MRS HR Integration Part1

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Sidebar
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MRS (Multi Resource Scheduling) in SAP
… 1 MRS is one of the critical area of SAP where hardly any consultant available.
In this post I have tried to explain end to end step for implementation of SAP
… 1 MRS and also guide you to integrate with SAP PS and HR module.
MRS (Multi Reso… 24 Introduction
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Introduction to MRS
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Multi Resource Scheduling (MRS) is a solution for resource management in

… 3 the service and in the project business With Multi Resource Scheduling you
are able to visualize your service planning status and assign requests to your
service staff and tools using an intuitive graphical planning board.
Main Features of MRS:
Get an overview of your current planning status; including scheduled

requests, resource utilization and open work lists
Use a graphical planning board, supported by an alert monitor, to
interactively dispatch open service requests to your available resources
Use an optimization engine to automatically create an optimized
schedule
Take advantage of analytics to:
Determine your overall request status
Understand your resource utilization
Support your field service efficiency:
Reduce commute times by integrating Geographical Information Systems
(GIS)
Make use of mobile connectivity to update the requests for your field
service personnel
MRS 700 – Introduction
A new release of MRS (MRS 700) is available since November 2009.
Some main functions and features of this release are:
1. Additional deployment options like:

This is achieved by decoupling the old Add on into two: Add on for
Netweaver and Add on for ECC.
The NW add on can be installed on any Netweaver platform.
The ERP Add on can be installed only on ECC 6.0 and required
MRS Netweaver Add on as prerequisite.
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2. Integration with CRM Service Orders

MRS 700 can be integrated to CRM Service orders.
MRS 700 Netweaver Add on can be deployed on a CRM instance
also
3. Support of Multi Back end demand systems
… 10 Demands from multiple PM/CS systems can be integrated into one
instance of MRS
… 1 4. Support of HR Qualifications from c-Pro

In addition to MRS qualifications, the HR qualifications can also be
used in c-Projects Planning Scenario
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5. Enhancements in MRS Optimizer
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Optimizer provides new logging feature
MRS (Multi Reso…
Optimizer provides functions to schedule optimization from outside
the planning board too.
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Configuration Guide
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Configuration guide to MRS
1 Basic Settings
a. Status
Why do we really need an abstract status?
In SAP, all the statuses are 4 Character statuses and these are language
dependent. Moreover, this 4 character status can be customized also. The
system statuses are delivered by SAP and the user statuses are customized
at each customer location.
So, a status that represents 'Work has started' for an assignment could be
customized differently at each customer location. I can call it STRT and you
can call it BEGN.
If in MRS we were to code some logic that depends on statuses, then it would
be big mess if we coded based on the 4 character statuses STRT or BEGN
(because they would be different for different customers). So inside MRS we
use "Abstract status" which can be mapped to the concrete statuses.
Thus the MRS code always depends upon the abstract status and on the UI,
we always continue to show the 4 character concrete statuses (because this
is what is shown in all other SAP applications and users are comfortable with
this)
In this customizing step, there are mainly 2 settings to be maintained.
1. Define Abstract Status
Define abstract statuses for e.g. Work_Started.
2. Assign Status
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Map this status to a concrete 4 character status like STRT or BEGN.
Important points to note:
You can assign exactly one abstract status to a concrete status. However, an
abstract status can be mapped to multiple concrete statuses.
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b. Define RP Node and Evaluation paths
… 1 In this customizing node you will define the object type the system will use as
Resource planning node and the related evaluation paths.
… 1 Here, I will explain the R/3 Scenario (because I have no experience of other
scenarios ).
MRS (Multi Reso… 24

