Troubleshooting (SAP Library - Personnel Cost Planning (PA-CM-CP))

Troubleshooting

Purpose

Troubleshooting helps you to understand what went wrong if:

You get unusual calculation results

The system omits positions from scenario calculations

Troubleshooting also enables you to correct these problems.

If you get unusual calculation results

The system may have omitted employees from a scenario calculation. This occurs when the relationship between a position and an employee (relationship A/B 008) is not 100% allocated. (You can apply weightings to the relationships you define between objects.)

Distorted results occur if the parameters you enter to start a scenario do not make sense. For example, you select objects for a scenario by naming a Planning period. You must also provide a Period indicator, to specify the length of time for which calculations should be calculated. If you select a two-month timeframe for the Planning period, and then you select "annual" for the Period indicator, you get distorted results.

You can calculate wage elements in Personnel Cost Planning, and wage types in Personnel Administration daily, weekly, monthly, and so on. When you create Projected Pay and Basic Pay scenarios, you can also calculate the scenarios daily, weekly, monthly, and so on.

The calculation periods of wage elements and wage types may not match the calculation period for a given costing scenario. When this occurs, the system does a conversion. The conversion rates are stated in table T777L.

If your scenario results seem unusual, the conversion rates in table T777L may not be correct for your firm. If so, edit the conversion rates.

If the system omits positions from scenario calculations

A position must either be held (have an assigned holder) or be vacant to be included in scenario results.

Your organizational plan may include new positions that do not have holders. The system does not include these positions in scenario calculations unless you create a Vacancy infotype record (1007) for the positions.

If your company does not use the Vacancy infotype, then you must set a switch in Customizing, so that the system treats all unoccupied positions as vacant. For details, refer to the Personnel Planning and Development section of the IMG.