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1830864 - How to set up the Substitute for a Project

Symptom

You want to set a substitute for a Project that you are responsible.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

You added a Employee substitution for your user but the employee cannot see any project in the work list.

Cause

Employee substitution for your user will only be responsible for receiving the Task assigned to the original user. Substituted employee user will not be responsible for Project activity.

Resolution

To assign the substituted user as a employee responsible, follow the below steps :

  1. Go to work center Project Management.
  2. Go to view Projects.
  3. Select the concerned Project from OWL.
  4. Click on button Edit.
  5. Navigate to Team and Staffing tab.
  6. Maintain Project screen opens.
  7. Click on button Add Row and add the user in column Team Member.
  8. Select the user as substitute by selecting the check box Substitute.
  9. Maintain the Start and Finish date for substitution.
  10. Click on button Save to retain the changes.

If you maintain an employee as a substitute by following the above steps , then only your substitute will be able to work on the project.

Keywords

Substitute; Project; Employee; Task , KBA , AP-PRO , Project Processing , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions