Impact of Administrative time in Project plan
Hi,
Currently, I am using Project Server 2007. Can you please explain the impact of Administrative time?
We are thinking whether or not they can use the ‘Plan Administrative Time’ option within Project Server 2007 in order to indicate when they are planning to take annual leave.
Is it advisable for colleagues to use this tool within Project Server 2007 or should they continue to inform Project Managers as/when they take annual leave?
If the tool within Project Server 2007 is to be used, how does this affect the project plans as We notice there is the ‘committed’ and ‘planned’ time to be entered– what is the difference between these two categories? Will project plans
be automatically updated?
Thanks in advance.
Hi Nathik,
When a user plans future nonworking time in the Plan Administrative Time dialog, the system creates a new Timesheet for the specified period and puts the planned Work into the Timesheet. When the user's resource manager approves the nonworking time, the
system also adds the nonworking time on the user's calendar in the Enterprise Resource Pool. This is how the feature works, and there is no way to avoid placing the time on theTimesheet.
Here is an excellent
article about the feature in PS2007.
I recommend that people use the Planned line for future planned Administrative time, such as for vacation, and use the Committed line for past Administrative time already used, such as for sick leave. Planned will work like the scheduled time in any
MSP task. So use this for planning future time away. Committed is when users have taken the time off and are reporting it.
Hope this helps,
Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MVP, MCP |
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BEA JRockit(R) (build R26.0.0-189-53463-1.5.0_04-20051122-2041-win-ia32, )
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\Hyperion -Dweblogic.j2ee.application.tmpDir=C:\DOCUME~1\hyperion\LOCALS~1\Temp\
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Logic Server with BEA JRockit(R) Version R26.0.0-189-53463-1.5.0_04-20051122-204
1-win-ia32 from BEA Systems, Inc.>
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c Server 9.1 Mon Dec 12 19:26:33 EST 2005 689178 >
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erver could not be reached at http://localhost:7001.>
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is server is being started in managed server independence mode in the absence of
the admin server.>
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se : C:\bea\license.bea>
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te changed to STARTING>
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onPlanning.log is opened. All server side log events will be written to this fil
e.>
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te changed to STANDBY>
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te changed to STARTING>
Creating rebind thread to RMI
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oadcaster on this server failed to broadcast log messages to the admin server. T
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be disabled.>
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te changed to ADMIN>
<Mar 20, 2009 1:21:17 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server sta
te changed to RESUMING>
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]" is now listening on 10............:8300 for protocols iiop, t3, ldap, http.>
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<Unable to establish
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l>.>
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te changed to RUNNING>
<Mar 20, 2009 1:21:17 PM EST> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000360> <Server sta
rted in RUNNING mode>
java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: 170...................; nested ex
ception is:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:574)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.createConnection(TCPChannel.java:185
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.newConnection(TCPChannel.java:171)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.newCall(UnicastRef.java:306)
at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Stub.rebind(Ljava.lang.String;Ljava.rmi
.Remote;)V(Unknown Source)
at java.rmi.Naming.rebind(Naming.java:160)
at com.hyperion.planning.HspJSHomeImpl$RebindTask.run()V(Unknown Source)
at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:512)
at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:462)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Ljava.net.InetAddress;II)V(Nat
ive Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:364)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:507)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:457)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:365)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:178)
at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIDirectSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIDirect
SocketFactory.java:22)
at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIMasterSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIMaster
SocketFactory.java:128)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:569)
... 8 more
java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: 170...................; nested ex
ception is:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:574)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.createConnection(TCPChannel.java:185
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.newConnection(TCPChannel.java:171)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.newCall(UnicastRef.java:306)
at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Stub.rebind(Ljava.lang.String;Ljava.rmi
.Remote;)V(Unknown Source)
at java.rmi.Naming.rebind(Naming.java:160)
at com.hyperion.planning.HspJSHomeImpl$RebindTask.run()V(Unknown Source)
at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:512)
at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:462)
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at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Ljava.net.InetAddress;II)V(Nat
ive Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:364)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:507)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:457)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:365)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:178)
at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIDirectSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIDirect
SocketFactory.java:22)
at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIMasterSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIMaster
SocketFactory.java:128)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:569)
... 8 more
java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: 170......................; nested ex
ception is:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:574)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.createConnection(TCPChannel.java:185
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.newConnection(TCPChannel.java:171)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.newCall(UnicastRef.java:306)