The object type: The object type used as 'Resource planning node'. It can be
O, 9O, A or anything else that customer likes.
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3
Resource planner and Contact persons: Define here the object type used
…
to identify a Resource Planner and Contact Person. You can chose between
P(Person) or US(User). If you specify Person, the system retrieves the
contact data for the resource planners from the HR master record. If you
specify User, the system retrieves the contact data for the resource planner
from the user master record.
Evaluation paths for Authorizations: Specify the evaluation paths that

should be used for evaluating the user authorizations. Here, from the user the
system will identify the Org units using these evaluation paths. The resulting
org units are the ones for which the user is authorized. These evaluation
paths are used only if in the basic settings you have activated "Authorization
check based on Evaluation paths".
Evaluation path for resources: This evaluation path is used to determine

the resources from a resource planning node. So when you double click on an
org unit in planning board, the resources are fetched based on this evaluation
path.
Evaluation path for Resource planner and contact person: This

evaluation path is used to determine the Resource planner and contact
person of a Resource planning node. In the resource planning scenario for
project business, we enter the Org unit number in network header customer
enhancement tab. At that point, this evaluation path is used to determine the
names and details of contact person and resource planners.
EP: Resource planning node to Resources: The name here is slightly

confusing. This evaluation path is used to determine the resource planning
nodes to which a person is attached. This is used at the time of authorization
checks. For a person, this evaluation path will find the planning nodes to
which this person is attached. If the resource planner is not authorized to plan
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these planning nodes, then he cannot create / change the assignment or time
allocations for this resource.
Eval Path for higher level RP nodes: This evaluation path is used to find the
parent org units for a given org unit. This is used at many places. For instance
during the authorization checks also to determine if the planner is authorized
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for higher org units.
… 1 EP: Dir assigned RP Node for Resource planner: As the name suggests,
this evaluation path will get the directly assigned resource planning node for a
… 1 resource planner. This is used in transaction /MRSS/PLBOTIME to find the
RP Node for the current user. It is also used in the lean planning board
transactions.
EP: Dir assigned RP Node for contact person: As the name suggests, this
… 1
evaluation path will get the directly assigned resource planning node for a
contact person. This is used in the transaction /MRSS/RAP_CP.
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Log. Work center to RP Node: This evaluation path is used to find the work
center connected to a Resource planning node. This EP is used to determine
the work center during the back integration. For example if you change the
assignment to planning node for a demand in planning board, the appropriate
work center must be written back.
RP Node to work center: This evaluation path is used to find the Resource
planning node from a given work center. This EP is used in the forwards
integration of PM/CS and PS demands. Here, from the work center of the
activity or operation the system determined the planning node and assigns
the demand to that planning node.
Work center to higher level RP Node: This evaluation path is used to

determine the work centers for a selected and higher level resource planning
nodes. This evaluation path is used in the search help of work centers. The
search help shows the complete resource planning node hierarchy and the
work centers under that.
Person to Work center: This evaluation path will find the persons attached to
a work center. This EP is used during the automatic assignment creation to
determine the resources from a work center.
Work center to Person: This evaluation path finds the work center for a
person. The system uses this EP during the back integration to determine the
technician work center of the resource.
2 Customize MRS Basis
a. Time Allocation Types
Time Allocation types are defined in the customizing node MRS Basis->Define
Time Allocation Types.
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To know about what are time allocations, read the page Time Allocation.
Here, you define the types of individual time allocations and determine the
parameters required to calculate the time availability of a resource. The time
availability of a resource is calculated using the sum of all time allocations (for
example, Monday to Thursday from 8:00 to 18:00 and Friday from 8:00 to
… 10 14:00).
Each assignment can have a specific type, such as WORK for working time,
… 1
ILL for illness, and so on. You can assign the following attributes to each time
allocation type:
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· "Available" or "Not available"
· A standard priority
… 1 · An exception indicator for the time allocation that specifies that this
time allocation type does not form part of basic availability
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(normal working times)
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Example
You define a time allocation type for illness. You define a time allocation type
"ILL" for the absence type illness. Since a resource is not available when ill,
you assign the availability 0. You then define the standard priority of this
absence.
You have defined a value range from (-64) to 64 for your priorities, where
(-64) is the lowest priority and 64 the highest. Since employees are never
available when they are ill, you assign the time allocation type the priority 64.
Since ILL does not form part of the "normal" working times, you mark it as an
exceptional time allocation type.
You then enter "ILL" as the short text and "ILLNESS" as the long text.
b. Assign Time Allocation Types to Resource Types/ Time allocation

