Absences Infotype (2001) 
Absences Infotype (2001)
Definition
Absences are times when employees are not at work. Employees are absent if their planned working time, as stipulated in their work schedules, is not fully worked. Types of absences include:
Absences are divided into absence types. An absence type is a subtype in the Absences infotype (2001).
In this infotype, different entry screens are active for specific groups of subtypes, allowing you to store special data for different attendances. The standard R/3 System includes entry screens for:
This entry screen is used for all absences that do not require any special processing (that is, special leave for relocation). The system displays payroll hours and days on this screen.
This screen is used for all absence types that are related to automatic continued pay. The screen includes special fields and additional subscreens to store and check data for continued pay and sick pay supplements. The system also displays payroll hours and days here.
Depending on the settings in Customizing, absences can be recorded with clock times (that is, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.), or by specifying a number of hours only (that is, 2 hours).
Whether you record hours or clock times for an employee depends on the following:
Whether or not the system generates clock times automatically also depends on the settings made in Customizing.
Contact your system administrator about the regulations that apply to absence recording in your enterprise.
Use
Default Values for Absences
When you enter absence types, the system automatically calculates the number of absence days. The employee’s planned working time, as well as any days off, are taken into account.
Depending on settings made in Customizing, either a warning or error message is displayed if the begin or end date, or validity period, of an absence record falls on an employee’s day off.
National Features
Country-specific features must be taken into account for some absence types. You can either enter these absence types in the Absences infotype (2001) or in special types of infotypes, for example:
You can also use various infotypes to store country-specific features for recording incapacity to work for France and the Netherlands. These absences include:
Integration of Data with Other R/3 Components
You can use the Absences infotype (2001) to transfer costs and work performed data to the R/3 Accounting and Logistics components.
See also:
Maintaining Partial Day Absences Maintaining General Absences Maintaining Absences With Quota Deduction Maintaining Incapacity To Work In The Absences Infotype (2001) Entering Leave in the Absences Infotype (2001)