at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Stub.rebind(Ljava.lang.String;Ljava.rmi
.Remote;)V(Unknown Source)
at java.rmi.Naming.rebind(Naming.java:160)
at com.hyperion.planning.HspJSHomeImpl$RebindTask.run()V(Unknown Source)
at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:512)
at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:462)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Ljava.net.InetAddress;II)V(Nat
ive Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:364)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:507)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:457)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:365)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:178)
at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIDirectSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIDirect
SocketFactory.java:22)
at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIMasterSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIMaster
SocketFactory.java:128)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:569)
... 8 more
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ception is:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:574)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.createConnection(TCPChannel.java:185
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.newConnection(TCPChannel.java:171)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.newCall(UnicastRef.java:306)
at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Stub.rebind(Ljava.lang.String;Ljava.rmi
.Remote;)V(Unknown Source)
at java.rmi.Naming.rebind(Naming.java:160)
at com.hyperion.planning.HspJSHomeImpl$RebindTask.run()V(Unknown Source)
at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:512)
at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:462)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Ljava.net.InetAddress;II)V(Nat
ive Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:364)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:507)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:457)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:365)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:178)
at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIDirectSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIDirect
SocketFactory.java:22)
at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIMasterSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIMaster
SocketFactory.java:128)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:569)
... 8 more
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java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: 170...........; nested ex
ception is:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:574)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.createConnection(TCPChannel.java:185
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.newConnection(TCPChannel.java:171)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.newCall(UnicastRef.java:306)
at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Stub.rebind(Ljava.lang.String;Ljava.rmi
.Remote;)V(Unknown Source)
at java.rmi.Naming.rebind(Naming.java:160)
at com.hyperion.planning.HspJSHomeImpl$RebindTask.run()V(Unknown Source)
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at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Ljava.net.InetAddress;II)V(Nat
ive Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:364)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:507)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:457)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:365)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:178)
at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIDirectSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIDirect
SocketFactory.java:22)
at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIMasterSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIMaster
SocketFactory.java:128)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:569)
... 8 more
Edited by: [email protected] on Mar 20, 2009 11:36 AM -
Any suggestions on Initial Project Planning & Kick-Off
<a href="https://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/forums">Paul Wilson</a> suggested that we start a series of discussions for the different phases of the SAP OCM process.
In response to Pauls suggestion, I am kicking off a thread on this topic. Others threads on the other phases will follow.
The process steps for Initial Project Planning & Kick-Off from Paul's prior posting are listed below.
1.1 Initial Project Planning and Kick-Off
1.1.1 Transition from Discovery and Evaluation
1.1.1.2 Review Discovery and Evaluation Documents
1.1.2 Enterprise Strategy Framework
1.1.2.1 Review All Required Strategic Documentation
1.1.2.2 Conduct Executive Workshops
1.1.2.4 Review Workshop Results
1.1.4 Project Charter
1.1.4.6 Develop Organizational Change Strategy
Any suggestions on what has worked well would be appreciated. Also, feel free to include things that have been tried that were less than successful.
From a real world perspective, I would be interested in discussing to whom and how Change Strategy has been presented by other OCM Consultants. I would also be interested in discovering how often OCM Consultants actually conduct Executive Workshops during this phase of the project.
I am looking forward to learning and sharing with the group.
Caryl Barclay
SAP OCM Change Management PrincipalHi Caryl,
I have not had extensive experience ( >1 ) but heres my input. I may be missing some info but hope this helps someone.
Typically during the project Initiation phase, we work on getting the project charter, business case, Scope Statement, Project plan schedule etc.
So with respect to OCM, during the prep/initiation/kick off stage -
1) Producing Change Charter This helps to set the framework for the OCM. The Change Charter sets ambition, scope and initial attributes of the organizational change process for the entire project.
Key Deliverables during this step are OCM Plan, Purpose and Objectives
2) Business Readiness - provides the decision makers with an initial assessment of the readiness of the business to embark on the project given the scope of change defined in the business case (deliverable from Project Initiation). The assessment comprises a high level view on which stakeholders will be impacted and how dramatic the change is going to be seen from the business organizations side. We would try to include any information on the company's previous change experiences.
Key Deliverables during this step
a) Initial impact assessment
b) Stakeholder map and business readiness. (we would need to conduct meetings, interview etc )
3) Change Management Organization Defining change management organization is a very important as it sets the guidelines on how the proj org should be set up to meet the objectives in change charter. It helps to ensure that our leadership forces driving the changes to the business are leveraged to the maximum potential. In addition, it sets the direction for the OCM team to support the program sponsors and steering committee members in a structured manner.