Type for Tools
The time allocation types defined in the previous step must be assigned to
resource types. Then only they can be used in Planning board.
Activities to be performed are:
Choose a resource type

Navigate to 'Assign Time allocation types' by double clicking
Enter the time allocation types manually or select then from F4 list
Save your work
Note: The resource types 00(Human Resource), 01(Tool Resource) and

99(Team Resource) are delivered by SAP and must not be changed.
Define Time Allocation Type for Tools
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You also have to specify a time allocation type with which the availabilities of
the tool are to be created in MRS Basis. This time allocation type is required
when the tool is used for the first time.
Example: AVAIL. This time allocation type must have availability type '1-
Available' and exception indicator set to space.
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Functions and Features
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Adding customer specific alerts in MRS 610
… 1 The MRS solution provides you the architecture to create your own alerts
based on custom code and view them in alert monitor in planning board.

It is very easy to do this. Before you proceed from here, it is expected that you
must read the IMG Node documentation of following nodes:
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Set Up Scheduler Workplace -> Workplace Profiles -> Check Profile ->
Define Classes for Performing the Checks
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Set Up Scheduler Workplace -> Workplace Profiles -> Check Profile ->
Define Check Profiles
Set Up Scheduler Workplace -> Workplace Profiles -> Alert Profile ->
Define Alert Types
Set Up Scheduler Workplace -> Workplace Profiles -> Alert Profile
->Define Alert Profiles
After reading the above mentioned documentation you need to do the

following:
Step 0: Create a new message type in SE91. This will be the message that
appears in the alert monitor.
Step 1: Create a new check class. Let's call it ZCL_MY_CHECKS. This class
must implement the interface /MRSS/IF_SGE_CHECK. Here you need to
define all 4 methods of this interface.
CHECK_PERFORM : This method is called when the planning board is

launched. This method imports all the data from the planning board and this
data can be used to create alerts.
INITIALIZE : This method is called at the initialization of the planning board.

Here you can populate some global variables etc. This method will import the
reference of Alerts, Resource manager, Work list and Clocking interface.
These references will be used to get the global buffered data of MRS
application.
IS_TIME_DEPENDENT : This method is called to check if a particular check

class is time dependent or not. Here, you just have to return the RETURNING
flag as 'X' or ' '. If 'X' is returned then it means that the checks in this class will
be called at a periodic interval of time. It is useful if you have certain checks
that depend on time. So these checks have to be carried out at a regular
interval of time.
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CHECK_PERFORM_CHANGE : This method is called whenever a object

(assignment, demand, time allocation etc) is changed in MRS engine. This
method imports the changed data object of type :
/MRSS/CL_SGE_DATA_CHANGED. Here, to identify if an assignment was
changed or demand was changed, you can use the attribute
GV_OBJECT_TYPE of this changed object.
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Note: This class /MRSS/CL_SGE_DATA_CHANGED is abstract and is
… 1 inherited by many classes. Based on the type of object changed, you can
typecast it to the specific class and then use the attributes of the inherited
classes.
… 1
Step 2: When implementing the methods in your class ZCL_MY_CHECKS you

