Communication Destinations 

Use

Communication destinations are available for the Cross-Application Time Sheet component to post recorded data to the target applications.

Communication with Personnel Time Management

To post recorded time data to Personnel Time Management, you use BAPIs that enter the data in the interface tables PTEXDIR, PTEX2000, and PTEX2010. Data is communicated using BAPIs via IDocs:

·        If you run your Human Resources system in the same system as the Cross-Application Time Sheet, the data is posted synchronously.

·        If you run your Human Resources system in a different system from the Cross-Application Time Sheet, the data is posted asynchronously.

The BAPIs enable you to create, change, or delete Personnel Time Management data.

These BAPIs do not enable you to read or change any Cross-Application Time Sheet data within Personnel Time Management.

Technical Users

You require the following technical users for the communication:

·        To fill the interface tables, you require a user with authorizations for ALE communication with an SAP system and the relevant table authorizations.

These technical users do not require authorizations specific to the SAP HR solution.

·        For the subsequent background processing job to transfer data from the interface tables to the infotype databases, you require a technical user with the same authorizations that are required for the CAT6 transaction (Transfer Time Data to Time Management).

To enter time sheet data, you can read information about the time data from Personnel Time Management. You do not require any special users for this. You should base your employees’ authorizations on the authorizations for the CAT2 transaction.

Posting Data to Other Target Applications

There are no special communication destinations for posting data to the other target applications.

See also:

For more information, see the SAP Library:

·        For information about transferring time sheet data to the target applications, see: Cross-Application Components ® Cross-Application Time Sheet ® Transfer of Time Sheet Data to the Target Components.

·        For information about the Time Management ALE scenarios and working with distributed systems, see Scenarios in Applications ® ALE / EDI Business Processes.