Infotype Time Specifications/Employment Period (0552)

Definition

The infotype Time Specifications/Employment Period (0552) contains additional employment periods or absence times for the calculation of service.

Use

You use this infotype to enter other periods and date-based durations, for example, which are before the date when the employee started working at the company or before the live start of the SAP System. Periods that are already included in other infotypes, for example, in the Actions (0000), Basic Pay (0008), or Absences (2001) infotype, are not entered in this infotype.

If the system is set up accordingly in Customizing, the data in the Time Specifications/Employment Period infotype is selected and evaluated by the SAP System when the employment period is calculated. For this to work, a selection rule must be created with the Infotype category.

Note Note

The Time Specifications/Employment Period infotype enables you to enter data in a list as well as individually.

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Structure

The infotype Time Specifications/Employment Period consists of different subtypes with the same time specification types.

Note Note

You define the time specification types in Customizing for Personnel Administration under Start of the navigation path Evaluation Basis Next navigation step Calculation of Employment Period Next navigation step Time Specifications/Employment Period Next navigation step Define Time Specification Types End of the navigation path.

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The time specification type defines which type of time specification or employment period is being processed. It also determines the screen layout for the subtype. The following fields are shown in the subtype, depending on the definition of the time specification type:

  • Start and end date for the input of a period

    If the period is entered for this time specification type with the start date and end date, the SAP System displays two fields for the input of a validity period.

    If the appropriate settings have been made in Customizing, you can specify a weighting for the time specification. You can choose one of the following options:

    • Input of a percentage rate

    • Input of numerator/denominator combination

  • Validity date for the input of a key date

    If input of a date-based duration is defined for this time specification type, the SAP System displays a field for the input of a date (instead of a validity period) and three fields for the input of a duration in years/months/days.

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The SAP System uses the validity period entered in the Time Specifications/Employment Period infotype (0552) to determine and then display the corresponding duration. The duration is determined using a conversion rule. You define a conversion rule based on the time specification type using the feature CRULE. For more information see Customizing for Personnel Administration under Start of the navigation path Evaluation Bases Next navigation step Calculation of Employment Period Next navigation step Time Specifications/Employment Period Next navigation step Assign Conversion Rule to Time Specification Types for Display End of the navigation path.

See also:

Entering Manual Time Specifications/Employment Periods