MRS (Multi Reso… 24 need to write your check code in CHECK_PERFORM and
CHECK_PERFORM_CHANGE.
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Here, first you need to collect all your alerts in one internal table. The type of
internal table must be: /MRSS/T_ALERTDATA_TAB. Here you will fill the table
… 3 with the message created in Step 0 above.
Alert components and types: When creating alerts you need to provide the
component type and guide. The component is the object for which alerts is
created. For e.g. if I create a alert for resource unavailability, then the
component type will be 'D' for resource and the component guide will be
resource guide. Also, we can populate additional components for an alert
message. For e.g. in this case I can populate the Assignment guide and
Demand guide in additional components. This is populated in structure:
/MRSS/T_ALERTDATA.
The methods of object for alerts (imported in INITIALIZE method above) must
be used to create, modify, delete alerts. Check the methods provided by
interface: /MRSS/IF_SGA_ALERT_INT.
In your coding, you should only call the methods of this interface to create or
modify alerts.
Step 3 - Customization:
Add you class to list of check classes. This will be done in: Set Up
Scheduler Workplace -> Workplace Profiles -> Check Profile -> Define
Classes for Performing the Checks. When you do this, your class will
also be called when ever checks for alerts are called.
Add your check class in your check profile. This check profile is in turn
linked to the planning board profile. This is done in: Set Up Scheduler
Workplace -> Workplace Profiles -> Check Profile -> Define Check
Profiles
Define your new alert type in customizing : Set Up Scheduler Workplace
-> Workplace Profiles -> Alert Profile -> Define Alert Types
Define your new alert message number in your alert profile. This is done
in customizing: Set Up Scheduler Workplace -> Workplace Profiles ->
Alert Profile ->Define Alert Profiles
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That's all. Then launch your planning board and your checks and alerts are
active.
Planning board
1 Optimizer
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The optimization function in MRS enables the scheduler to create optimized
schedule for their technicians. The strategies of optimizer can be configured.
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Thus the optimizer can be used to create schedules such that: Travel time is
minimum OR Utilization of resources is maximum OR Overtime for
… 1 technicians is minimum OR any other strategy which is suitable for the
customer.
The Relevant data for Optimizer:
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Technician: The availability information of the technician. His working times,
breaks etc. The starting location of the technician and his qualifications.
… 3 Orders: The location of the customer (address), the time window where the
operation can be executed, the required qualifications to complete the task.
The optimizer takes this data from MRS and will propose an optimized
schedule which will result in minimum cost.
How does Optimizer work?

The optimizer will find all the possible solutions for a given situation. It will
then calculate the cost associated to each solution and will then propose a
solution with the minimum cost. The "cost" here represents an abstract cost
parameter. For e.g. the cost of travel per KM can be 10 units. Thus if a
technician travels for 5 KMs the cost of travel is 50 Units.
Important configuration before using Optimizer:
· Define Travel Times settings
· Define Optimizer settings
2 Utilization Report in MRS
The Utilization report in MRS show the utilization of a Single Org unit, a
Resource, or a group of Org units.
This report can be launched separately as a new transaction or directly from

the planning board. To Launch the Utilization report directly from the planning
board, the customizing for transaction jumps must be maintained. For details
check: Customizing of UI Profile.
To view the utilization of a single resource, right click on the resource box in
the MRS Planning board grant and select the option: "Resource Utilization".
The utilization report makes use of bar chart control to show the utilization
values in form of Bars, Area, Lines etc. Some salient features of this report
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are:
Utilization in absolute and percentage value

