Absence valuation using the payroll schema xT00 allows you to valuate the absences recorded for an employee according to:

• The type of absence recorded
• The employee’s organizational assignment
• The absence quota from which an absence has been deducted
• Special country-specific features and requirements

The first action in payroll that is relevant to absence processing is function MOD in schema xT00.

Function MOD determines the table entries the system accesses to valuate absences.

MOD calls personnel calculation rule XMOD which uses operation MODIF A to determine the employee grouping for absence valuation.

The employee grouping for absence valuation is used in the Valuation of Absences table (T554C) to select an absence valuation rule. The specifications stored in personnel calculation rule XMOD assign a meaning to the employee grouping. You can set individual grouping criteria here.

You can define groupings for a particular organizational assignment, for example, in relation to the employee subgroup grouping for personnel calculation rules.

• Hourly wage earners
• Salaried employees

In the standard system, the payroll modifier for accessing the Constant Valuations table (T510J) is also set in personnel calculation rule XMOD using operation MODIF 2.

After a grouping has been set for the personnel number, function RAB reads the absences recorded for the employee during the relevant period in the Absences infotype (2001).

The absences are assigned to a WPBP split indicator. The absence valuation rule is determined from the Attendances and Absences table (T554S), which groups together different absence types in payroll.

The absences are assigned to a work center split indicator.

If parameter 3 of function RAB contains the entry X, the absence valuation rule can be changed using the Breakdown of Absences after Quota Deduction table (T554A). In this way, you can create a special absence valuation rule that is dependent on the quota from which the absence is deducted.

If an absence is deducted from one or more quotas, an absence record can be broken down if required. If this is not the case, parameter 3 has no effect.

Special processing may be required to account for country-specific requirements.
A common example is absence due to illness. The amount of payment can change in the course of the illness (continued pay).

To ensure than the absence valuation function can deal with such situations, the internal Absences table (AB) has been enhanced. If an absence record is affected by country-specific requirements, it is split into smaller sections and then entered in table AB.
In table AB, there are three split indicators in which you can store country-specific indicators.

• Social insurance
• Tax

Each section can then be valuated using a different procedure, that is, a different absence valuation rule.

Function XNAB is used for a more detailed version of table AB. Please note that the function must come at a specific position in the schema. It must not be processed until after the absences have been read, but before they are valuated (function PAB).

During day processing of time data, time wage types are selected using the Time Wage Type Selection table (T510S), and the time wage types are entered in the internal Time Wage Types table (ZL).

The same applies to all absences for which the Time Wage Type Selection field is selected in the Valuation of Absences table (T554C).

Absence valuation is triggered using function PAB.

Function PAB performs the following steps:

• It reads the internal Absences table (AB) for each absence or partial interval.
• The system determines the appropriate absence valuation rule on the basis of the absence type and the employee’s organizational assignment, and carries out the actions specified in the Valuation of Absences table (T554C):

• Number of paid (AP) and unpaid (AU) absences in a counting class
• Number of calendar days (K), absence days (A), and absence hours (S)

• Time unit B, I, E: The wage types are entered in table OT. If you have selected the Basic Pay Split field in the Valuation of Absences table (T554C), the wage types are cumulated for each split.
• Time unit Z: The wage types are entered in table ZL. There is one entry per day and wage type. In this way, you can access the results for a specific day in further processing.
  Using function ZLIT, table ZL is entered in table IT at the end of the gross part of payroll.

The processing triggered by function XNAB may have to be continued. This can only take place after the absences have been valuated using function PAB.