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Functional Overview

In SAP ERP, Employee is a person who contributes, or has contributed to the creation of goods and services within the enterprise. Each employee is also part of an organizational structure within the company.

Service and Metadata Documents

You can connect to SAP ERP system using SAP Gateway services. The links to access the service document and metadata document is given in the table below.

Service Document

http://<hostname>:<port>/sap/opu/sdata/iwcnt/employee/?$format=xml&sap-client=<client number>

Metadata Document

http://<hostname>:<port>/sap/opu/sdata/iwcnt/employee/$metadata?$format=xml&sap-client=<client number>
Note

Contact your system administrator for host name, port and client number.

Collections

Collections are objects that hold other objects that are accessed, placed and maintained under certain set of rules. Employee has the following collections:

Collections

Description

EmployeeCollection

This collection provides basic details of an employee like employee ID, Name, gender, nationality, date of birth, marital status, user ID, and so on.

ReportingManagerCollection

This collection provides details of the reporting line manager of the employee like reporting line manager ID and name.

Note

You should have SAP ERP ECC - SE 501 or higher version installed to use this functionality.

AddressCollection

This collection provides address details of an employee like permanent address, temporary address, emergency address, and so on.

CommunicationCollection

This collection provides communication details of an employee like SAP user ID, e-mail, fax number, and so on.

ReportingEmployeeCollection

This collection provides details of all employees who report to a line manager like employee name, position, organization center name, and so on.

Note

You should have SAP ERP ECC - SE 501 or higher version installed to use this functionality.

PhotoCollection

This collection provides the photo of the employee.

Note

You should have SAP ERP ECC - SE 501 or higher version installed to read PhotoCollection and SAP ERP ECC 600 to upload Photo.

OrganizationalAssignmentCollection

This collection provides organization assignment details of an employee like company code, business area, payroll area, work contract, and so on.

PersonalDataCollection

This collection provides the personal data of an employee like marital status, first name, last name, and so on.

InternalDataCollection

This collection provided the internal data of the employee like building number, room number, and so on.