Utilization of hard booked and soft booked resources
View data in granularity of Days, Weeks, 4 weeks, 12 weeks etc.
Compare the utilization of different org units
… 10 Visualize graphs in 2D, 3D, horizontal and vertical bars.
Visualize the utilization in Single view and group view.
… 1
The transaction to launch the utilization report is: /MRSS/UTILREP
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3 Test Work Center scheduling functionalities
MRS is also capable of Work Center Scheduling or Capacity Planning. This
feature is available from SP03 release onwards.
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Before you kick start to test the work center scheduling functions, please
… 3 make sure that all the steps described in Set up Planning board in 15 minutes! are
completed. After that follow the below steps:
Step 1: Define the duration of work center breaks in MRS customizing. This is
defined in: Set Up Scheduler Workplace->Define Breaks for Work Centers.
Note: This is an optional customizing.
Step 2: Run the work center transfer report /MRSS/SGE_PN_MNT. Enter the
work centers that you want to transfer.
Step 3: Create new PM/CS Orders or PS Networks (capacity planning
relevant) and save them. Maintain some relationships also between different
operations / activities.
Step 4: Launch the planning board with transaction /MRSS/PLBOSRV with the
orders that you have created in previous step. Switch to Demand Planning
layout from the Planning board menu to see the work center capacity
information.
Here, you should see that the work center capacity and dispatching
information is shown on the planning board.
Step 5: Move any of the operations ahead in time. Trigger scheduling for the
Order.
Check that other related operations should also move accordingly. Also, the
capacity of the work center must be calculated accordingly.
What have we tested?

With the above steps - we have validated following points:
The Planning board functions normally without major errors.

The Work center integration is working fine.
The capacity calculations are working fine.
The scheduling functionality works as expected.
Troubleshooting:
The work center cannot be seen on the planning board - Check that you
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have successfully transferred the work center as described in step 2.

The capacity utilization of the work center is shown incorrectly for the old
order - Save the order again and then relaunch the planning board. It
should work fine. If you still get problems - raise a flag!
4 Set up Planning board in 15 minutes!

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You have just installed MRS on your ERP system and now you want to kick
start your planning with MRS. It is easy and basic tests can be done in just 15
… 1
minutes !
… 1 Step 0: Check if the system is ready for tests. Check the following points. If
one or more checks fail - write a mail to the system administrator and get it
24 resolved before proceeding for testing.
MRS (Multi Reso…
Check in table T000 if the logical system for the defined for the testing
… 1 client.
Check that the system is open for customizing changes and correction
… 3 changes.
If the testing client is not delivery client (000) then make sure that the
delivery customizing is imported before you proceed.
Step 1: Make sure that you have employees created in your SAP HR system
and make sure that the work schedule is created.
Step 2: In transaction PPOME check that the resources are assigned to the
org units (positions).
Step 3: Customize settings in MRS (transaction /MRSS/IMG). Note: Maintain
only the settings described here. Do not maintain / change any other MRS
customizing. This will be a test to check if the delivery customizing is
maintained correctly or not!
a) HR Integration->Configure Settings for HR Integration - Define the work

and work break entries here. The entry should look like this:
Mapping HR Time data to MRS Time allocations
b) MRS Basis->Define Time Allocation Types - Define the time allocation

types WORK and WORK_BREAK here. The entries should look like this:
Maintain time allocation type
c) MRS Basis->Assign Time Allocation Types to Resource Types - Assign the

time allocation types to the Human resources
d) Sources of Demand->Orders->Define resource planning relevance for

PM/CS orders - Define the Order integration here.
e) Basic Settings->Assign ERP Objects->Assign Work Center Types - Assign

the work center category (Of the work center to be created in step 6) to
WCPN (WC for Planning node). This is required so that during the forward
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integration, the linked Org unit for a work center can be found.
Step 4: Run the availability transfer report /MRSS/HCM_RPTWFMIF for the

resources.
Step 5: Implement the note 1380802 (if you are running MRS 700) for PM/CS
integration. Make sure that no manual corrections are required. The note
… 10 implementation should be automatic.
Note: If you are running MRS 610 use note: 1135513 instead of 1380802.
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Step 6: Check that in CR03, the work center (that you plan to use) has the
HRMS link to the org units.
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Step 7: Create a sample order from transaction IW31 and save. If you want to
integrate the existing orders, then just open and save the order again.
MRS (Multi Reso… 24 Step 8: Launch planning board via transaction /MRSS/PLBOORG. You should
see the resources and their working times transferred. You should also see
1 the sample order created in Step 7. Drag and drop the demand on the
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resource. The assignment must be created.
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With the above 15 minute test - we have validated following points:
The minimum required customizing is maintained correctly.

