CATS for service providers (Biblioteca SAP

CATS for service providers

Purpose

CATS for service providers provides an alternative to the data entry screen that is available with CATS classic, CATS regular, and CATS notebook. The data entry screen for CATS for service providers is based on recording billable services, and therefore does not resemble a traditional paper timesheet. CATS for service providers enables you to specify basic data that is often valid for more than one day. You can then record task components (such as miles/kms driven, overtime, and so on).

Implementation considerations

CATS for service providers allows you to enter employee time data for processing by other SAP components. You must therefore implement at least one other of the components listed below. You can provide data to the components individually or in combination.

Integration

The following restriction currently exists when combining CATS for service providers with other user interfaces of the Time Sheet: You can only display and not change data that you entered with CATS for service providers in the other independent user interfaces. You can only display and not change data that you entered with other user interfaces in CATS for service providers.

Features

CATS for service providers is based on recording billable services. The user interfaces simplifies time recording when entering working times and tasks for whole days. In contrast to the other user interfaces, it is aimed primarily at recording task types, task components, and task levels.

Internally, CATS for service providers groups different task components to a task using a task number that is common to all. This function is only available with CATS for service providers.

You can enter working times for individual task components in two ways:

With time units, which CATS for service providers then converts to hours
With start and end clock times

You can use wage types and statistical key figures or activity numbers to record quantities and a number of pieces.
You can enter working times and tasks for other employees.

CATS for service providers provides different utilities to simplify data entry:

Information on existing tasks is displayed in the My Account Assignments area as a guide.

Additional information, for example, confirmation pools, is available in a worklist.

In the History area, existing working times are available that you can change, delete, or copy.

From CATS for service providers you can branch to Material Withdraw.

In the Trip Costs area, CATS for service providers displays all an employee’s trips for which you started the application.

CATS for service providers uses the authorization concept used in Human Resources to protect personal data.

All data records are assigned a unique document number, which means they can be tracked at any time.

If Customizing does not allow you to portray all your customer-specific requirements, a range of SAP enhancements and BAdIs are also available.