Key Deliverables during this step Sponsorship Strategy (high level document).
4) Communication plan- The communication framework defined here will be followed through the project lifecycle. Hence this is a very critical step in the OCM Initial/Kick off Phase. Typically one would need to identify the target audience and align them with the initial stakeholder mapping/impact assessment, work with the client teams to find out the messaging strategy guidelines if any (if they dont have then define one), Identify communication feedback loops, and the timeline/key messages for all communications throughout the project.
Key Deliverables :
a) Communication Plan
b) Communication Strategy and Framework.
5) Organizational Alignment Strategy - ensures that considerations has been made as regards to how radical changes to processes and organization the program sponsors wants to allow or encourage in order to achieve a coherent design of system, process and organization. If Organizational Alignment strategy is given low priority, the project team will end up in in-efficient discussions Or some times totally ignores the aspect of organizational alignment with a resulting gap between the system set-up and the processes by which the company is actually run. So, the business will still be operating but will miss out on realizing the full business benefits of the project. O rganizational Alignment Strategy Document is the key deliverable at this point. -
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I suspect that this problem reveals that PWA does not work perfectly in browsers other than the Internet
Explorer,
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Just a thought. Hope this helps.)
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Project Server 2010 Timesheets not Updating Project Plans
We have several project plans that are not getting updates from approved timesheets.
Troubleshooting steps I've taken:
1) Verified the timesheet/task submissions by the resources
2) Verified they have been approved
3) Verified they have been accepted by the Status Manager and processed
4) All project plans have been published (I even used ProjTool ON the App server to do a full publish of all plans as a second step of publishing)
5) Verified OLAP was built successfully overnight (and every night)
6) Tasks have both remaining work and NO actual work in the Resource Usage view
7) Had a user recall and resubmit his timesheet using "Send Timesheet" to see if the task updates would come through - they did not (I am Status Manager and the timesheet shows Approved), and even published the plan and rebuilt the OLAP again,
just in case.
8) Verified that no tasks are marked for closure under Close Tasks for Update in Server Settings.
9) Verified Timesheet shows Actual Work on the Tasks via Pivot Table; compared Timesheet_User_View with MSP_Portfolio_View pivot table for project which shows 0 hours. Timesheet_User_View shows 33 hours.
All tasks have Remaining Work, are within the date range of the timesheet and are open for submitting time. Timesheets are still out of sync with project plans for many users and there is no apparent reason. I'm out of ideas!Hi,
In status manager's approval center, history, status updates, can you check the status of the approval? Do you have any errors in the ULs log for the approval or publish jobs?
Hope this helps,
Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MVP, MCP | -
Error in saving project plan in project server 2007
I am getting following error when I try to make a change and saved the project plan. It has happened several times since yesterday. Not sure if the file is corrupted.
Is it possible to make a copy of the file and mark the current file as inactive?
The File cannot be opened.
Check that the File name and path are correct.
Check that the File format is recognized by Project.
Project Files saved in a version earlier than Microsoft Project 98
can't be opened.
If your File is From an earlier version, open it in that version, click
Save as (File menu), and save in MPX Format Open the MPX File. When
you use this method, project data is imported, but Formatting is lost.
Has any one has same issue? any suggestions please reply.
Thanks-Hi Micahel,
Thanks for the posting!
what would be solution inorder to make it working.i was looking at some posts which i listed below for some it had worked....i did not try it but just guessing it would work
1. Launch Project Professional 2007 and connect to Project Server.
2. In the new blank project (Project1), click Insert - Project.
3. Select the troublesome project.
4. DESELECT the "Link to project" checkbox and then click the Insert
button.
5. When prompted to save the changes to the troublesome project, click the
No button
Or in another case it may be
Saving as a template with re-open is a smart work around, typically when a network connection gets dropped. In these cases
we have copy/pasted to a new file, or, saved as XML and then reopened.
I appreciate any kind of help on it.
Thanks
Tummala -
Custom Field in the Administrative Time/personal task of the timesheet
Dear All,
I want to add the custom field in the administrative time/personal task of the timesheet. How can i do that??
Snapshot is attached for furthur reference.
REGARDS DANISH DANIEYou can not create custom field for Personal task or administrative task (OOB).
Project server allows us to create Project, Task, Resource, level task.
You can only Specify Line of classification and New Administrative Time category.
Choose that while creating Personal task or administrative task.
