This book teaches the HCM team how to maximize the organizational management (OM) component of SAP ERP HCM. It takes readers beyond the basics, by delving into all aspects of the component as well as the little-known concepts. It teaches all of the key OM functions, their purpose, and how to use and customize them. Numerous examples from customers are used to provide context for decisions and to explain the benefits of the choices that can be made. And in-depth explanations and practical examples are used to help readers leverage the many available organizational objects to get the most out of their SAP HR implementation.
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Höhe: 22.9 cm
Breite: 17.5 cm
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978-1-59229-208-0 (9781592292080)
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Sylvia Chaudoir has been in the SAP HR field for over 13 years and has expertise in several SAP HCM functional areas, including SAP HR Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, Benefits, Time Management, and US Payroll. She was one of the first dozen consultants to have worked implementing the SAP HCM solution in the US, so she has been doing SAP HR consulting work for about as long as the R/3 HCM product has been in existence, and has worked on over 30 US and global HCM implementations. She was the also the project/product manager and primary content author of Accelerated HR, which is currently branded SAP Best Practices for HCM. She's been a trainer of SAP HR courses and also presented at SAP HR 2004 and 2005 conferences on Organizational Management and other topics. She knows virtually every detail of the OM component in SAP, from configuration and data maintenance, to customization of the user interfaces and data structures that support it.
1 ... Introduction ... 15
... 1.1 ... Organizational Management is for Everyone ... 15
... 1.2 ... Structure of This Book ... 17
2 ... SAP HCM Overview ... 21
... 2.1 ... SAP Business Suite: Enterprise Applications Overview ... 21
... 2.2 ... SAP HCM Components in Depth ... 25
... 2.3 ... Conclusion ... 33
3 ... Organizational Management Basics ... 35
... 3.1 ... The Backbone of SAP ERP HCM ... 35
... 3.2 ... Object-Oriented Data Management in SAP Systems ... 36
... 3.3 ... Object Technology in OM ... 37
... 3.4 ... HR Data Objects in OM ... 39
... 3.5 ... Basic Organizational Plan Structure Elements ... 41
... 3.6 ... Objects Beyond the Basics ... 53
... 3.7 ... Plan Versions ... 59
... 3.8 ... Organizational Plan Status ... 61
... 3.9 ... Object Number Ranges ... 64
... 3.10 ... Conclusion ... 67
4 ... Infotypes in Organizational Management ... 69
... 4.1 ... The Infotype Concept ... 69
... 4.2 ... Infotypes for OM ... 70
... 4.3 ... Infotype Subtypes ... 73
... 4.4 ... Infotype Effective Dates ... 75
... 4.5 ... Time Constraints ... 77
... 4.6 ... Conclusion ... 80
5 ... Working with Relationships ... 81
... 5.1 ... Relationships in OM ... 81
... 5.2 ... Inheritance Principle ... 89
... 5.3 ... Basic Relationships in OM ... 90
... 5.4 ... Creating New Relationships for Your Objects ... 107
... 5.5 ... Conclusion ... 109
6 ... Reporting with Evaluation Paths ... 111
... 6.1 ... What are Evaluation Paths ... 111
... 6.2 ... How Evaluation Paths Are Defined in OM ... 112
... 6.3 ... Evaluation Paths in Organizational Plan Reporting ... 117
... 6.4 ... Creating New Evaluation Paths ... 123
... 6.5 ... Organizational Plan Reporting ... 125
... 6.6 ... Choosing the Right Reporting Tool ... 135
... 6.7 ... Preparing and Using Organizational Charts ... 135
... 6.8 ... Conclusion ... 138
7 ... Choosing and Using Infotypes in OM ... 139
... 7.1 ... Infotypes Used in Organizational Management ... 139
... 7.2 ... Infotype 1000 Object ... 140
... 7.3 ... Infotype 1001 Relationships ... 141
... 7.4 ... Infotype 1002 Description ... 142
... 7.5 ... Infotype 1003 Department/Staff ... 143
... 7.6 ... Infotype 1007 Vacancy ... 144
... 7.7 ... Infotype 1008 Account Assignment Features ... 146
... 7.8 ... Infotype 1018 Cost Distribution ... 149
... 7.9 ... Infotype 1013 Employee Group/Subgroup ... 151
... 7.10 ... Infotype 1028 Address ... 151
... 7.11 ... Infotype 1208 SAP Organizational Object ... 154
... 7.12 ... Infotype 1222 General Attribute Maintenance ... 156
... 7.13 ... Function-Specific Infotypes ... 160
... 7.14 ... U.S.-Specific Infotypes ... 182
... 7.15 ... Customer-Specific Infotype Settings ... 184
... 7.16 ... Conclusion ... 185
8 ... Maintaining Organizational Management Data ... 187
... 8.1 ... Many Maintenance Options Exist ... 187
... 8.2 ... The OM User Interface ... 188
... 8.3 ... Organizational Plan Maintenance Transactions ... 194
... 8.4 ... Expert OM Maintenance Transactions ... 216
... 8.5 ... Action Maintenance ... 224
... 8.6 ... Supplemental Maintenance Functions ... 229
... 8.7 ... Which Interface Is the Right One To Use? ... 233
... 8.8 ... Conclusion ... 234
9 ... Customizing the Hierarchy Framework ... 235
... 9.1 ... The SAP Hierarchy Framework ... 236
... 9.2 ... Adjusting the Search Area ... 238
... 9.3 ... Changing the Column Layouts ... 243
... 9.4 ... Infotype Tab Pages ... 251
... 9.5 ... Transaction Scenarios ... 255
... 9.6 ... Conclusion ... 257
10 ... Technical Tips and Tools ... 259
... 10.1 ... Setting the Stage for Data Maintenance ... 259
... 10.2 ... OM Configuration Setup Consistency Check ... 264
... 10.3 ... OM-PA Integration Tools ... 266
... 10.4 ... Object and Infotype Utilities ... 281
... 10.5 ... Authorizations and the Role Concept ... 287
... 10.6 ... Conclusion ... 297
11 ... Integration of OM with other SAP Components ... 299
... 11.1 ... OM and SAP ERP HCM Function Integration ... 299
... 11.2 ... Workflow Integration with OM ... 318
... 11.3 ... Conclusion ... 322
A ... OM Object Types ... 325
B ... Infotypes in OM ... 329
C ... Transaction Codes in OM ... 331
D ... Authorization Functions for OM ... 333
E ... Workflow Scenarios in SAP ERP HCM ... 335
F ... AQs for Organizational Management ... 337
G ... lossary ... 339
H ... Author Biography ... 341