The MRS integration works
The resource availability is transferred correctly.
Troubleshooting:
The Order I created does not appear on the planning board - Check the
customizing in step 3-d. Confirm the note in step 5 has been correctly
implemented. Check that the work center is correctly created as
described in step 6. If you still don't get the order... raise a flag!
I can see the resources in planning board but the work timings are weird -
Check your customizing in steps 3-a, 3-b and 3-c. If necessary, delete the
resource data using the same report and run the availability transfer
report once again after correcting the customizing. If you still don't see
the correct data... raise a flag!
5 Test PS Integration of MRS
For setting up the PS MRS Integration, the Step 0 to Step 4 you can contact
me.
Step 5: Implement the note 1135512 for PS integration. This note has
automatic corrections as well as manual steps to be followed.
For the time being, just skip all the manual steps. Only follow the automatic
corrections. Thus we will test the work center planning integration (Integration
based on Work centers). Later on we will implement the manual steps also
and we will thus activate the resource planning integration.
Step 6: Check that in CR03, the work center (that you plan to use) has the
HRMS link to the org units.
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Step 7: Define PS Integration relevant customizing in MRS:

a) Sources of Demand->Networks (Projects and WBS Elements)->Control
Integration of Projects and WBS Elements in MRS - Here define if you want to
integrate Projects and WBS elements or not.
b) Sources of Demand->Networks (Projects and WBS Elements)->Define
resource planning relevance for networks - Here define if the network
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activities are relevant for MRS integration or not.
Note: In the Process variant field, the entries: Contact Person Process,
… 1 Resource Planner Process and Background Resource Planning Process are
all relevant for Resource Planning. They are NOT relevant for work center
… 1 planning.
Hence for the time being, always select Not Relevant for Resource Planning.
Additionally, we also have separate check boxes for Resource planning and
Capacity Planning (in the end). For the time being use only Capacity Planning
check box for steering the integration.
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Step 8: Create a Project, WBS Elements, Networks, Activities, Activity

… 3 elements and relationships between them. Save the Project in CJ20N.
Step 9: Launch the planning board via transaction /MRSS/PLBOSRV. Here
you should see the complete project hierarchy that you have created in step
8.

The minimum required customizing is maintained correctly.

The MRS Integration works
The work center and other configuration is maintained correctly.
The integration notes are implemented correctly.
Troubleshooting:
customizing in step 7. Confirm the note in step 5 has been correctly
implemented. If you still don't get the order... raise a flag!
6 Test PS Resource Planning Integration of MRS
After testing the PS Integration for work center planning, it is not time to test
the PS integration for Resource Planning. After you have successfully
completed the previous steps, follow the below steps now:
Step 1: Implement the note 1135512 for PS integration. This time, you have to
implement only the manual steps given in the note. Follow all the steps given
in the long text of the note.
Important: If you have note implemented the automatic corrections yet, please
implement them also.
Step 2: Define PS Integration relevant customizing in MRS:

a) Sources of Demand->Networks (Projects and WBS Elements)->Control
Integration of Projects and WBS Elements in MRS - Here define if you want to
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integrate Projects and WBS elements or not.
b) Sources of Demand->Networks (Projects and WBS Elements)->Define

resource planning relevance for networks - Here define if the network
activities are relevant for MRS integration or not.
Note: In the Process variant field, the entries: Contact Person Process,
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Resource Planner Process and Background Resource Planning Process are
all relevant for Resource Planning.
… 1 Additionally, we also have separate check boxes for Resource planning and
Capacity Planning (in the end). Use the Resource Planning check box for
… 1 steering the integration.
c) Make sure that the status profile for networks has a status STPL defined.
This is done in SPRO transaction.
… 1
d) Basic Settings->Assign ERP Objects->Status->Assign Status - Here, map
the abstract status START_PLAN to STPL.
… 3
Step 3: Create a Contact Person and Resource Planner for the Organizational
units that you want to use. This can be done in transaction PPOME.
Step 4: Create a Project, WBS Elements, Networks, Activities, Save the

