Change Network
Application component: Network and Activity
App type: SAP GUI
Description:   You can use an invoicing plan to plan dates when payments are due in your network. The invoicing plan thus performs the function of a credit-side time schedule containing detailed cost and payment information for:  General costs activities  Externally-processed activities  Non-stock material components  Planned costs and planned outgoing payments are updated from the invoicing plan. Note The system records payment data in the asynchronous network costing only.For more information, see Asynchronous Network Costing .  
Key features:   The invoicing plan also includes the following functions:  You can enter your own search term for each invoicing plan. The system uses the search term to build up an input help, making it easy for you to find existing invoicing plans to use as templates.  You can delete individual invoicing dates or the whole invoicing plan at any time.  You can copy dates from a template.  If you are working with templates, the dates from the template act as relative dates. This means that the invoicing data from the template must be adjusted to match the start date the system has determined for the activity or component (latest end or requirement date). In the case of general costs activities and externally processed activities, the "earliest finish" from the activity is taken as the start date. In the component, the system takes the requirements date as the start date. If the dates for the activities or components change, and this leads to a change in the start date for the invoicing plan, the system automatically adapts the dates in the invoicing plan. This also happens if you change the start date manually (exception: dates from milestones). The dates for the relevant activity or component in the network do not change. If you adapt the start date manually, the system does not automatically change the dates in the invoicing plan if the activity date or requirement date changes. See Creating Invoicing Plans   The system can generate items for milestones and automatically refresh them if the schedule changes, if you so stipulate in customizing.   See: Generating Dates from Milestones   If you have chosen partial billing by percentage as your invoicing rule, the system automatically adjusts the dates in the invoicing plan if any of the following changes:   Quantity or execution factor Price or pricing unit Currency Dates in the activity or component (if you work with templates and do not change the start date manually)  If automatic adjustment is not possible, the system draws your attention to the facility for adjusting the invoicing plan manually. In line with the invoicing rule, the planned costs are determined for the individual dates in the invoicing plan and recorded in the activity. Down payment dates have no cost effect and are not included in the calculation.  The same functions are available in the simulation versions. If you create a project with a template, the invoicing plan is also copied. Invoicing plans are also copied to simulation versions. The system uses each activity to determine the starting date.  
Business roles: Project Manager (CPM)
Project Manager (Commercial Project Management) : 
Manages execution of commercial projects ensuring scope, time, budget & client satisfaction.