Basic HR ABAP Training - Day 1

8/13/2019 Basic HR ABAP Training - Day 1

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Basic ABAP HRTraining Day 1


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Agenda

1. What is HCM?2. HCM Sub-Module

3. Difference between Conventional ABAP

4. Concepts of Infotypes

5. Logical Databases in HCM

6. Macros in HCM

7. Clusters in HCM

8. Enhancement and creation of Infotype

9. Reporting in Payroll & Time in HCM

10. Form editor for Payslip

11. User Exits and BAdIs

12. Authorization Objects in HCM13. Naming Conventions used in HCM

14. List of Transaction code

15. List of Standard Reports


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What is HCM?

Human Capital Management (HCM)

The task of HCM is to produce the organizationalhierarchies , relationship between employees and

to allow storage and administration of employee data.


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HCM Sub-Module

Personnel Management

Time Management

Payroll

SAP Learning Solution

Training & Event Management

Organizational Management

Information System( Standard Reports )


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HCM Sub-Module(Functions)

1. The Personnel administration (PM) submodule helps employers to

track employee master data, work schedules, salary and benefits

information.

2. From the Organization Management(OM) perspective, companies

can model a business hierarchy, the relationships of employees tovarious business units and the reporting structure among

employees.

3. Current Personnel Development (PD) functionality focuses on

employees' skills, qualifications and career plans.

4. Finally, the Time Evaluation (TM) and Payroll (PY) submodules

process attendance and absences, gross salary and taxcalculations, and payments to employees and third-party vendors.


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Some Important terms used in HCM

Company Code Employee Subgroup

Personnel area Payroll area

Personnel Sub-area Organizational unit

Cost Center Job

Employee Group Position


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Difference between Conventional ABAP

and ABAP HR ?


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Difference between Conventional ABAP

The following concepts are defined in HCM which differs thismodule with other Modules

1. Use of Infotypes

2. The use of Logical Database

3. Use of Macros

4. Storage and Access of data

5 Authorization checks


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What is an Infotype?

A group of related data fields

Appears as an entry screen for the user

Time dependent storage.

Identifiable through a four character numerical string

Database table associated with it

Concepts of Infotypes

Number Range Reserved

00000999 Master Data

10001999 Planning Data

20002999 Time Data30008999 Not Yet Used

90009999 Customer Specific Infotypes


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Subtype:Subdivision of infotypes.

Subtype have been created for infoypes in order to subdvide similar

information groups of this type into variants with similar information

content. From technical point of view the subtype specification is a four

character alphanumeric data field.

For e.g.Infotype 0021(Family Member/Dependents) may contain

information about spouse, children.


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Time constraints: Enable you to determine how the validity periods ofInfotype data records interact.

Time constraint 1:Exactly one valid data record of the infotype in

question must exist for the entire time that the employee belongs to the

enterprise.

Time constraint 2:No more than one valid data record of the infotype in

question can exist at any one time.Time constraint 3:Any number of valid data records of the infotype in

question can exist at any one time.


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Transparent tables for infotype

Each infotype has a transparent table. Each logical field for an infotype hasa corresponding physical field on the database.

One physical table is stored on the database for each transparent table. Thenames of the physical table and logical table definition in the Dictionary are

compatible.

The following naming convention applies to infotype tables; nnnn stands forthe infotype number:

PAnnnnfor transparent tables in Personnel Administration

PBnnnnfor transparent tables in Recruitment HRPnnnnfor transparent tables in Personnel Planning

Example : For Infotype 0000, the corresponding database table associatedwith it is PA0000



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Transparent tables for infotype

It is not true always that a Personnel Administration/Recruitment/Personnel

Planning etc has a transparent table like PAnnnn or PBnnnn or HRPnnnn. One

such example is TEVENtable for IT 2011.It is better to use the Function module.

HR_INFOTYPE_DATABASETABLE_GET to get the Infotype table name for an

infotype.CALL FUNCTION 'HR_INFOTYPE_DATABASETABLE_GET'

EXPORTING

INFTY =

TCLAS = Transaction Class with values A or B or T

IMPORTING

DBNAME = EXCEPTIONS

ENTRY_NOT_FOUND = 1

OTHERS = 2.

