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 Using the Qualification Block

Use

Qualification blocks enable you to assign bundles of qualifications to other objects. This assignment serves the same purpose as assigning individual qualifications directly to other objects.

You define qualification blocks using the infotype maintenance of the Personnel Management component.

You can use the Change Profile application of the Personnel Development component to assign qualification blocks to positions, jobs, and tasks as requirements. You cannot assign qualification blocks to persons directly. You can only assign qualifications to a person. If one of the assigned qualifications belongs to a qualification block, the system also displays the qualification block for this person in the Change Profile application.

Prerequisites

You are familiar with the basic functions of the subcomponent Qualifications/Requirements .

You have activated the qualification block functions in Customizing under Start of the navigation path Personnel Management Next navigation step Personnel Development Next navigation step Functions Next navigation step Set Up Control Parameterswith the QUALI QBUSE switch. End of the navigation path

You have defined views for editing Personnel Development profiles in Customizing under Start of the navigation path Personnel Management Next navigation step Personnel Development Next navigation step Functions Next navigation step Define Profile Views End of the navigation path .

Features

When you activate the qualification block functions, the following functions are available:

  • You can define objects of the type Qualification Block for the purpose of bundling qualifications together.

  • The system displays a qualification block for a person if you have assigned at least one of the qualifications in a qualification block to this person.

    The system uses the following attributes:

    • Percent

      Specifies in percent how many of the qualifications in the block are already assigned to the person.

    • Start/End

      The validity period is derived from the latest start date and the earliest end date of the assignments of the relevant qualifications.

    • User Name and Change Date

      Last changed by and on.

      The reference between a person and a qualification block is not stored directly in the system. This data is determined at runtime using the corresponding assignments of the person to the qualifications or requirements (infotype1001).

  • You can assign requirement blocks to positions, jobs, and tasks.

    The attributes of this assignment include:

    • Status

      Specifies whether the assignment was inherited or direct.

    • Proficiency

      Required proficiency of the requirement block based on the scale defined for the qualification block.

      For more information about qualification block proficiencies, see SAP Note 1314569.

    • Start/End

      Validity period of the assignment.

      This assignment is stored as an external relationship in infotype 1055. All qualifications assigned to the qualification block are displayed as inherited requirements, even though, technically speaking, the only direct assignment created was the assignment of the object (S, P, or T) to the qualification block.

Activities

Define Qualification Block

You have called the Maintain Object transaction (PP01).

  1. Select the Qualification Block object type .

  2. Create the required infotype records (see Qualification Block ).

  3. Save your entries.

Assign Qualification Block Automatically

You are in the Change Profile transaction (PPPM) and have assigned a person a qualification (tab page Qualification ) that belongs to a qualification block.

  • The system automatically displays the qualification block for the person (tab page Qualification Block ) and indicates which percentage of the qualification block is already fulfilled by the person.

  • The system changes the percentage accordingly if the person was previously assigned a qualification of the qualification block.

Assign Qualification Block As Requirement Block

You have called the Change Profile transaction (PPPM) and selected the object to which you want to assign a qualification block as a requirement block.

  1. Choose the Requirement Block tab page.

  2. Choose Create and select the qualification block you require.

  3. Enter the required proficiency and the validity period.

  4. Save your entries.