Project and Project Phase - Actual Start and Finish Dates

[Former Member]

How can we have Actual Start Date and Actual Finish Date fields to show on Project and Project Phase?

We need this for a requirement wherein the Phase Actual Start Date and Actual Finish Date will be populated with the Task Actual Start Date (earlies) and the Task Actual Finish Date (latest actual finish). The same logic will extend to the Project (from the Phases).

To start with, how can we have the Actual Start and Actual Finish date fields on Project and Phase with minimum development effort (if at all)?

[former_member201206]

Hi Deepak,

the requirement sounds not complicated, but the implementation would not be easy.

First at all, there is no UI elements defined for actual dates of project or phase. It is NOT the case, that the fields are existing, but somehow the program doe not display (invisble) them.  Double check the involved UI Webdynpro component DPR_DET_DATA_PROJECT_O  view VI_DET_DAW_DPO for project for example.

So without UI element, what ever the codes do in the backend, the fields are simpily not there.

Though it is possiblity to generate the UI element via codes dynamically, but it is really very complicated way to do it.

Therefore not only backend but also UI need to be enhanced to get the actual dates displayed.

Backend: either customer fields or standard cgpl_project ~ACTUALSTART & ACTUALFINISH can be used.

UI: if the fields should in the same view as the contraints, enhancement of view DPR_DET_DATA_PROJECT_O VI_DET_DAW_DPO need to be done. If user can live with the separate view, please use the template DPR_CUSTOMER_EXT.

I donot think, such implmentation can be done with effort  less than 8 hours.

Kind regards,

Zhenbo

[Former Member]

To create custom fields for project elements refer to note Note 947936 - Setting up field control

If you want to populate these fields automatically, you would need to implement BADI DPR_ATTRIBUTES