Project Status (tipcs2102m000)

Field Information

Project

project

Note: Projects of the Budget type are not listed.

Reference

Displays the reference data of the project. For instance, the number of a customer's sales order. You can search for project data using the reference.

Project Status

Indicates the current progress of the project.

Allowed values

Free

You can carry out project engineering. This means that you can:

• Define the project master schedule (PMS) by using the Project Control module.
• Maintain the project structure.
• Maintain the customized product structure by using customized bills of material and routing sheets.
• Carry out project estimating.

Simulated

You simulate the rough capacity requirements planning and the detailed material and resource requirements planning (RRP) based on the network planning. The capacity requirements for a simulated project are visualized separately. LN generates planned RRP purchase orders, planned production orders, and PRP warehouse orders for customized items. However, those orders cannot be released. Moreover, the RRP does not allocate standard items to the project.

Active

This status indicates the project's execution stage. You can release planned orders, so that the required purchase and production activities can be actually started and completed.

Canceled

The project has been canceled. You cannot release new orders for the project, but you can, however, finish pending logistical activities. You can close a canceled project, but a project can also remain canceled. If the project remains canceled, be aware that the final costs are not posted to Financials , and that WIP can still exist for completed orders. Costs are only posted if you close the project.

Finished

As far as manufacturing is concerned, the project is finished. Also all purchase and production activities have been completed or closed, and all sales orders have been delivered for the project.

Closed

Financially, the project has been closed. This means that the financial project results have been computed. Financial project transactions can no longer be posted to the project.

To be Closed

If you select the COS and Revenues Restricted to Financial Company of PCS Project check box in the Project Control Parameters (tipcs0100m000) session, financial transactions are posted on the financial companies of the sales office, service department, and/or warehouse instead of on the financial company of the PCS project. If internal invoices are sent from the PCS project to those departments, and the internal invoices are not completed yet, the Close Project (tipcs2250m000) session sets the project status to To be Closed instead of to Closed. You must first complete the internal invoices, and then run the Close Project (tipcs2250m000) session again to set the project status to Closed.

Archived

The project has been archived. This means that all project data has been stored in archive files and are removed from the original files.

Project Stage

Indicates the current execution stage of the project.

You can enter project stages using the Project Stages (tipcs2110m000) session.

Start Date

The desired or planned start date for the project. This date is used or calculated with the Generate Network Planning (tipcs4210m000) session.

You can only enter a start date if:

• The project is of the type main or single.
• The Forward planning method is selected in the Project Details (tipcs2130m000) session.

Completion Date

The desired or planned completion date for the project. This date is used or calculated with the Generate Network Planning (tipcs4210m000) session.

You can only enter a completion date if:

• The project is of the type main or single.
• The Forward planning method is selected in the Project Details (tipcs2130m000) session.

Search Key

search key

Project Type

project type

Project Employee

The person who is in charge of the execution of the project.

Sold-to Business Partner

The business partner for whom the project is carried out.

Note: Allows you to quickly retrieve project data.

Definitively Closed

If this check box is selected, the project is definitively closed and can no longer be reopened.

All financial transactions must be completed during pcs project closure for the actual calculation to take place. If transactions are missing, pcs project actual costs cannot be calculated accurately.

Note: 

• The status definitively closed is applied using the Delete Financial Transactions by Project (tipcs3200m000) session when the financial transactions that relate to the PCS project are removed. WIP and costs can no longer be printed when no financial transactions are present.
• You cannot use the Archive/Delete Projects (tipcs2260m000) session to archive data any longer once the status is applied.