You can also use the database table T777Dto find the database table associated

with an infotype.



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Logical Databases in HCM

What is Logical Database(LDB)?Uses of LDB.


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To reduce programming efforts, HCM often make use of the logical databaseswhen creating reports. Logical databases are special ABAP Programs that

provides Standard selection screen, Data retrieval and Authorizationcheck.

Logical Databases used In HCM

1. PAP ( Applicant administration )

2. PNP ( Personnel Management )

3. PNPCE - Enhanced version of PNP available form SAP Enterpriseversion onwards ( Personnel Management )

4. PCH ( Organisational Management )

5. PTRVP ( Travel Management )

The Logical Databases PNP/PNPCE are mostly used.

Logical Databases in HCM


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Macros in HCM

What is a Macro?


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Macros in HCM

Like subroutines and function modules, macro modules can be used to

modularize programs. Macro modules are frequently used in HCM.

These macros are defined in program SAPDBPNP (include DBPNPMAC)

with the keyword DEFINE. They can be used in any program that uses

the logical database PNP.

If you want to use these macros in reports that do not use the logicaldatabase PNP, you must include program DBPNPMAC with the keyword

INCLUDE.

You can also define your own macros. In accordance with the naming

convention, the first two letters stand for the application.

Some macros are also stored in the Macros in ABAP Programs table(TRMAC)


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Macros in HCM

Example of Macros are

RP_PROVIDE_FROM_FRSTwhich is available in table TRMAC

RP_PROVIDE_FROM_LASTwhich is available in the includeDBPNPMAC

The RP_PROVIDE_FROM_LAST macro retrieves the last valid data

record in the data selection period. The parameters for RP_PROVIDE_FROM_LAST are: infotype, subtype,

start date, and end date. If you do not want to specify a particular

subtype, enter SPACE.

You can process not only the last valid data record in the data selection

period, but also the first valid data record using the

RP_PROVIDE_FROM_FRST macro.

The macro return code PNP-SW-FOUNDhas the value 1 if a suitable

entry exists in the infotype table for the specified period. If no entry is

found, the value is 0.


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Clusters in HCM


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Database tables of type PCLn are divided into

subareas known as data clusters.

Data clusters can be identified by their two-

character IDs.

To see the cluster definitions use RPC*&&00.

Where * is the cluster table

&& is the Data clusters(RELID).

Clusters in HCM


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Clusters in HCM

SAP AG 1999

Database Tables PCLn

PCLnPCLn

A1

A2

A3


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Clusters in HCM

Cluster table PCL1:

PCL1 contains the following data areas

B1 Time events/PDC

G1 Group incentive wagesL1 Individual incentive wages

PC Personal calendar

TE Trip costs/accounting results

TC Trip costs/credit card data

TX Infotype texts

Z1 Interface PDC -> cost accounting/materials management

This table is mainly used for retrieving data from the following data areas:

1. B1

2. TX


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Clusters in HR

Cluster table PCL2:

PCL2 contains the following data areas:

B2 Time accounting results

CU Cluster directoryPS Generated schema

PT Texts for generated schemas

RX Payroll results/international

XY Payroll results/country-specific, whereby XY represents the relation

ID. This is from RELID field of table T500L for the country.

ZL Personal work schedule


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Clusters in HR

DB Table Administration/ PCLn

IMPORT

PCLnPCLn

A1 A2

TABLES: PCLn.

EXPORT

1. The PCLn import/export database tables are managed by the ABAP

commands IMPORT and EXPORT.2. We can use these commands to store any data object - such as fields,

structures or internal tables - on the database, or to read them from the

database.

3. Data is read and written using a unique key.


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Clusters in HR

Table Structure / PCLn

Field name

CLIENT

RELID

SRTFDSRTF2

KEY

X

X

XX

Length

3

2

4010

Text

Client

Relation ID

Work area keySort field for duplicate key

Example of international payroll results:

RELID SRTFD

RX 00001911 00001

RX 00001911 00002

RX 00001911 00003

. . .


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Thank You!

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