PPM Process Package
PPP Customizing Walkthrough
How to Customize
Creation Control
Creation - Results

Creation - Results

Disclaimer: Result Sets are predefined values, which will be filled into the according fields, when a Step (Customized via Creation - Forms or Creation - Graphics ) have a Result ID customized. If only one value is available in a set, the value is written directly into the given field. If multiple values are customized, a list will be shown in the PPP Creation Wizard to choose from.

All result steps should be first added to the tables CREATION_STEP, Creation Step and CREATION_RESULT_STEPS, Creation Result Steps. Furter customizing of the results is dependent on the particular option(s) which are described below.

Common customizing steps for all Result steps:

Creation Step table

Open your BRF+ Application and navigate to the expression table “Creation Step” (Technical Name: CREATION_STEP).

Disclaimer: You always need at least one Step Id with the value “0”. This Step will then always be the initial Step and can be either a Form or Graphical Step!

  • Step ID: Enter any ID for your Step. This is later used to define, which fields are shown for this Step and which Steps are before and after.

  • Creation Type: Choose FORM (F4 Help). This determines, which expression tables are used later on by PPP.

  • Title Text ID: Enter any Text ID (Used in “Translatable Texts”, Technical Name: TEXTS). The Text of the Text ID will be used as the Title of the Creation Step.

Creation Result Steps table

Open your BRF+ Application and navigate to the expression table “Creation Result Steps” (Technical Name: CREATION_RESULT_STEPS).

  • Step ID: Enter any ID for your Step.

  • Result ID: Enter any ID for your Result.

  • Next Step ID: Enter any STEP_ID from the expression table “Creation Step” (Technical Name: CREATION_STEP). This Step is then shown after completing the current Step.

  • Is Final Step: In case the step is the last one in the creation process set this field to true and it will finish the creation line.

When customizing the Creation Results further there are multiple options to choose from:

Option 1: Datasets

Open your BRF+ Application and navigate to the expression table “Creation Result Datasets” (Technical Name: CREATION_RESULT_DATASETS).

  • Result ID: Enter any ID for your Result.

  • Field ID: Enter the Field ID of the Field you want to be filled with the selected value. This Field ID has to exist in the “Basic Field Config” (Technical Name: BASIC_FIELDCONFIGURATION) expression table.

  • Value: Enter any Value you want to be filled into the Field with the given Field_ID.

  • Dataset Group ID: Enter any Dataset Group ID. This Dataset Group ID has to exist in the “Datasets Group” (Technical Name: DATASETS_GROUP) expression table.

Disclaimer: If different fields are customized for the same Result ID, multiple selection lists will be shown.


Make sure that the Dataset Group is added to decision table “Dataset Group” and the data there corresponds with the table “Creation Result Datasets”.

Option 2: Buckets

Open your BRF+ Application and navigate to the expression table “Creation Result Buckets” (Technical Name: CREATION_RESULT_BUCKETS).

  • Result ID: Enter any ID for your Result.

  • Bucket Group ID: Enter any Bucket Group ID. This Bucket Group ID has to exist in the “Bucket Group” (Technical Name: BUCKET_GROUP) expression table.

Example for the link between Result ID and Bucket Groups:

Now navigate to the expression table “Bucket Group” (Technical Name: BUCKET_GROUP).

  • Bucket Group ID: Enter any ID for your Bucket Group.

  • Bucket ID: Enter any Bucket ID from the standard PPM Customizing.

Example of Bucket Groups with the same Bucket ID assigned:

Option 3: Item Types

Open your BRF+ Application and navigate to the expression table “Creation Result Item Types” (Technical Name: CREATION_RESULT_ITEM_TYPES).

  • Result ID: Enter any ID for your Result.

  • Item Type Group ID: Enter any Item Type Group ID. This Item Type Group ID has to exist in the “Item Type Group” (Technical Name: ITEM_TYPE_GROUP) expression table.

Example for the link between Result ID and Item Type Groups:

Now navigate to the expression table “Item Type Group” (Technical Name: ITEM_TYPE_GROUP).

  • Item Type Group ID: Enter any ID for your Item Type Group.

  • Item Type: Enter any Item Type from the standard PPM Customizing.

Example of Item Type Groups with the different Item Types assigned:

Option 4: Project Templates

Open your BRF+ Application and navigate to the expression table “Creation Result Project Templates” (Technical Name: CREATION_RESULT_PROJECT_TEMPLA).

  • Result ID: Enter any ID for your Result.

  • Project Temp. Grp. ID: Enter any Project Temp. Grp. ID. This Project Temp. Grp. ID has to exist in the “Project Template Group” (Technical Name: PROJECT_TEMPLATE_GROUP) expression table.


Now navigate to the expression table “Project Template Group” (Technical Name: PROJECT_TEMPLATE_GROUP).

  • Project Template Group ID: Enter any ID for your Project Template Group.

  • Project Template ID: Enter any Project Template from the standard PPM Customizing.

Option 5: Project Types

Open your BRF+ Application and navigate to the expression table “Creation Result Project Types” (Technical Name: CREATION_RESULT_PROJECT_TYPES).

  • Result ID: Enter any ID for your Result.

  • Project Type Group ID: Enter any Project Type Group ID. This Project Type Group ID has to exist in the “Project Type Group” (Technical Name: PROJECT_TYPE_GROUP) expression table.


Now navigate to the expression table “Project Type Group” (Technical Name: PROJECT_TYPE_GROUP).

  • Project Type Grp. ID: Enter any ID for your Project Type Group.

  • Project Type: Enter any Project Type from the standard PPM Customizing.

Additional options for projects

Decision table named CREATION_RESULTS_PROJECT is designed to configure specific behaviors or options associated with project creation in PPP. his table acts as a configuration tool to control which options are available during project creation. By maintaining values in the appropriate columns, administrators can enable or disable features such as copying from existing templates or creating entirely blank projects.

  • Result ID

    • Serves as the key or identifier for each configuration.
    • Example: =R1 is a specific result ID used in this table.

  • Allow DPO Copy

    • Enabling this option allows Real Projects selections to appear during project creation.
    • These options allow users to copy an existing project as a starting point, essentially functioning like a template.

  • Blank Creation Label Text ID (previously “Allow Blank Creation”)

    • When a value (e.g., BLANK_CREATION) is maintained in this column, it enables an additional selection option for Blank Projects during project creation.

      • A Blank Project means:

        • The project will be created without using any predefined Project Template or Project Type.
        • Users can select this option if they wish to start from scratch without inheriting any predefined settings.

See Also

Keywords

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