But if you really want to customize the from then please go thorugh thread which is talking about the same
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/a5b1eadd-c06e-43b0-8d5e-8e6f714cc689/customizing-add-new-task-form-for-adding-a-personal-task
kirtesh -
Read only Sub Project Plans checking out in EPM
Hi all,
Has anyone working on Project Server come accross an issue where sub project plans inserted as 'Read Only' in a master Plan, check out and therefore prevent other access? Working on Project Server 2010 with Project 2010 SP2
clients.
The strange thing is that its not every single plan in a master that performs in this manner.
Has anyone seen this behaviour and does anyone know any fixes?
Thanks,
-CL.We've always had security on, the only thing that changed was my understanding of how we were doing security.
Before, I had written a custom UserCC that always returned the same name, after I used the standard UserCC. I had the same results both time.
The cause of my error message is "MDS repository may be configured incorrectly", which I kind of figured, but there's nothing to point me to diagnose how it is incorrectly configured or how to fix it. -
Hi,
We have enable "Protect User Updates" option from PWA->Task Setting and Display->Only allow task updates via Task and Timesheets, to protect actual efforts in project plan that PM changes manually, however in some cases we need to allow actual
effort changes in open projects so it there any way or workaround so that Administrator or PM can make changes in actual even though "Protect User Updates" option is enable. Please Help!!
Thanks,
RahulHi Rahul,
Indeed when this option is activated, there is no way to directly update actual work in the project plan.
The workaround is to temporary deactivate this option, more preferly not during office working hours to avoid unexpected project updates.
A better workaround would be to ask the resource to recall, correct and submit again the timesheet, so the PM can approve an updated actual work. Finally the PM can use delegation to rscall and correct the timesheet for the resource.
Hope this helps.
Guillaume Rouyre - MBA, MCP, MCTS -
Master Project Plan is not updatineg
I'm running in a situation where I have a master plan with sub-projects, the master plan will not show the updated sub-project plans in the web app until you open the master project in project professional and expand the sub-project summary task every time
it get an update, then you have to publish the master plan, then the master project will show the date changes in the web app.
Is there a way to make the updates on sub projects show up on the master project immediately without going through all that?Sgasgous --
It appears so. I have not extensively used master projects in Project Server 2013, so I will gladly invite the others in this forum to correct me if my answer to you is wrong. For me personally, I have never expected the behavior you expect from
PWA. My habit is always to open the master project in Microsoft Project after updates are applied, expand all of the subprojects, and begin doing variance analysis. The process of applying updates will inevitably cause variances, which need to
be known and addressed. After doing that, only then would I save and publish the latest schedule changes. In fact, I would recommend this approach as a best practice for you as well! Hope this helps.
Dale A. Howard [MVP] -
Impact of real time cube on query performance and OLAP cache
Hi:
We have actual and plan cubes both setup as real time cubes (only plan cube is being planned against, not actual cube) and both cubes are compressed once a day.
We are planning on implementing BIA accelerator and have questions related to query performance optimization:
1/ Is there are any query performance benefits in changing the actual cube to be a basic cube (using program SAP_CONVERT_NORMAL_TRANS) if the F table is fully compressed
2/ Can OLAP cache be leveraged for the queries run against the real time cubes e.g. actual cubes
3/ What is the impact on BIA of having the actual cube as real time (whetehr or not there is data being loaded/planned during the day in that cube)
Thank you in advance,
Catherine1) Is there are any query performance benefits in changing the actual cube to be a basic cube (using program SAP_CONVERT_NORMAL_TRANS) if the F table is fully compressed
From the performance point of view, tha actual cubes i.e std cubes are relatively better.
2) Yes OLAP cache can be leveraged for bringing up the plan query but all the calculations are done in the planning buffer.
3) Not sure. -
MS Project plan for the upgrade of 10.7 SC to 11i
Can some kind person supply me with a MS Project plan for the
upgrade of 10.7SC to 11i. Our applications are GL/AP/FA/Project
Acc. Any other doco would be most helpful.
Thank you
[email protected]We have completed our first upgrade of FA from 10.7 SC to 11i. Most issues arose from the introduction of WorkFlow for Account Generator. In addition we have had difficulty activating the "security by book" new feature. This is still under investigation. We upgraded PO, AP, FA and GL. I can say that more than half of our time has been spent resolving FA issues.
The length of time the task will take will depend on which functionality you use. Have you seen the upgrade kit on metalink? it has all the upgrade steps. From that you could determine how many steps you need to perform.
Hope this helps.
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