Close Activity
Explanation
Perform this activity to set the selected project activity to the Closed
status. Once an activity is in Closed status, it can only be demoted to
the
Completed status.
The Actual Finish date is set to the Early Finish date if Actual Finish has
not been set manually.
Note: You are able to to check for any incomplete work on the activity before
closing the activity. This is done in the Unfinished Activity Work
window.
Prerequisites
- The activity should be in either Released or Completed status.
- All work needs to be completed on the activity.
Refer to the activity
Generate Unfinished Activity Work Items to get more information on the work that needs to be finished to be able to close the activity.
System Effects
- The activity
is in the Closed status.
- No more cost,
revenue or hours can be registered on the activity.
- Vouchers
cannot be created from any related
transactions.
- The closed
date is set to the current date.
-
If the activity belongs to a project PNG, it will be
removed from the PNG and will no longer appear in the
PPSAs Within PNG
tab.
-
Actual Finish date is set to Early Finish if Actual Finish has not been set
manually.
Window
Activities
Project Navigator/Activity List
Project Navigator/Activity
Unfinished Activity Work
Related Window Descriptions
Activities
Project Navigator/Activity List
Project Navigator/Activity
Unfinished Activity Work
Procedure
- Open the Activities window and query for the
required activity that needs to be closed. You can perform this activity in the Project Navigator/Activity List
or the Project Navigator/Activity
tab as well.
- Right-click and then click the Close menu option.