Use
You assign a person (employee) or user to a position so that you can define who occupies positions in your enterprise. More than one person (employee) and/or user may occupy a position.
You can also a person (employee) or a user to a task. For more information, see
Prerequisites
Persons (employees) or users, which you want to assign to a position must already have been created.
You are familiar with
Validity. Select a key date and preview period.You have selected the staff assignments which include the position to which you want to assign a person (employee) or user. For more information, see
Displaying Objects.Procedure
The person or user is displayed in the selection area.
Alternatively, you can drag the person (employee) or user to the Holder field on the Basic data tab page for the position in the detail area.
The Assign Persons or Assign Users dialog box appears.
If the person (employee) or user already holds a position, you can specify that this previous assignment is to continue to exist by selecting the Additional occupancy field.
Otherwise, you can specify that this assignment is to be terminated (that is the person or user is to be transferred to the new position) by flagging the Transfer field.
If you are transferring a person (employee) or user, the Create vacancy dialog box appears. Specify until when the current position is to be occupied. Confirm your requirements with Yes or No.
If the new position was vacant, the Delimit vacancy dialog box appears. Specify if and when this position is to be delimited. Confirm your requirements with Yes or No.
The person (employee) or user is assigned to the position from the date entered.
Result
You have assigned the person to the position.