Department/Staff (Infotype 1003)
You can add this infotype to the action menu in the Master Data Application and it can also be used for processes in the FPM and roadmap forms.
If you want to use this infotype in processes, please see the Customizing Activity 
Personnel Management
Personnel & Organization
Processes
Design Time for Processes and Forms
.
If you want to use this infotype in an action menu, please see the Customizing Activity Personnel Management
Personnel & Organization
Role
Configure Launchpad for Actions
.
Indication of an organizational object as a department or staff position.
You can make the following indications:
You can indicate a position or an organizational unit as a staff position.
You use this indicator to state that an organizational unit or position is not part of the normal line structure, rather it reports to a higher position or organizational unit directly.
You can indicate an organizational unit as a department if you have activated the use of this indicator in Customizing for the component
Personnel & Organization
under Integration
Integration Between Employee Data and Organizational Data
Set Up Integration
Basic Settings
(switch PPABT PPABT
). You can explicitly indicate organizational units as a department to differentiate them from such organizational units that represent only project teams, working groups, or similar.If you have activated the integration between organizational data and employee data, you control which organizational units are considered during the data transfer. In this case, the system only transfers the organizational unit that is directly above the employee to the employee data (infotype 0001), if it is indicated as a department. If this organizational unit is not indicated as a department, the system determines the next higher-level organizational unit that is indicated as a department in the organizational structure.
For more information about integration, see Data Model.
If the integration is active, but the department indicator is not active, the
Department
indicator is not available. The system automatically interprets all organizational units as a department.If the integration is not active, but the use of the
Department
indicator has been activated, you can use the indicator as a descriptive characteristic only, without any further effects in the system.
Processing
You have the following processing options:
Create
Choose
New
to create a new data record. Since only one data record may exist for an object at a time, the system adjusts the validity periods of other existing data records as required. The system allows time gaps between individual data records.Edit
Choose
Edit
to change the data of an existing data record.You can change the content of the data record by adjusting the existing data and leaving the validity period of this data record unchanged.
You can change the validity period of a data record. As a result, the system adjusts the validity periods of other existing data records or automatically creates additional data records to close time gaps. However, since the system allows time gaps between individual data records, you can delete unwanted data records.
Delete
Since the system allows time gaps between individual data records, you can delete unwanted data records. To do so, choose
Delete
.
Structure
The system stores the data for this data area in the infotype Department/Staff
(database table HRP1003
). You have the following fields available on the object profile page of a position or organizational unit for this:
Fields | Description | Data Storage |
|---|---|---|
| Validity Period of Data | Infotype |
| States that the object is a staff position. | |
| States that this organizational unit is a department. |