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<Session ID="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss2500m100" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Activities-Overview (tppss2500m100)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to view general, detailed,
		  tracking, and progress data of activity structures.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000024" role="manual">To use an activity structure</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="tppss200.cprj">
         <Header>
            <Title>Project</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The code that uniquely identifies the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000063" role="glossary">project</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tcmcs052.dsca">
         <Header>
            <Title>Description</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc> The description or name of the code.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tppdm600.psts">
         <Header>
            <Title>Status</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The way to characterize a project.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>ERP Enterprise distinguishes these statuses:</ListIntro>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.psts#free" role="option">Free</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>A project definition has been recorded, but the project has
			 not yet been executed. Changes are still possible.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.psts#construction" role="option">Active</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>During the execution of a project you can release, purchase,
			 and register cost transactions.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.psts#finished" role="option">Finished</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>The project is completed but it has not (yet) been
			 financially closed. You can still register cost transactions. Actual purchase
			 orders cannot be present for the project.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.psts#closed" role="option">Closed</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>The project has been financially closed, the project
			 definition can no longer be changed.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.psts#archived" role="option">Archived</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>The project is stored in an archive company. The project
			 archive company can be used as a repository for historical project
			 data.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp OtherIDs="tppss010.desc" ID="tppss200.cpla">
         <Header>
            <Title>Plan</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The code that uniquely identifies the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000059" role="glossary">plan</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title>General</Title>
         <FieldHelp OtherIDs="tppss200.desc" ID="tppss200.cact">
            <Header>
               <Title>Activity</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The code that uniquely defines the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000005" role="glossary">activity</Link>.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="display.structure">
            <Header>
               <Title>Activity</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>A hierarchical structure that organizes and defines the total
		scope of the project. Each level represents an increasingly detailed definition
		of a work project. In contrast to the element structure, the activity structure
		is activity time oriented.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss200.desc">
            <Header>
               <Title>Description</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The activity description.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss200.seak">
            <Header>
               <Title>Search Key</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>An alternative form of a description used for convenience
		during searching. Typically, it is an abbreviation, an acronym, or a mnemonic
		alternative to a full description.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title>Details</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss200.stat">
            <Header>
               <Title>Budget Status</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000040" role="glossary">budget status</Link> of the activity. Only the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/ptc.stat#actual" role="option">Actual</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/ptc.stat#definite" role="option">Final</GUIRef> status activities can be used for history and can be
				invoiced.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss200.wast">
            <Header>
               <Title>Work Authorization Status</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000378" role="glossary">work authorization status</Link> of the activity.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss200.tact">
            <Header>
               <Title>Activity Type</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The type of activity.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss200.coel">
            <Header>
               <Title>OBS Element</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The organizational breakdown-structure element that you
				want to link with a project cost-account.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>This enables you to make an
				  organizational unit or employee responsible for a subset of the overall
				  project. This responsibility is expressed in the time-phased budget, in project
				  scheduling, and in performance measurement.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss200.mevl">
            <Header>
               <Title>Earned Value Method</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The earned value method is a way to calculate the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000325" role="glossary">budgeted costs of work scheduled</Link>.</FuncDesc>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000159" role="manual">To use an earned value method</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss200.lact">
            <Header>
               <Title>Linked Activity</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If the earned value method is <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000348" role="glossary">apportioned</Link>, you can link an
				activity to this activity.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title>Tracking</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss200.ssdt">
            <Header>
               <Title>Scheduled Start Date</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>Scheduled start date.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss200.sfdt">
            <Header>
               <Title>Scheduled Finish date</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>Scheduled finish date.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss.bsdt">
            <Header>
               <Title>Baseline Start Date</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>This indicates the scheduled start date and time of the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000005" role="glossary">activity</Link>.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>You can enter the start date manually or it can be taken
			 from a particular schedule in an external scheduling package.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000008" role="manual">To enter a date</Link>
               </RelTopic>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000009" role="manual">To enter a time</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss.bfdt">
            <Header>
               <Title>Baseline Finish Date</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>This indicates the scheduled finish date and time of the
		  activity.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>You can enter the finish date manually or it can be taken
			 from a particular schedule in an external scheduling package.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss200.asdt">
            <Header>
               <Title>Actual Start Date</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>Actual start date.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss200.afdt">
            <Header>
               <Title>Actual Finish Date</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>Actual finish date.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss200.pcom">
            <Header>
               <Title>Schedule Percentage Complete</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>This is the scheduled progress for the activity, and must
				not be confused with the actual physical progress.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>If you work with a external scheduling
				  package, the planning package can fill this field with the scheduled progress.
				  You can copy this progress to the physical progress with the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/ppc/tpppc1240m000" role="session">Generate Physical Progress from Planning (tpppc1240m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title>Progress</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppss200.qans">
            <Header>
               <Title>Budget Quantity</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The quantity allocated to the activity.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="progress.quan">
            <Header>
               <Title>Phys. Progress Quantity</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The quantity set on the activity. The progress will be recorded
		  against the amount in this field, which is important for progress invoicing.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="progress.perc">
            <Header>
               <Title>Physical Progress</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The total progress for this activity, as a percentage.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="progress.date">
            <Header>
               <Title>Physical Progress Date</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The date for which the progress data must be generated.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
   </Fields>
</Session>