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3797639 - The behaviors for actual postings against activity type in "Review Customer Projects" - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Symptom

In the "Review Customer Projects" app, actuals for an activity type T* (SES Postings) are shown under an expense type (for example, E*) instead of the role, and the role’s Actual quantity displays 0.00 H.
At the same time, there are other actuals for the same activity type T* (SES Postings or Internal employee timesheet postings) that do appear under the correct role with an Actual quantity.
You’d like to understand why both behaviors occur.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Cause

  1. Direct timesheet postings against Activity Type T*:
    The timesheet entries for Activity Type T* are created against internal employee (BUP003).
    The corresponding CO documents are posted directly to these timesheet entries against the activity type T*.
    These postings are shown correctly under the role and Actual quantity in "Review Customer Projects" app.

  2. Procurement on project or unknown:
    The timesheet entries for Activity Type T* are created against contingent worker (BBP005).
    The contingent worker is procured in a purchase order with Account Assignment type P - Project or U - Unknown.
    In the purchase order, the Material T* is planned in the purchase order item.
    In this process, even though you create the timesheet against activity type T*, it only creates a service entry sheet, which post a goods receipt to the purchase order against the Material T* planned in purchase order item. 
    There is no additional CO activity allocation in the SES posting.
    As a result, the SES posting is against the Material T*, not Activity Type T*.
    If the Material Group for Material T* is not P001, and you have configured the G/L account under cost of the "Define Expenses", then the SES postings for T* will be shown as Expense type in "Review Customer Projects" app.

  3. Procurement on cost center:
    The timesheet entries for Activity Type T* are created against contingent worker (BBP005).
    The contingent worker is procured in a purchase order with Account Assignment type K - Cost Center.
    A material T* which equals to the planned role in the project resource planning is maintained in the PO item.
    When you post a timesheet entry against activity Type T*, a service entry sheet is created, which triggers a goods receipt for the selected purchase order item.
    An activity allocation is created in a same way as the time confirmation of an internal employee in item 1. 
    Material T* and Material Group are not relevant here.
    These SES postings will be shown correctly under the role and Actual quantity in "Review Customer Projects" app.

Resolution

Based on the current system behavior, the Material Group for T* is only supported as P001 for SES postings against Procurement on Project or Unknow.
To ensure all postings show under correct Role(Activity Type) in "Review Customer Projects", we recommend you set the Material for T* to P001.
We understand Material Group is not relevant to Procurement on Cost Center and timesheet on Internal Employee; this recommendation is specifically to align how postings display in "Review Customer Projects".

U* follows the same behavior.
At present, if you have configured the G/L account under cost of the "Define Expenses",  even U* with Material Group P003 for SES postings against Procurement on Project or Unknow cannot be shown as Additional Services or U* Services; it is only displayed as Expense type in "Review Customer Projects".
A fix to display U* with Material Group P003 for SES postings  against Procurement on Project or Unknow is planned on CE2702.
Note: This is the current planning and may be slightly changed by SAP at any time without notice.

See Also

External Contingent Workforce for Customer Projects

Keywords

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Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions