Integration to mySAP ERP HCM 

Use

You can integrate service resource planning with mySAP ERP Human Capital Management (mySAP ERP HCM). When you do:

·        The service resource planning solution can display absence and attendance information which originates in mySAP ERP HCM.

·        The service resource planning solution can process HR data directly for immediate consideration or planning purposes.

·        mySAP ERP HCM information entered into the service resource planner solution can be sent back to mySAP ERP HCM in order to keep the systems synchronized.

 

Integration

Employees and qualifications must exist within mySAP ERP HCM before you can create assignments for them within service resource planning.

·        You use the transaction PFAL for ALE distribution in mySAP ERP HCM in order to create the employee business partner in mySAP CRM from the mySAP ERP HCM employee.

·        You must maintain the scales in mySAP ERP HCM using the transaction PPPM and transfer them to the mySAP CRM.

When you have the business partner in mySAP CRM, you must create a service arrangement for this employee. When you have created the service arrangement in mySAP CRM you can transfer the basic availability and any other relevant time allocations from mySAP ERP HCM to the WFD Server. You then run the following reports in mySAP ERP HCM:

●     RPTWFMIF to transfer the basic availability

●     RPTEXTPT to transfer information from the mySAP ERP HCM interface tables to the infotypes.

When creating time allocations within the resource planning application and you have selected the HR status Released, run report WFD_HCM_TIMEDATA_TRANSFER to send these time allocations to mySAP ERP HCM. The system then changes the status to Transferred. When these time allocations are processed in mySAP ERP HCM, they will again be sent back to the WFD Server where the system changes the status to From HR. 

When creating a time allocation in the resource planner application, it must be in the time zone of the mySAP ERP HCM system.

Time allocations relevant for mySAP ERP HCM are not distributed to the either the mobile laptop solution or the mobile hand held solution. If you flag a time allocation to be relevant for mySAP ERP HCM, you must delete all corresponding records from the laptop solution.

When integrated to mySAP ERP HCM, you can view absence and attendance information through the service resource planner application. You can also create attendance and absence information in the service resource planner application and release it to the HR system. For more information on integrating to mySAP ERP HCM, see HR Integration to Project Resource Planning within the SAP Help portal.

Use report RPTWFMIF to capture availability data from mySAP ERP HCM for use within the resource planner application. This report should be used for the following infotypes from Time Management:

●     2001

●     2002

●     2003

●     2004

Use the report WFD_HCM_TIMEDATA_TRANSFER to send data marked as released between the resource planner application and mySAP ERP HCM. In order to best synchronize the data between the two systems, you should schedule the report to run on a daily basis.

 

Prerequisites

In Customizing for mySAP CRM, you have completed the activities for establishing the integration to mySAP ERP HCM by choosing SAP IMG ® Customer Relationship Management ® Workforce Deployment ® Business Settings for WFD Server ® SAP HCM Integration.

In Customizing for mySAP ERP HCM, you have established the integration with mySAP ERP HCM and the service resource planning solution for capturing the time allocation data by choosing SAP IMG ® Time Management ® Integrating Time Management with Other SAP Applications ® Integration with Workforce Management Core ® Integration with the Workforce Management Core

 

Features

HR Relevant Time Allocation Data

Resource planners must mark all time allocation data which should go to update mySAP ERP HCM as being HR relevant and then release it for updating mySAP ERP HCM.

Planners do not have to mark data for release immediately. They can release the mySAP ERP HCM data at any time.

Once you release a request the system can send it mySAP ERP HCM. If there is no indication for being HR relevant then the request is only applicable for the service resource planning solution and it is not sent to HR. The HR relevance only refers to internal resources which are maintained as employees in mySAP ERP HCM.

You do not see the HR relevant flag when you are working with service providers and when you are not integrated to mySAP ERP HCM.

When working with HR relevant data:

●     Only when the item is released is it sent HR.

●     Once an item is released to HR, it can be only be updated in HR.

●     If an item is not HR relevant it can be updated or deleted by the resource planner. 

●     If the request was flagged as HR relevant and not yet released it can be updated or deleted in the resource planner application.

●     If a request is not HR relevant then it will not have to be released.

We use standard iDoc technology to transfer the HR data between the resource planner application and mySAP ERP HCM.

 

Recurring Patterns

Resource planners can enter single requests for service or enter a recurring pattern for resource availability. A recurring pattern in the resource planner application is similar to a recurring appointment in the resource planner application, however it has an entry to record time allocation data consisting of absence and attendance information.

mySAP ERP HCM does not have a concept of recurrence. When it receives a recurring pattern it creates an item for every day of the recurrence.

 

HR-Relevance

In cases of single time allocations with an HR-Relevant Time Allocation Type, you can set the HR-Status to either:

·        To Be Released

·        Released

Once the system transfers the time allocation to mySAP ERP HCM, it sets the status to Transferred and the time allocation cannot be changed again within the resource planner application.

Time allocations that are created in mySAP ERP HCM have the HR status From HR and cannot be changed within the resource planner application.

If integrated to mySAP ERP HCM, you see the HR Status Dropdown list only for those time allocation types defined as being HR-relevant during configuration.