Time Management with SAP ERP HCM

Since 1996, Brian has been consulting on SAP implementations for various clients in avariety of industries. He has worked through all phases of the implementation includingproduction support, and has worked through 7 go-lives and other projects at various stagesof the implementation on both the time and payroll modules. He is currently an SAPHR Time and Payroll Consultant for his own company Schaer Enterprise, Inc., and was formerly with Deloitte Consulting.

1 ... Human Resources (HR) Time Management ... 17 ... 1.1 ... Time Management Terminology ... 23 ... 1.2 ... Summary ... 26 2 ... Time Management Blueprint Considerations ... 27 ... 2.1 ... Human Resources (HR) Structures ... 28 ... 2.2 ... Time Management Groupings ... 35 ... 2.3 ... Time Management Sample Blueprinting Questions ... 46 ... 2.4 ... Summary ... 47 3 ... Overview of Integrating Time Management with Other Components ... 49 ... 3.1 ... External Components ... 50 ... 3.2 ... Internal Components ... 51 ... 3.3 ... Configuration with Internal Components ... 52 ... 3.4 ... Infotype Integration ... 55 ... 3.5 ... Recording External Services ... 61 ... 3.6 ... Summary ... 65 4 ... Time Management Master Data ... 67 ... 4.2 ... Infotype Fields ... 114 ... 4.3 ... Summary ... 115 5 ... Work Schedules ... 117 ... 5.1 ... Overview ... 118 ... 5.2 ... Summary ... 151 6 ... Time Data Recording and Administration ... 153 ... 6.1 ... Substitutions ... 154 ... 6.2 ... Absences ... 159 ... 6.3 ... Time Constraint Classes ... 167 ... 6.4 ... Attendances and Actual Working Times ... 178 ... 6.5 ... Overtime ... 183 ... 6.6 ... Availability ... 184 ... 6.7 ... Managing Time Accounts Using Attendance and Absence Quotas ... 185 ... 6.8 ... Summary ... 201 7 ... Personnel Time Events ... 203 ... 7.1 ... General Settings ... 204 ... 7.2 ... Personnel Time Events Configuration ... 209 ... 7.3 ... Employee Expenditures: External Cafeteria and Service Plans ... 213 ... 7.4 ... Interface Processing via Subsystem Connections ... 214 ... 7.5 ... Transaction Code PT80 Time Events ... 216 ... 7.6 ... Transaction Code PT80 Employee Expenditures ... 224 ... 7.7 ... Transaction Code PT80 Logistics Integration ... 229 ... 7.8 ... Summary ... 233 8 ... Time Evaluation with Clock Times ... 235 ... 8.1 ... Schema Terminology ... 237 ... 8.2 ... Listing of Time and Payroll Constants ... 238 ... 8.3 ... Useful Programs ... 238 ... 8.4 ... Configuration and Schema Overview ... 239 ... 8.5 ... Time Evaluation Schemas ... 245 ... 8.6 ... Time Evaluation Table Details ... 256 ... 8.7 ... Sample Time Evaluation Operations ... 266 ... 8.8 ... Summary ... 274 9 ... Time Evaluation Without Clock Times ... 275 ... 9.1 ... Time Valuation without Clock Times Schema Overview ... 276 ... 9.2 ... Configuration Initial Steps ... 277 ... 9.3 ... Providing Time Data ... 280 ... 9.4 ... Time Data Processing ... 285 ... 9.5 ... Time Wage Type Selection and Overtime Compensation ... 296 ... 9.6 ... Time in Lieu ... 303 ... 9.7 ... Processing Balances ... 312 ... 9.8 ... Message Output ... 319 ... 9.9 ... Storing Time Evaluation Results ... 320 ... 9.10 ... Summary ... 320 10 ... Evaluation and Time Management Pool ... 321 ... 10.1 ... Time Statements ... 322 ... 10.2 ... HR Forms ... 328 ... 10.3 ... Time Management Pool ... 332 ... 10.4 ... Summary ... 347 11 ... Time Manager's Workplace ... 349 ... 11.1 ... Employee View ... 351 ... 11.2 ... Messages View ... 358 ... 11.3 ... System Setup ... 359 ... 