Travel Profile (Infotype 470) 

Definition

The travel profile contains the rules through which the enterprise-specific trip rules in R/3 Travel Planning can be applied. The travel profile thus contains the traveler's rights.

Use

By assigning the travel profile to a traveler it can be guaranteed that the trip rules are abided by during the planning and booking of trips for the traveler.

The rules defined in the travel profile firstly control what transportation and accommodations are displayed for an availability query. Secondly the display of the available offers can be split according to different priorities.

You make the settings in the Customizing of R/3 Travel Planning under Trip Rules and Profiles ® Travel Profiles.

Structure

You fill a travel profile by assigning various values from certain parameters in the Customizing of R/3 Travel Planning.

A travel profile is made up of several combinations of the following parameters:

Parameter

Example

Trip rule

For domestic trips only the car rental provider XY may be selected.

Trip rule priority

Highest priority (in the case of an overlap with other rules this rule will have the highest priority later).

Class rule

For flights > 8 hours the traveler my fly First Class.

Travel service category

Flight, hotel, car rental, rail

Trip activity type

This rule applies for all activities (such as customer visit, seminar, and so on)

Integration

This set of rules is taken into consideration for price and availability queries of transportation and accommodations, as well as for the subsequent booking. You can make special settings for taking the travel profile into consideration in the following Customizing activities:

The travel profile structure does not take into consideration how the travel privileges are regulated in your enterprise. You make the settings as to the extent you want to use the trip rules in the Customizing of R/3 Travel Planning under Trip Rules and Profiles.

 

See also:

Editing HR Master Records