Project in CJ20N.
Note: Now you should see an additional tab in the network header and
network activity screens named 'Customer Enhancement tab'. This tab is of
the most relevance for MRS integration.
Set the flag Start of Planning in network activity screen and save the network.
Step 5: Launch the planning board for your selected org unit. Here you should
see your network and the resources also.
Step 6: Test all the scenarios of PS Resource planning process.

There are no errors in delivery customizing.

The PS forward integration works (In the case of Resource Planning).
The integration notes are working fine.
Troubleshooting:
customizing in step 2. Confirm the note in step 1 has been correctly
implemented. If you still don't get the order... raise a flag!
The 'Start of Planning Flag' is cleared automatically - Check the status
customizing in step 2. Pay special attention to the status language in
customizing.
7 Test Work Center scheduling functions
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MRS is also capable of Work Center Scheduling or Capacity Planning. This

feature is available from SP03 release onwards.
Before you kick start to test the work center scheduling functions. After that
follow the below steps:
Step 1: Define the duration of work center breaks in MRS customizing. This is
… 10
defined in: Set Up Scheduler Workplace->Define Breaks for Work Centers.
Note: This is an optional customizing.
… 1 Step 2: Run the work center transfer report /MRSS/SGE_PN_MNT. Enter the
work centers that you want to transfer.
… 1 Step 3: Create new PM/CS Orders or PS Networks (capacity planning
relevant) and save them. Maintain some relationships also between different
operations / activities.
Step 4: Launch the planning board with transaction /MRSS/PLBOSRV with the
orders that you have created in previous step. Switch to Demand Planning
… 1
layout from the Planning board menu to see the work center capacity
information.
… 3 Here, you should see that the work center capacity and dispatching
information is shown on the planning board.
Step 5: Move any of the operations ahead in time. Trigger scheduling for the
Order.
Check that other related operations should also move accordingly. Also, the
capacity of the work center must be calculated accordingly.

The Planning board functions normally without major errors.

The Work center integration is working fine.
The capacity calculations are working fine.
The scheduling functionality works as expected.
Troubleshooting:
The work center cannot be seen on the planning board - Check that you
have successfully transferred the work center as described in step 2.
The capacity utilization of the work center is shown incorrectly for the old
order - Save the order again and then relaunch the planning board. It
should work fine. If you still get problems - raise a flag!
MRS Tutorials
1 Work Center Planning in MRS
It is also possible to do work center planning (also referred as rough cut

scheduling) in MRS. This function is available since MRS 610 SP03 release.
The important functions of MRS rough cut scheduling are:
Visualize the capacity (utilization) at the work center level

Drag and drop operations to schedule them
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Undo-Redo function available - Simulate your results and finally save

them
Drag and Drop dispatching at resource level (create assignments)
In order to use this function, you must first transfer the work center to MRS.
This is done by executing the report: /MRSS/SGE_PN_MNT.
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2 Travel times in MRS 610
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The current version of MRS - MRS 610 is equipped with lot of new features.
You can now visualize the travel time for your technicians if they are traveling
… 1 to a customer location to complete the work.
MRS can also calculate travel times automatically.

