Group for Projects (PCS) (tsspc3600m901)
Use this session to review and maintain the group planning data of a specific Projects (PCS).
- This session is displayed only if the Group Planning for Projects (PCS) Implemented is selected.
- The Plan Groups and Activity Sets option is displayed, only if the Planned by Origin check box for the project (PCS) is cleared on the Manufacturing tab in the Resource Planning Parameters (tsspc0101m000) session.
Field Information
- Group
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The unique ID of the group.
- Group Status
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The least possible status of all the activities in the group.
Allowed values
- Created
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The activity is imported from service order activity, work order activity or planned activity. The activity is yet to be planned.
- Planned
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The activity is successfully planned (planning times are updated). The updated start and finish times can be copied to the service order activity, work order activity or planned activity.
- Not Planned
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The activity could not be planned. Owing to failure of the planning process, the activity must be re-planned.
- Released
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The updated start and finish times of the activity are copied to the service order activity, work order activity or planned activity.
- Maximum Activity Status
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The highest possible status of projects (PCS) activity that is assigned to the group.
Allowed values
- Frozen
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If this check box is selected, the group is frozen and you cannot add new activity sets to the existing groups.
- Firm Planned
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If this check box is selected, the group is firm planned and you cannot change the start and finish date of the group.
- Sort Method
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The sorting method for Projects (PCS) activities in an activity set.
Allowed values
- Earliest Start
- Latest Finish
- Latest Start
- Planned Start
- Planned Finish
- Keep Sequence of Activity Sets
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If this check box is selected, LN does not change the sequence of the activity sets when the specified group is planned.
- Check Resources for Attribute Values
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If this check box is selected, LN allocates resources for the Projects (PCS) based on attribute values.
- Check Resources for Skills
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If this check box is selected, LN allocates resources for the Projects (PCS), based on skills.
- Check Resources for Availability
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If this check box is selected, LN checks availability of resources for the Projects (PCS).
- Minimum Availability Percentage
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The minimum availability percentage of the resource for the allocation.
- Allocated Resource
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The engineers allocated to the specified group.
- Planned Start Time
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The start date and time of the first activity in the specified activity set.
- Planned Finish Time
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The finish date and time of the last activity in the specified activity set.
- Respect Earliest Start Time
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If this check box is selected, LN considers the earliest start time to plan the Projects (PCS) activities.
Note:- For a Projects (PCS)r activity, the Planned Start Time cannot be planned after the earliest start time.
- If group is not part of a group set, the value in this field is defaulted from Respect Earliest Start Time (manufacturing) specified in the Resource Planning Parameters (tsspc0101m000) session.
- Respect Latest Finish Time
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If this check box is selected, LN considers the latest finish time to plan the Projects (PCS) activities. The Planned Finish Time cannot be planned after the Latest Finish Time.
Note: LN re-plans the route for the activity. - Total Activity Duration
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The cumulative duration of travel for all the activity sets in the group.
- Time Duration Unit
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The unit code for the total activity duration.