The Shift Group infotype (1039) is only used for organizational units and is required if you want to implement the R/3 Shift Planning component.

This infotype enables you to assign a shift group to an organizational unit.

A shift group consists of a collection of separate shifts. For example, a shift group could contain the following three shifts:

Shift groups are user-defined, that is, the content of a shift group — the number of shifts and the working hours — varies from shift group to shift group. The shift groups themselves are defined in the R/3 Shift Planning component.

By assigning a shift group to an organizational unit, you determine the shifts to be worked in a specific organizational unit. Any characteristics of a shift group, such as the requirements type, are also attributed to the organizational units.

The system uses this information to check if the shift groups created contain:

• Correct shifts, and
• Correct requirements types

An organizational unit can only be assigned to one shift group. A specific shift group, however, can be assigned to several different organizational units.

Assigning shift groups is carried out in the R/3 Shift Planning component.

For more details on creating shift plans, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Shift Planning.