3 Screen Layouts in MRS
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For e.g. you can customize a layout to show only the resource gantt and the
item work list, OR you could customize a layout to show only the DPD
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(Demand planning and dispatching) Gantt.
You can switch between different layouts easily and you can also default a
layout in your user settings.
4 Create Assignments in MRS
You can create assignments via drag-drop or by drawing on the Gantt chart.
You can also move them. You can undo and redo your work multiple times
and then finally save your work.
Enhancements in MRS
In this section, you can find how to enhance SAP solution MRS to cater to
your custom needs.
This section will explain about the MRS BADIs and enhancements, how they
can be implemented and in which scenarios which Badi needs to be
implemented.
Change the sort sequence of resources in Planning board
Lot of customers wonder if they can change the sequence of the resources in
Planning board. The standard planning board by default sorts the resources
based on their name.
However, if you wish to change the sort sequence, then you can do so. There
is no customizing option to do that, but a BADI is available that can be used to
change the sorting sequence.
Implement the BAdi: /MRSS/SGU_SORT_RESOURCES_SEQU

(Enhancement spot: /MRSS/SGU_ES_SORT_RESOURCES).
This BAdi provides a method SORT_RESOURCE_SEQUENCE that will
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import a list of resource and its data. You can then change the sequence and
export the resources back with new sort order.
In this method all the necessary information like: Resource Guide, Name,
Org unit information is available. Based on these details, customers can
decide their sort sequence.
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MRS (Multi Reso… 24 Introduction

Multi Resource Scheduling (MRS) is a solution for resource management in

Main Features of MRS:

Get an overview of your current planning status; including scheduled

MRS 700 – Introduction

A new release of MRS (MRS 700) is available since November 2009.

Some main functions and features of this release are:

1. Additional deployment options like:

2. Integration with CRM Service Orders

… 1 4. Support of HR Qualifications from c-Pro

Why do we really need an abstract status?

In this customizing step, there are mainly 2 settings to be maintained.

1. Define Abstract Status

Define abstract statuses for e.g. Work_Started.

Map this status to a concrete 4 character status like STRT or BEGN.

Important points to note:

MRS (Multi Reso… 24

Evaluation paths for Authorizations: Specify the evaluation paths that

Evaluation path for resources: This evaluation path is used to determine

Evaluation path for Resource planner and contact person: This

EP: Resource planning node to Resources: The name here is slightly

Work center to higher level RP Node: This evaluation path is used to

2 Customize MRS Basis

a. Time Allocation Types

b. Assign Time Allocation Types to Resource Types/ Time allocation

Activities to be performed are:

Choose a resource type

Note: The resource types 00(Human Resource), 01(Tool Resource) and

Define Time Allocation Type for Tools

MRS (Multi Reso… 24

After reading the above mentioned documentation you need to do the

CHECK_PERFORM : This method is called when the planning board is

INITIALIZE : This method is called at the initialization of the planning board.

IS_TIME_DEPENDENT : This method is called to check if a particular check

CHECK_PERFORM_CHANGE : This method is called whenever a object

Step 2: When implementing the methods in your class ZCL_MY_CHECKS you

How does Optimizer work?

Important configuration before using Optimizer:

· Define Travel Times settings

· Define Optimizer settings

2 Utilization Report in MRS

This report can be launched separately as a new transaction or directly from

Utilization in absolute and percentage value

What have we tested?

The Planning board functions normally without major errors.

have successfully transferred the work center as described in step 2.

4 Set up Planning board in 15 minutes!

a) HR Integration->Configure Settings for HR Integration - Define the work

Mapping HR Time data to MRS Time allocations

b) MRS Basis->Define Time Allocation Types - Define the time allocation

Maintain time allocation type

c) MRS Basis->Assign Time Allocation Types to Resource Types - Assign the

d) Sources of Demand->Orders->Define resource planning relevance for

e) Basic Settings->Assign ERP Objects->Assign Work Center Types - Assign

Step 4: Run the availability transfer report /MRSS/HCM_RPTWFMIF for the

The minimum required customizing is maintained correctly.

5 Test PS Integration of MRS

Step 7: Define PS Integration relevant customizing in MRS:

Step 8: Create a Project, WBS Elements, Networks, Activities, Activity

What have we tested?

The minimum required customizing is maintained correctly.

6 Test PS Resource Planning Integration of MRS

Step 2: Define PS Integration relevant customizing in MRS: