Deadlines based on factory calendar - is The Book wrong?

[Paul.Bakker@osr.treasury.qld.gov.au]

Hello all,

We have a requirement to calculate the deadline for a workitem (eg Latest
Start) based on the Factory Calendar.

For example, if the workitem was created on a Thursday and the 'Latest
Start' deadline is +3 days, then it should be triggered on the following
Tuesday (not Sunday). In other words, it should only take working days into
account.

Surprisingly, SAP standard does not cater for this scenario. I therefore
implemented the solution suggested in the The Book, in Appendix A9. It
shows you how to create a custom deadline object based on the factory
calendar, and use the expression ZDEADLINE.DATE as the reference date in
the step.

Surprisingly (again), this solution DOES NOT work. Deadlines are triggered
without taking weekends into account.

When I had a closer look at it, I noticed that the Factory Calendar is only
being used to determine the Workitem _Creation Date_; it is not being used
to calculate the Latest Start Date. The book even seems to concede this:

      "Note that the reference date gives the date based on the factory
calendar, but any offset will simply be added to the reference date as
normal".

If this really is the case, then what is the point of implementing this
solution?

Has anyone gotten it to work? I'm sure it must be me... sigh.

cheers
Paul


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