Note: This is a follow up article from Test PS 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 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, Resource Planner Process and Background Resource Planning Process are all relevent for Resource Planning.
Additionally, we also have separate check boxes for Resource planning and Capacity Planning (in the end). Use the Resource Planning check box for steering the integration.

c) Make sure that the status profile for networks has a status STPL defined. This is done in SPRO transaction.

d) Basic Settings->Assign ERP Objects->Status->Assign Status - Here, map the abstract status START_PLAN to STPL.

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 netowrk and the resources also.

Step 6: Test all the scenarios of PS Resource planning process.

What have we tested?
With the above steps - we have validated following points:

• There are no errors in delivery customizing.

• The PS forward integration works (In the case of Resource Planning).

• The integration notes are working fine.

• The Order I created does not appear on the planning board - Check the 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.

For setting up the PS MRS Integration, the Step 0 to Step 4 will be same as given in article Set up Planning board in 15 minutes!
After this, the next steps would be:

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.