General Information About Data Transfer to Target Components

Use

The Time Sheet is an independent SAP application which supplies other SAP applications with data on the duration, quantity, and reference object of work performed.

Features

The data you enter in the time sheet is not immediately transferred online to the target components but is first stored in the central database table for the time sheet CATSDB. This procedure has the following advantages:

You can control which data is transferred, when, and how.
You do not need the usual authorizations for the target component transactions.
System performance is improved.
The working time attributes determine which records are transferred to which components.

Possible Combinations for Data Transfer to Target Components

Component	Can be combined with	and additionally with
Controlling (internal activity allocation)	Human Resources	cProjects
Controlling (statistical key figures)	Human Resources
Controlling (statistical key figures)	Human Resources	External Services Management
Human Resources	External Services Management
Human Resources	Plant Maintenance/Customer Service
Human Resources	Project System
Human Resources	External Services Management	Project System
Human Resources	External Services Management	Plant Maintenance/Customer Service
External Services Management	Plant Maintenance/Customer Service
External Services Management	Project System

If you implement Funds Management, you can enter additional information on account assignments such as funds, functional area, and grant when you:

Allocate activities in Controlling
Enter statistical key figures for Controlling
Transfer data to Human Resources and use cost assignment

Ability to Audit Data Records

Data which has been entered in the time sheet and transferred to the target components is assigned a unique document number as soon as it has been approved. The original documents stored in the time sheet database (CATSDB) and the document number, which is always copied to the target components, mean you can always audit the data.

You can find out a record’s document number by accessing the cell information in the data entry view. If the Follow-on documents field appears, you can display additional information.

You can also view a specific document directly using the Time Sheet Documents and Follow-On Documents report (RCATSBEL).To access the report, choose Start of the navigation path Information system Next navigation step Displaysingle documents. End of the navigation path

Transferring Data

You can transfer data to each target component separately. This allows you to set different transfer intervals for the different components.

Example Example

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To document work progress in Logistics and obtain dynamic results, you want to transfer data daily.
You want to transfer data to HR immediately after it is released or approved.

The system issues a log detailing errors that occurred during transfer. Special postprocessing functions allow you to correct errors in the target component.

In addition to the component-specific transfer reports, a transfer report for multiple components is available. Using this report, you transfer the data to several components in one step. You can currently use this report to transfer data to all target components except Materials Management and cProjects.

Reorganizing Interface Tables

You should regularly delete time sheet records from their respective interface tables once they have been transferred to the target components. This ensures optimal performance of the data transfer reports you use.

Refer to: Reorganizing Interface Tables .