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3554858 - Monitor Projects and Project Cost Report display different Actual Costs

Symptom

  • A difference in actual balance is observed in two project applications: Monitor Projects (App ID F3088) and Project Cost Report (App ID F2513).
  • The Actual Costs for the two reports are different.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Execute Monitor Projects for a project and check the Actual Cost.
  2. Execute Project Cost Report for the same project and check the Actual Cost.
  3. The Actual Costs for the two reports are different.

Cause

The discrepancy is due to the system design. Monitor Projects includes settlements in its calculation whereas Project Cost Report does not include settlements.

Resolution

  1. Monitor Projects includes settlements in its calculation whereas Project Cost Report does not include settlements.
  2. Check this by drilling down in Project Cost Report to Line Items (View Details) and changing the Include Settlements to Yes.
  3. The Actual Cost should match that reported in Monitor Projects.

See Also

Keywords

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, R&D / Engineering, Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management, Project Financials Control, Project Logistics Control, Monitor Projects, Project Cost Report, Actual Cost, Discrepancy, Settlements, F2513, F3088 , KBA , PPM-SCL-REP , Project Reporting (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions