SAP Module 6

HCM Organizational Structure

Represents the structural and personnel organization of a company

Enterprise Structure

Represents formal and financial structures in a company. Each employee needs to be assigned to this.

Client

An independent environment in the system

Company Code

Smallest org unit for which you can maintain a legal set of books

Personnel Area

Represents a company area differentiated between personnel administrative, time management, and expensive organizational aspects

Personnel Structure

Describes an employee’s position within the company. Is defined by employee group and employee subgroup

Employees Group

Organizational unit for which personnel related regulations can be specified

Employee Subgroup

Organizational unit within the employee group, for which personnel related regulations are specified

Payroll Area

Organizational unit in payroll accounting. Comprises all employees who are accounted for at the same time

Organizational Plan

Describes in which function an employee is acting

Object-oriented

Organizational Plan is what? Each element is represented by an object

Organizational Unit

Can be grouped according to functional and regional aspects.

Position

Are assigned to organizational units and filled by employees

Person

Are employees and fill positions

Cost Center

Originate from Controlling and can be linked with positions or organizational units

Job

General description of tasks which an employee should perform. Are assigned to positions

Personnel Number

Is used in SAP as a central identifier for an employee. Can be assigned either by the system or manually

Eight Digits

How many digits can a Personnel Number compromise up to?

Infotypes

HR master data are structured in this. They are collections of data fields that are logically linked.

Four Digits

How many digits does an infotype explicitly has?

Time Constraint 1

The infotype must be continuous without gaps and may only occur once at any one time. The last record of this infotype in the database can then no longer be deleted!

Time Constraint 2

Gaps permitted, but no multiple assignments.

Time Constraint 3

Gaps and multiple assignments permitted.

Organizational Management

Model the organizational structure of your enterprise. Create, change and delimit organizational units. Create, change and delimit jobs and positions

Personnel Administration

Creating and maintaining personnel master data. Sets the data basis for subsequent processes in Human Resource Management and reporting

Plausibility Checks

May be performed to detect errors. Prevent the transfer of incorrect data

Automatic History

Is created when changing master data. May be used for reporting and the verification of data integrity

Ad-hoc Query

Are a tool for analysing data from personnel management

Employee Self-Service (ESS)

Modern web interface for employees. Enables personal data to be maintained independently of time and location. Access to numerous administrative functions that are normally performed by other departments. Employees are responsible for updating their own data