SAP ERP HCM: Technical Principles and Programming

by Dirk Liepold, Steve Ritter

Overview

Your SAP HR system needs more than just a pretty face—get the information you need to work with your backend system! This book will help you to master the technical aspects of SAP ERP HCM, starting with the basics of its architecture, and moving to more advanced concepts like authorizations and performance programming. With the help of screenshots and detailed instructions, you'll acquire new skills in no time flat. In addition, get the latest updates for SAP HANA, SAP Fiori, and HR Renewal.

Highlights:

• Data conversion and migration
• BAPIs, Interface Toolbox, and ALE
• Custom enhancements
• Reporting tools
• ABAP List Viewer
• Authorizations and related enhancements
• HR Forms Workplace
• HR Renewal
• Integration with SuccessFactors
• SAP Fiori
• Floorplan Manager
• SAP HANA

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493211708
Publisher:	Rheinwerk Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	12/31/2014
Edition description:	Enlarged
Pages:	863
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Dirk Liepold has been working with SAP products, experiencing the evolution of SAP, and supporting numerous European, U.S., and global SAP implementations since 1988. He is an SAP ERP HCM subject matter expert performing in such capacities as solution architect and project manager. Dirk began his career as an SAP developer and functional consultant at the German SAP consulting firm ABS-Team GmbH before joining PriceWaterhouseCoopers in the U.S. as a senior consultant and, later, director of the SAP HR Center of Excellence. He founded the SAP ERP HCM consulting firm RowSix, LLC before joining Kivala-HR as a senior executive to lead its North American SAP ERP HCM consulting practice.

Steve Ritter has worked with HR information systems for over 20 years and is currently a managing partner of Sage Consulting, LLC, an SAP software solutions and technology partner that provides business consulting services and add-on solutions for the HCM application. Since 1996, he has been exclusively engaged in numerous SAP ERP HCM
projects, serving in both technical and functional leadership positions. Currently, his primary focus is assisting clients with the implementation of the latest SAP web-enabled technologies.

Table of Contents

... Preface ... 17



... Acknowledgments ... 23



1 ... Introduction to SAP ERP HCM ... 25



1.1 ... Developer’s Responsibilities ... 27

1.2 ... Core Components ... 27

1.3 ... Other Components ... 31

1.4 ... Summary ... 33



2 ... Functional Overview for Developers ... 35



2.1 ... Personnel Administration ... 35

2.2 ... Organizational Management ... 41

2.3 ... Time Management ... 44

2.4 ... Payroll ... 52

2.5 ... Talent Management ... 62

2.6 ... Self-Service Applications ... 75

2.7 ... Summary ... 76



3 ... Data Structures ... 79



3.1 ... Personnel Administration ... 80

3.2 ... Organizational Management ... 102

3.3 ... Time Management ... 121

3.5 ... Other Tables ... 143

3.6 ... Summary ... 145



4 ... Reading and Processing HR Data ... 147



4.1 ... Logical Databases ... 147

4.2 ... Access without Logical Databases ... 161

4.3 ... Summary ... 191



5 ... Custom Enhancements ... 193



5.1 ... Customer Exits ... 194

5.2 ... BAdIs ... 204

5.3 ... Enhancement Points ... 213

5.4 ... Modifications ... 217

5.5 ... Summary ... 220



6 ... Enhancing Applications Using SAP Tools ... 223



6.1 ... Personnel Administration ... 223

6.2 ... Organizational Management ... 255

6.3 ... Time Management ... 260

6.4 ... Payroll Calculation and Time Evaluation ... 268

6.5 ... Summary ... 280



7 ... HCM Reporting Tools ... 281



7.1 ... Table Utilities ... 282

7.2 ... InfoSets ... 289

7.3 ... QuickViewer ... 300

7.4 ... InfoSet Query ... 307

7.5 ... SAP Query ... 314

7.6 ... Human Resources Information System ... 330

7.7 ... HCM Payroll Reporting ... 335

7.8 ... HCM System Audit Reporting ... 342

7.9 ... Summary ... 347



8 ... Developing Custom Reports ... 349



8.1 ... Employee Master Data ... 349

8.2 ... Organizational Management Data ... 371

8.3 ... Payroll Data ... 375

8.4 ... Time Management Data ... 393

8.5 ... ABAP List Viewer Reporting ... 397

8.6 ... Summary ... 423



9 ... HR Forms Workplace ... 425

9.1 ... HR MetaData Workplace ... 426

9.2 ... HR Forms Workplace ... 439

9.3 ... Using SAP Form Builder ... 445

9.4 ... Integration with Payroll ... 467

9.5 ... Integration with ESS ... 477

9.6 ... HR Forms Enhancements ... 479

9.7 ... Summary ... 481



10 ... HCM Interface Tools ... 483



10.1 ... SAP Business Objects ... 483

10.2 ... HCM Maintain Master Data ... 498

10.3 ... Interface Toolbox ... 501

10.4 ... Application Link Enabling ... 519

10.5 ... XML Data Interchange ... 525

10.6 ... Summary ... 535



11 ... HCM Data Conversion ... 537



11.1 ... Data Transfer Methods ... 537

11.2 ... Batch Data Communication ... 545

11.3 ... Legacy System Migration Workbench ... 556

11.4 ... Techniques for HCM Data Conversion ... 567

11.5 ... Summary ... 580



12 ... Authorizations ... 581



12.1 ... Authorization Objects and Authorization Fields ... 582

12.2 ... Structural Authorization ... 606

12.3 ... Authorization Enhancements ... 617

12.4 ... Adding Authorization Checks to Custom Reports ... 626

12.5 ... Troubleshooting Authorization Issues ... 628

12.6 ... Summary ... 631



13 ... HCM Performance Programming ... 633



13.1 ... HCM Performance Programs ... 634

13.2 ... Custom ABAP Development ... 646

13.3 ... Summary ... 658



14 ... ESS and MSS Applications ... 659



14.1 ... HCM Self-Service Applications ... 660

14.2 ... Enhancement Packages ... 662

14.3 ... SAP NetWeaver Business Client ... 670

14.4 ... Employee Self-Service (WDA) ... 673

14.5 ... Manager Self-Service (WDA) ... 681

14.6 ... Internet Communication Manager ... 697

14.7 ... SAP Fiori UX ... 701

14.8 ... Summary ... 720



15 ... HR Renewal ... 723



15.1 ... HR Renewal Overview ... 724

15.2 ... Introduction to Floorplan Manager ... 726

15.3 ... HCM Processes and Forms Using Floorplan Manager ... 736

15.4 ... Personnel and Organization ... 753

15.5 ... Payroll Control Center ... 764

15.6 ... Summary ... 766



16 ... SuccessFactors Integration ... 769



16.1 ... Deployment Options ... 771
16.2 ... Integration Add-On for SAP ERP HCM and SuccessFactors HCM Suite ... 775

16.3 ... SAP NetWeaver iFlows and Rapid-Deployment Solutions ... 802

16.4 ... Summary ... 804



17 ... SAP HANA and SAP ERP HCM ... 805



17.1 ... Introduction to SAP HANA ... 806

17.2 ... SAP HANA Implications for SAP HCM ABAP Developers ... 811

17.3 ... SAP HANA Innovations for HCM ... 815

17.4 ... Summary ... 828



... Appendices ... 829



A ... User Exits, BAdIs, and Enhancements ... 829



B ... The Authors ... 837



... Index ... 839