Status Indicator (SAP Library - Payroll China (PY-CN))

Status Indicator

Definition

Distinguishing feature of payroll results with the same for-period.

Use

The system assigns a status indicator to each payroll result.

If a payroll result is no longer up-to-date because retroactive accounting was performed, it is not deleted. Instead, it is assigned a different status indicator by the system.

Structure

There are three different status indicators:

A for the current result

P for the previous result

O for all other results

As the following example illustrates, a for-period can only have one result with status indicator A and one result with status indicator P. However, a for-period can have several results with status indicator O.

Example

You run a regular payroll for period 05.

The system creates original result 05 in 05 and provides it with status indicator A.

For-Period	In-Period	Status Indicator
05	05	A

Retroactive accounting is performed in period 06 for period 05.

The system changes the status indicator of original result 05 in 05 from A to P.

The system creates a retroactive accounting result for period 05 (05 in 06) and provides it with status indicator A.

For-Period	In-Period	Status Indicator
05	05	P
05	06	A

Retroactive accounting is also performed in period 07 for period 05.

The system changes the status indicator of original result 05 in 05 from P to O.
The system changes the status indicator of retroactive accounting result 05 in 06 from A to P.
The system creates another retroactive accounting result for period 05 (05 in 07) and provides it with status indicator A.

For-Period	In-Period	Status Indicator
05	05	O
05	06	P
05	07	A

Retroactive accounting is also performed in period 08 for period 05.

The system changes the status indicator of retroactive accounting result 05 in 06 from P to O.
The system changes the status indicator of retroactive accounting result 05 in 07 from A to P.
The system creates another retroactive accounting result for period 05 (05 in 08) and provides it with status indicator A.

For-Period	In-Period	Status Indicator
05	05	O
05	06	O
05	07	P
05	08	A

See also:

Displaying Payroll Results