Symptom
After migrating the project, the end date in project migration template does not match the end date in the system. The end dates were deviated by one day.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Project Management work center.
- Go to Projects view.
- Open project ABC (ABC represents the project ID).
- Go to Project Plan and task ID ABC-1.
- Navigate to Work tab - Click on "Edit period plan" button.
- Check Period Plan for Work Package DEF (DEF represents the work package ID).
- The end date is one day ahead of the date you enter in migration template.
Cause
This is one of the many drawbacks the project migration template has. The description of the drawback can be found also in the column description for the end date.
Please double click on the bottom line to get it extended. It will show following text:
"End Date
The specified end date does not include the last day in the time frame Start Date to End Date. It will be interpreted as one day before the End Date. Add one day to the End Date to compensate the last day deducted.
Type: Date and Time"
Resolution
Please add one day to the end date in migration template, to have the right result in the system.
Keywords
Project, Migration, Template, End date, Work package, Project work, Wrong end date , KBA , SRD-PRO-PMN , Project Management , Problem
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