Starting a Shift Plan 

Procedure

To start the Shift Planning component:

  1. From the SAP Easy Access menu, choose Human Resources ® Time Management ® Shift Planning, and then Change shift plan.
  2. Enter the current plan version.
  3. If necessary, select a Shift Group.
  4. The Change Shift Plan: Entry Screen appears.

  5. Enter the desired entry object in the entry field of the entry object type.
    For more information, see
    Selecting Entry Profiles
  6. In the Shift plan status field, select the ID of the desired shift plan (either target or actual plan).
  7. In the Planning period section of the screen, enter the time period for which you want to plan shifts.
  8. Choose Goto ® Overview.

From the Change Shift Plan: Entry Screen, you can choose whether you want to display the shift plan in the classic design, or in the new color design, under the Settings menu option.

The shift plan displays a period of 62 days. If you have a validity period that is greater than 62 days, you can page through the week or month to locate the desired time period in the shift plan. From the Change Shift Plan:Overview screen, choose Goto ® New period ® ... and then the desired time interval.

You can call up the shift plan in the color design for any period. You can display the desired planning period by scrolling to the relevant data.

Repeat this step for each entry object.

If no shift group has been specified for an entry object, the system automatically displays the Shift Group Missing dialog box. The main screen for the Shift Group: Add infotype (1039) appears, in which you can add a shift group. You can then select a shift group using the possible entries function. After you have selected a shift group, choose Infotype ® Save, to transfer the shift group. The selected shift plan is displayed.

To change the assignment of an entry object to a shift group, select the desired shift group by choosing Environment ® Current settings ® Maintain shift group infotype for organizational unit from the entry screen.

Result

Either the Change Target Plan: Overview Screen or the Change Actual Plan: Overview Screen appears.