Project structures

Projects are defined in a parent-child hierarchy within a project structure. If you select projects for your finance structure, then you must create at least one project structure. You can create multiple project structures that define the hierarchical reporting or roll-up structure for projects.

Structures can include all or some of the posting projects. One structure must be designated as the enterprise structure and must contain all of the posting projects. For Project Ledger, the enterprise structure is the operational view of projects. The enterprise structure contains the project begin and end dates, the person responsible, and other additional fields that are used for Project Invoicing and Revenue and Capitalization.

The structure that is the enterprise structure is used for rules validation in the finance structure. It is also used as the default project structure on reporting bases. When setting up projects, set up your enterprise structure first. Alternate reporting structures can be defined later if new or additional reporting scenarios require an alternate roll-up or grouping.

Project structures are shared across all accounting entities in the finance enterprise group.

To view all project structures, their associated hierarchies, and the reporting basis where they are used, select Project Structure Compare.

Note: If you use Project Security Groups, then remember that changes to the structure require a rebuild of the affected security groups.

See the Financials and Supply Management User and Security Administration Guide.