Definition
Represents a post that can be occupied by a person (employee) in the staff assignments of an organizational unit, purchasing administrator, for example.
Positions differ from jobs. A
job is not concrete but rather the basis for the creation of various positions with similar tasks and characteristics.Use
You represent the personnel capacity (headcount) of an organizational unit using positions. By representing the current status of an organizational unit and foreseeable requirements, you create the basis of the
staff assignments . Only when you have created a position, can you assign persons or users and in so doing complete the staff assignments.Positions can have the following statuses:
Position status
Status of position |
Icon in staff assignments |
Text in person/user column |
Staffing status in detail area |
occupied |
Name |
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occupied by more than one person |
Name |
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added during preview period |
e.g. |
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removed during preview period |
e.g. |
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newly hired person (employee) |
e.g. |
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occupied, vacancy is filled |
Name |
Vacancy filled or withdrawn | |
occupied and vacant |
Name |
Vacancy to be filled | |
unoccupied and vacant |
vacant |
Vacancy to be filled | |
unoccupied and not vacant |
not vacant |
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unoccupied and not vacant, as vacancy has been withdrawn |
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not vacant |
Vacancy filled or withdrawn |
occupied and obsolete |
Name |
Obsolete | |
occupied by more than one person and obsolete |
Name |
Obsolete | |
unoccupied and obsolete |
not vacant |
Obsolete |
A position is
A position can be flagged as Chief position. Chief positions are evaluated in SAP Business Workflow. For more information, see
Rule to Determine Manager.You enter all this data according to exact dates.
You can store characteristics for each position. These can be
Structure
To define characteristics of a position, you can store time-specific data for the following areas in the Organization and Staffing view:
In the Organization and Staffing (Workflow) view, you can store basic data:
See also:
Editing Staff AssignmentsThis direct assignment is not the only way of assigning tasks and characteristics to a position. They can also be passed on to the position from a
job, or directly or indirectly from the organizational unit that the position belongs to.Integration
You can assign a person (employee) to a position within an organizational unit in Organizational Management or in Personnel Administration.
Data on a person (employee) that is displayed in the staff assignments comes from Personnel Administration.
Vacant positions are used in Recruitment.