General Presentation
The PS Application provides reports that shows the financial indicators are project level (WBS Element).
The Financial Indicators include :
- CASH Out (Capex and OTC
- Actual Costs (PEC - Capital Spend)
- Commitments
- Budget
- Planned costs
- Future costs
Access
Access to the "PS - Project Costs" Application has to be requested (See Getting an account).
Access is managed at 2 levels, which you will need to precise when requesting the access :
- Global Business Unit (GBU) - Note that this is the CLIENT GBU (Not the one responsible for the project, but the one receiving the benefits of the projet).
- Family of the WBS
Characteristics description (Common to all queries)
Table overview
| Characteristic | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
WBS/Project Master Data (CJ20N)
The "responsible" structure (GBU, Cost Center, CGU, BU)
- Global Business Unit Responsible of WBS
- Business Unit Responsible of WBS
- CGU Responsible of WBS
- Responsible Cost Center of WBS
- Profit Center of the WBS: This is the responsible profit center. It is NOT the profit center from the WBS found in CJ20N, but the profit center linked to the Responsible cost center
The responsible structure is all based on the Responsible Cost Center of the WBS. It corresponds to the organisation that is actually running the project. From the Responsible CC, BW determines the Profit center and then the CGU/BU/GBU structure from the standard hierarchy.
In addition, there are also 4 characteristics from the standard costt center hierarchy based on the Responsible Cost center :
- 1 Organisation of WBS
- 2 Function of WBS
- 3 Sub-Funct Grouping of WBS
- 4 Sub-Function of WBS
The WBS Family
*WBS Family : This is the family of the WBS found in the "Customer Enhancement" tab in RCS CJ20N. It corresponds to the professional family of the project.
WBS/Project Basic Data tab
- Requesting Cost center of the WBS : Req Cost Center from the WBS (Directly from CJ20N)
- Project Type: Classification of the project (used to differentiate investments vs non-invst
- Project Status : Not directly the system status from RCS, but a simplifed status based on it.
- Person Responsible of WBS : Person Respons. in CJ20N (in WBS)
- Person Responsible of Project : Person Respons in CJ20N (in project)
- Priority PS of WBS : Priority in CJ20N.
- Est. Auth. Date (Project) : Start date of the project (for project only)
WBS/Project Dates tab
WBS/Project Assignments tab
- Controlling Area of the WBS : CO area in CJ20N
- Company code
- Object Class of the WBS : Object Class in CJ20N*Plant
- Location of the WBS: Location in CJ20N
WBS User Fields tab
WBS/Project Administration tab
- Creation Date (Project) : Creation of the Project object in RCS
- Created By (WBS) : User that created the WBS object in RCS
Perimeter
Currently the WBP PS Application only contains data coming from the RCS System, so only the legal entities managed in WP1 SAP system will be included in this report.
Data update
The data is updated daily around ~4 am Paris Time.
Queries
All the queries for the PS Application can be found in the role "PS - Project Costs" (ZR_RCS_CA_M09) :
Here are the links to the detailed query documentations :
PS Frequenty Asked Questions
What does "PEC" stand for ?
"PEC" is the acronym for the french name "Prise En Charge", which translates into "Bearing of the costs". Meaning the Actual Costs of all goods/services received.
The "PEC" was used for Rhodia Legacy. It is replaced by the wording "Capital Spend".
What does "CAPEX" stand for?
CAPEX stands for Capital Expenditure. It is equal to the CASH (Out) when filtering on investments only.
What does "CASH" stand for ?
CASH is short for "Cash Out", meaning the amount that has been paid (or received for invoicing WBS). It includes both "CAPEX" (Investment Cash Out" and "OTC" (One Time Costs - Non-investment cash out).