Clean Project Time Data in SAP
Why traditional CATS reporting is often insufficient
In many projects, time tracking in SAP is a necessary component—
but rarely a process that actually works.
Project managers often face the same challenges:
- Lack of an overview of times and statuses
- limited built-in reporting capabilities
- Different logic depending on the SAP object
- lack of comparability between internal and external costs
The result:
Time data is difficult to interpret, the number of follow-up questions is increasing, and project management is becoming unnecessarily time-consuming.
The crux of the matter: Time tracking doesn’t happen as part of the work process
What is often missing here:
- Background on the activity
- Consistent data capture logic across all objects
- Transparency regarding the current status
For project managers, this means:
a lot of coordination work, little clarity, and limited ability to analyze the data.
A new approach: Time tracking integrated into the workflow
Modern time tracking isn’t about the system—it’s about the work.
An integrated approach makes it possible to:
- Feedback directly from tasks and the work queue
- Take into account a consistent posting logic across PSPs, networks, internal orders, and related items
- enable flexible data collection (start/stop, manual, mobile)
- Create transparent reports with status and context
Benefits include:
Better data, fewer follow-up questions, and more reliable project decisions.
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Future of SAP Project Time Tracking: Internal Orders vs. WBS Elements
Our Interpretation
- Public Cloud: Internal orders are no longer available
- Private Cloud & On-Premise: Still supported, but no further development expected
- Strategically, WBS elements are becoming the standard
Orise Digital Recommendation
We recommend replacing CO internal orders with WBS elements in the near term to:
- align with SAP’s future direction
- reduce technical risks
- enable structured and scalable project management
Your Benefit with the Confirmation App
- Direct posting to WBS elements
- Automatically available in the worklist
- No additional customization or manual input required
This enables unified time tracking across all SAP objects (including WBS elements).
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Experience it live in a webinar We’ll show you exactly how this approach can be implemented in SAP during our on-demand webinar
Clean project times in SAP: A new approach to CATS confirmations
👉 Time tracking integrated into the workflow instead of post-processing
👉 Consistent feedback on all relevant SAP objects
👉 Greater transparency and improved analyzability
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Your Contact Person Lena-Marie Maier ·
Senior Consultant PS&PM
Rheinwaldstraße 38
78628 Rottweil
Tel.: 0741 17 44 16 600
E-Mail: marketing.DE-ROT@orise.com
