Activity Overview by Project (tipcs4502m000)

Field Information

Project

project

Project Status

Indicates the current progress of the project.

Activity

This code identifies an activity in the network planning for a project.

Search Key

search key

Task

LN shows the number of the task linked to the activity.

The task number gives more detailed information about the activity.

Work Center

The code of the work center or the main work center where the activity is carried out.

Activity Manager

activity manager

Text

This field shows whether or not a text is present.

Capacity Load Table

A table in which you can define how the rough capacity requirements are to be distributed over the capacity duration. The x coordinate is a percentage of the activity duration. The y coordinate is a percentage of rough capacity requirements.

Rough Capacity

The globally needed capacity in hours for the execution of the relevant activity.

Aggregated Capacity

The aggregated capacity requirements in hours of the work center where the activity is scheduled to be carried out. The aggregated capacity requirements are calculated in the Aggregate Estimated Capacity to Project (tipcs4201m000) session on the basis of the project structure and the project engineering. You can only do this if the operations have been linked to activities in the customized routing. Dependent on the value of the Show in Resource Master Plan field in the Work Centers (tirou0101m000) session, Labor Capacity or Machine Capacity is used to calculate the aggregated capacity.

The aggregated capacity requirements are only shown for your information and can be used for checking or monitoring the rough planned hours by activity.

Average Capacity

Enter the available capacity in hours per day. This capacity is used to calculate the default activity duration. The planning factor enables you to record the available capacity in hours per day for each employee or machine.

Based on this capacity, LN calculates the default duration of an activity using the appropriate formula:

Default activity duration = Rough capacity requirement / (Planning factor x Available Capacity)

Planning Factor

The planning factor indicates how many employees or machines are employed simultaneously for the execution of an activity. This factor is used only to calculate the default duration of the activity on the basis of the global capacity requirements and the available hours per day.

Lead Time

lead time

Earliest Start Date

The earliest date on which the activity can be started. You can determine this date using the Generate Network Planning (tipcs4210m000) session.

Latest Start Date

The last date on which the activity can be started. Determine this date by using the Generate Network Planning (tipcs4210m000) session.

Earliest End Date

Rhe earliest date on which the activity can be completed. Determine this date using the Generate Network Planning (tipcs4210m000) session.

Latest End Date

The last date on which the activity can be completed. Determine this day using the Generate Network Planning (tipcs4210m000) session.

Total Float

The total float of an activity is the maximum time expressed in (working) days in which that activity can be shifted without affecting the planned completion date of the relevant project.

The total float-time is calculated as follows:

Total Float = Latest Finish - Earliest Start - Activity Duration

The latest finish date and earliest start date are expressed in project days.

Note: 

The corresponding Total Slack field in MS Project is expressed in hours.

The conversion is based on the Work Center field and the Basic Day Capacity field linked to the specified work center.

Free Float

The free float time between one activity and the next. The free float time indicates how many days the activity can be extended without jeopardizing the progress of other related activities.

Note: 

The corresponding Free Slack field in MS Project is expressed in hours.

The conversion is based on the Work Center field and the Basic Day Capacity field linked to the specified work center.

Desired Start Date

The date on which you want to start the relevant activity. This date is only used for information. However, the desired start date is compared to the earliest and latest finish dates and the reference date in the Generate Network Messages (tipcs4211m000) session. This can result in the creation of exception messages.

Desired Finish Date

The date on which you want to stop the execution of the relevant activity. This date is only used for information. However, the desired finish date is compared to the earliest and latest finish date and the reference date via the session Generate Network Messages (tipcs4211m000), which can result in the creation of exception messages.

Make Estimate

Indicates whether the relevant activity must be included in the estimated cost-price calculation for the project. This can be especially important for indirect activities, such as engineering.

Low Level Code

The Low Level code indicates the lowest level at which the activity is found in the activity network for the project. This code is determined by the Generate Network Planning (tipcs4210m000) session.

Actual Start Date

The actual start date for the activity is the date on which its execution was started. LN fills the actual start date, when transaction hours are processed with the Process Hours and Expenses (bptmm1203m000) session, or when a network calculation is executed using the Generate Network Planning (tipcs4210m000) session. You can change this date manually.

Actual End Date

The actual finish date for the activity is the date on which time was last spent on or on which the activity was completed. LN fills the actual finish date, when transaction hours are processed with the Process Hours and Expenses (bptmm1203m000) session, or when a network calculation is executed using the Generate Network Planning (tipcs4210m000) session. You can change this date manually.

Spent Critical Capacity

The actual hours spent on the relevant activity. Based on the hours transactions linked to the activity, LN automatically updates this value in the Process Hours and Expenses (bptmm1203m000) session.

Percentage Completed

The percentage completed shows the activity's progress.

Note: Because of the non-linear distribution of capacity-requirements, the percentage completed is not related to the lead-time but to the global capacity-requirements. If you choose an automatic calculation of the percentage completed, this percentage is determined on the basis of the global capacity-requirements and the actual hours spent.

Automatic Update

This field indicates whether the percentage completed must be automatically determined using either the Process Hours and Expenses (bptmm1203m000) session when transaction hours are processed, or the Generate Network Planning (tipcs4210m000) session when a network calculation is executed for the project.