Processing Class 

Definition

A wage type characteristic that controls processing during Payroll.

Use

There are different processing classes for the various processing steps that are performed within Payroll. During the payroll run, the system processes a wage type in a specific processing step according to its individual specification in the respective processing class.

The standard system contains processing classes that have different specifications. You can also create customer processing classes and specifications in Customizing for Payroll by choosing Basic Settings ® Environment of Wage Type Maintenance ® Processing and Evaluation Classes ® Maintain Processing Classes and Their Specifications.

Structure

A processing class has different specifications.

Example

In the standard system, processing class 15 determines how a wage type is valuated in accordance with the principle of averages.

The standard system permits the following specifications, for example, for processing class 15:

·        Specification 1: valuation of averages for 3 months

·        Specification 2: valuation of averages for 6 months