Overview: HR Reporting
This section contains a table that gives you an overview of the purposes, advantages, and limitations of the various reporting options in HR.
Reporting tool |
Purpose |
Advantages |
Limitations |
| Standard reports |
Provide solutions for your most frequent reporting requirements |
Can be used immediately No developments required |
Limited flexibility Output fields cannot be selected as required |
| HIS |
Hierarchies are displayed as graphics Reports are executed using selected structures or substructures, that is, using preselected sets of objects |
User-friendly method of displaying hierarchical structures Integration with InfoSet Query and standard reports No need to switch from one HR application to another if you want to execute reports from different applications Little training required |
Limited flexibility Tool is used to execute standard reports and customer reports It cannot be used to create reports |
| InfoSet Query |
Intuitive, general SAP reporting tool used to create customer reports Enables you to create reports for all areas of HR When InfoSet Query is accessed from Human Resources (HR), the Query area and User group parameters already contain values and you can only perform ad hoc reporting. If InfoSet Query is accessed this way, it is called Ad Hoc Query in HR (see HR in InfoSet Query). |
User-friendly interface Very easy to use No programming required If integrated with SAP Query, you can continue processing queries using SAP Query Set operations enable you to create sets of objects as required for which data must be output Can be included in roles using a suitable InfoSet |
InfoSets and user groups must be defined in SAP Query before you can use InfoSet Query Multiline lists cannot be displayed |
| SAP Query |
General SAP reporting tool used to create customer reports Individual definition of user groups, InfoSets, and queries |
Extremely flexible No programming required Queries can be provided in the SAP Easy Access menu Includes numerous options for aggregating data, performing calculations, and displaying graphics Enables you to display multiline lists Enables you to define one basic list and several statistics and ranked lists for each query |
Restricted to data from the R/3 System Each HR query can process data from just one HR logical database: PNP: Administration, Time Management, and Payroll PCH: Generally for all areas, but particularly suitable for reporting on data from Personnel Planning PAP: Recruitment Requires much more training than other options |
Business Information Warehouse For more information, see the BW documentation |
Analytical reporting tool used for information and decision-making purposes |
Extremely flexible Facilitates complex calculations (calculation of averages, time series comparisons) Enables you to access non-SAP data Easy to use Uses OLAP technology Includes detailed Business Content (HR extractors, InfoCubes, key figures, and standard queries) |
Data is extracted from OLTP systems, that is, real-time data is not accessed |