Date Modifier
Definition
A distinguishing feature that enables you to specify different paydays for different employee groups for which Payroll runs with the same periodicity .
Example
Payroll runs on a monthly basis at your enterprise. The payday is 15 th of the month for industrial employees, and 25 th of the month for salaried employees. Payroll periodicity (monthly) is the same for both employee groups, so the system requires two date modifiers as distinguishing features in order to determine different paydays.
Use
If you require date modifiers, specify them in Customizing for
Payroll
by choosing
Basic Settings
Payroll Organization
Define Date Modifiers
.
You assign a date modifier to every payroll area in your system by accessing Customizing for
Payroll
and choosing
Basic Settings
Payroll Organization
Check Payroll Area
.
If you use the same payday for all payroll areas, assign the SAP standard modifier to all payroll areas.
If you use different paydays for different payroll areas, assign different date modifiers created for your enterprise to these payroll areas.
You must run report RPUCTP00
(Generation of Payroll Periods)
in your system to generate payroll periods separately for each combination of period parameter and date modifier that you assign to a payroll area. You generate by accessing Customizing for
Payroll
and choosing
Basic Settings
Payroll Organization
Generate Payroll Periods
.
When you start Payroll and the payroll driver selection screen is displayed, enter the payroll area for which Payroll must run. Using the date modifier that you assigned to this payroll area, the system determines whether different date specifications exist for this payroll area.
Integration
A date modifier always refers to a period parameter .