Old and New Processing of Averages (SAP Library

Old and New Processing of Averages

Use

Caution

As of Release 4.6B the processing of averages has fundamentally changed. You can find information on the new processing of averages under Technical Sequence for Processing Averages (new). You can find information on the old processing of averages under Technical Sequence for Processing Averages (old).

For some country versions (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Sweden, USA and Venezuela) the new version of the processing of averages was delivered with Release 4.5B. These country versions can only use the new processing of averages and cannot choose between the old and new processing of averages. In the IMG for Payroll for these countries, the only section that still exists for the averages is Averages New.

All other countries can choose between the old and new versions for processing averages. In the corresponding IMG for Payroll, you can find both the Averages New and Previous Averages - Not for Reconfiguration sections. However, you can only use one of the two versions; that is, you can not use the old and new versions for processing averages simultaneously. If you have been using the old version for processing averages up until now, you can still continue to use this version. You do not have to convert your system to the new version. The old version for processing averages is no longer being developed.

Recommendation

We recommend that you use the new version for processing averages, if:

you set up the processing of averages for wage types for the first time in your system
up until now you have been using the old version for processing averages, but now want to use the additional functions of the new version

Changes in the Processesing of Averages

The average value is no longer calculated for each wage type in operation MEANV (Calculation of Averages), but rather for each average value calculation rule in function AVERA (Calculation of Averages).

All the required payroll results are imported with a database access.

The SAP name space and the customer-specific name space for objects are clearly separated from each other.

The bases for calculating average values can now also be formed from partial period parameters.

You now define the average value calculation rule based on time. For example, you can specify that up until a specific point in time the averages are formed over a three month period, and then from this time over a 5 month period.

The time unit for average periods is now freely defined For example, you can form averages over five months or 12 weeks.

Now, you can not only include the regular payroll run in the calculation of averages, but also the off-cycle payroll run.

If an employee changes payroll periodicity, the system adjusts the calculation of averages.

All the averages are calculated at once. First of all the system collects all the wage types, then every average value calculation rule is applied once.

Changes in Customizing for Averages

You make the Customizing settings for averages, as of Release 4.6B, in the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Payroll under Time Wage Type Valuation ® Averages New. The Customizing settings, which were previously made in personnel calculation rules or processing classes, can now be made in the maintenance view.

The following table shows a comparison between the Customizing settings for Release 4.6B and the settings that were made in releases prior to Release 4.6B:

Customizing Setting	Before Release 4.6B	From Release 4.6B
Forming the Basis for Calculating Average Values	View V_512W_C (Averages)	Table T51AV_2W (Assignment of Primary Wage Types to Average Bases)
Forming the Basis for Calculating Average Values from Partial Period Parameters		Table T51AV_2P (Assignment of Partial Period Parameters to Average Bases)
Relevancy Test	Personnel Calculation Rule X017 (Relevancy Test for Averages Calculation)	Table T51AV_R (Relevance Rule for Calculating Averages) Table T51AV_ROC (Off-Cycle Reasons not Relevant for Calculation of Averages)
Adjustment Rule	Table T511C (Adjustment Rules for Bases for Calculating Average Values)	Table T51AV_C (Adjustment Rules for Bases for Calculating Average Values)
Cumulation Rule	Table T511B (Cumulation Rules for Bases for Calculating Average Values)	Table T51AV_B (Cumulation Rules for Bases for Calculating Average Values)
Final Processing	Personnel Calculation Rule X018 (Calculation of Averages after Cumulation: AMT/NUM)	Table T51AV_E (Final Processing Rules for Averages)
Average Value Calculation Rules	Table T511A (Calculation Rules for Averages)	Table T51AV_A (Calculation Rules for Averages)
Assigning the Valuation of Averages to a Primary Wage Type.	Processing Class 15	Table T51AV_P (Assignment of Wage Types to Average Calculation Rules)