11.4 ... Summary ... 382 12 ... Shift Planning ... 383 ... 12.1 ... Processing Overview ... 385 ... 12.2 ... Configuration ... 391 ... 12.3 ... Practical Example ... 400 ... 12.4 ... Summary ... 404 13 ... Time Entry Options in SAP ERP HCM Time Management ... 405 ... 13.1 ... SAP Portal Touch Screen ... 408 ... 13.2 ... SAP Portal Time Sheet ... 409 ... 13.3 ... HR PDC Time Entry ... 410 ... 13.4 ... CATS ... 410 ... 13.5 ... Third-Party Time Collection System ... 412 ... 13.6 ... Direct Entry of Infotypes 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2010 ... 412 ... 13.7 ... Time Manager's Workplace ... 413 ... 13.8 ... Summary ... 413 14 ... Advanced Configuration Topics ... 415 ... 14.1 ... Incentive Wages ... 415 ... 14.2 ... Time Management Web Application Settings ... 427 ... 14.3 ... Concurrent Employment ... 439 ... 14.4 ... Time Management Authorization Objects and Transaction Code References ... 443 ... 14.5 ... Summary ... 459 A ... Infotypes ... 463 ... A.1 ... Infotype Technical Fields ... 463 B ... Program Overview ... 501 ... B.1 ... Cross-Application Time Sheets (CATS ... 501 ... B.2 ... HR PDC ... 504 ... B.3 ... Leave Requests ... 505 ... B.4 ... Concurrent Employment ... 506 ... B.5 ... Time Events ... 506 ... B.6 ... Time Infotype Data ... 507 ... B.7 ... Time Evaluation ... 509 ... B.8 ... Clusters ... 509 ... B.9 ... Work Schedules ... 510 ... B.10 ... Quotas ... 510 ... B.11 ... Employee Expenditures ... 511 ... B.12 ... Incentive Wages ... 511 ... B.13 ... Shift Planning ... 512 ... B.14 ... Business Warehouse ... 513 ... B.15 ... Configuration Overview ... 513 ... B.16 ... Miscellaneous ... 513 C ... Time Management Features ... 515 ... C.1 ... Listing of Features ... 515 ... C.2 ... Sample Feature TMSTA ... 517 ... C.3 ... Features ... 518 D ... Work Schedule Combinations ... 519 ... D.1 ... Summary ... 524 E ... Time Evaluation Storage Tables ... 525 ... E.1 ... WPBP--Basic Data ... 525 ... E.2 ... PSP -- Personal Shift Plan ... 527 ... E.3 ... ZES -- Time Balances for Each Day ... 528 ... E.4 ... SALDO -- Cumulated Time Balances ... 528 ... E.5 ... ZKO -- Time Quotas ... 528 ... E.6 ... ZL -- Time Wage Types ... 529 ... E.7 ... ALP -- Different Payment ... 530 ... E.8 ... C1 -- Cost Distribution ... 531 ... E.9 ... VS -- Variable Balances ... 532 ... E.10 ... CVS -- Accrued Variable Balances ... 533 ... E.11 ... FEHLER -- Messages ... 533 ... E.12 ... KNTAG -- Work Bridging Two Calendar Days ... 534 ... E.13 ... QTACC -- Absence Quota Generation ... 534 ... E.14 ... QTBASE -- Base Entitlement ... 536 ... E.15 ... QTTRANS -- Transfer Pool ... 536 ... E.16 ... URLAN -- Leave Accrual ... 537 ... E.17 ... PT -- Time Pairs ... 538 ... E.18 ... WST -- Time Tickets and Other Documents ... 538 ... E.19 ... AB -- Absences ... 544 ... E.20 ... ANWES -- Attendances ... 545 ... E.21 ... VERT -- Substitutions ... 547 ... E.22 ... RUFB -- On-Call Duty ... 548 ... E.23 ... MEHR -- Overtime ... 549 ... E.24 ... ABWKONTI -- Absence Quotas ... 550 ... E.25 ... ANWKONTI -- Attendance Quotas ... 551 ... E.26 ... SKO -- Time Transfer Specifications ... 552 ... E.27 ... BEZUG -- Recalculation Data ... 553 ... E.28 ... VERSION -- B2 Version ... 553 ... E.29 ... TIP/TOP ... 554 ... E.30 ... TZP ... 556 ... E.31 ... DZL ... 557 ... E.32 ... TES ... 558 ... E.33 ... ZML ... 558 F ... Time Functions ... 559 G ... Time Management Operations ... 563 H ... Personnel Calculation Rules ... 569 ... H.1 ... Sample Operations in Personnel Calculation Rules ... 569