adjusment rule (with Scheduled Dates)

Scheduling Types:

. Forward

. Backward

. Current etc

Network Order automatic scheudled when SAVED

Specifies that the scheduling log is displayed automatically after each scheduling run.

Indicator you use to determine that the exact time of a break should be taken into account. If you set this indicator, it is no longer possible that a calculated time occurs during a break time.

Defines that for partially confirmed operations the actual dates already existing are not taken into account during a new scheduling run. You can use this indicator if, for example the basic dates change during the execution of the order/network and operations have already been partially confirmed. The actual dates are then no longer taken into account in the next scheduling run.

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Assign Network Profile to Project Profile

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Assign Network Profile GR## to Project Profile GR## SAVE.

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Confirmation Paramter

The configurations for the confirmation are specified for each plant and network type.

You can specify the following parameters:

when confirming, a final confirmation is automatically proposed

the dates of the confirmation may lie in the future

the error log for cost calculation is displayed

percentages for the allowed deviation from work and duration

Define the confirmation parameters per plant and network type.

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