Project and Portfolio Management

Change Person ID MOD000365

Access

  • PM Administration → Master DataUsers, Roles, ResourcesPersons → Click on the data record of the desired person and select the context menu command Change Person IDChange Person ID (movable module window at the bottom of the panel)

Information

  • In this module, person IDs can be changed system wide. This will also change that person's user ID, stakeholder ID, and resource ID.

Procedure

  • Enter the new person ID in the New ID field.

  • Now, you have the option to

    • either carry out the ID change immediately

      • To do so, click on the Start button.

    • or have a preview displayed first and then carry out the change.

      • To do so, click on the Preview button.

        • All data tables of the PLANTA project database are displayed, and the number of records to be changed in the respective table is displayed opposite of each table.

        • After you have checked the preview in the preview field, click on the Start ID button.

  • Subsequently, the list of data tables is displayed again with a specification of the number of changed records per table.

Details

  • The ID (code) of the person is changed in both the master data and all person assignments of the entire PLANTA project database.

  • The auto commit to the database is automatically switched on and off during the change process.

Individual Adjustment by Customizing

Procedure

  • In order to include further data tables/data items in the person ID change, you have to make the following adjustments:

    • Open the current module 000365 Change person ID in the customizer.

    • Open data area 000468.

    • Open data field configuration of data field 101039.

    • Extend the existing data field configuration by the required data tables/data items

      • They must be created as a new line according to the <DT-ID> <DI-IDs> schema (see existing entries)

        • Here you have to make sure not to insert unnecessary line breaks and to stay within the triple quotation marks.