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

1. 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.
2. Right-click and then click the Close menu option.