The basic characteristics of a position.
Basic data provides positions with a unique identity. It also provides you with information on your enterprise's staffing status.
Short and long names
In the two Position fields, enter a short and long description for a position. These descriptions are displayed in the staff assignments, for example.
Job
The job assigned to the position is displayed in the Job field. You can assign a job directly by entering its name here. Otherwise, you assign a job to a position in the staff assignments. For more information, see Assigning Jobs.
Chief of Organizational Unit
By flagging this field, you mark a position as the chief position of the organizational unit to which it belongs.
You can also flag a chief position of an organizational unit on the Chief+Account Assignment tab page.
Chief positions are evaluated in SAP Business Workflow. For more information, see Rule to Determine Manager.
Staffing Status
You can enter the following statuses in this field:
Vacancy open the position is vacant, that is, a person (employee) is to be found for the position. The position is marked as vacant in Recruitment.
Vacancy occupied or put on hold the position was vacant, however, no person is to be found for the position at the present time.
Obsolete the position will no longer be required in the future.
For more information, see Position.
Staff
By choosing the Staff field, you can assign a staff indicator to positions. A staff flag indicates that a position is not part of the normal reporting structure at your company, but rather reports directly to a high level position, or organizational unit. In this way, a position can report directly to the chief executive officer.
Holder
Persons (employees) and users who occupy the corresponding positions are displayed in the Holder table.
Describing Text
You can create various texts. Select a text type and enter a text.
The fields on this tab page are integrated with infotypes from the Organizational Management Expert Mode as follows:
Long and short name: About the Object Infotype (1000)
position: Relationships (Infotype 1001)
Manager of own organizational unit: Relationships (Infotype 1001)
Staffing status: Vacancy (infotype 1007) and Obsolete (infotype 1014)
Holder: Relationships (Infotype 1001)
Descriptive Text: About the Description Infotype (1002)