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

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 :

• BW - Cumulated PEC & CASH (Core Query)|

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).