Selection Class (SAP Library - Personnel Administration (PA-PA))

Selection Class

Definition

The selection class is a combination of selection rules that are evaluated in the same way.

Use

Note

The selection class is a Customizing setting for the calculation of employment periods. To make the required settings, work through the Valuation Model section in Customizing for Personnel Administration under Evaluation Bases ® Calculation of Employment Period. We recommend that you work through the steps in the defined sequence.

You use the selection to group together selection rules to be valuated in the same way.

Example

In the SAP System, you can store the leave absences in different absence types. If you want to include all types of absences in an evaluation, you must define a selection rule for each absence type.

You can group together these selection rules in a Leave Absences selection class. This means that you can then define an upper and lower limit (maximum value or threshold value) in the valuation model for all leave absences.

The following graphic shows that the selection class Leave Absences contains two selection rules. Both selection rules evaluate the Absences infotype (2001), however, they select different absence types (different subtypes).

Structure

You create your selection classes and assign them to the respective selection rules in Customizing for Personnel Administration under Evaluation Bases ® Calculation of Employment Period ® Valuation Model ® Define Selection Classes.

Caution

Within a selection class, you can enter only selection rules without a weighting factor or only selection rules with a weighting factor.

If a selection class contains selection rules with a weighting factor, no generated periods can overlap when the selection classes are evaluated.

The With weighting factor indicator is not related to the weighting with the numerator/denominator combination for the selection class. Instead, it shows whether the selection rules within a selection class have a weighting factor. Weighting using the selection class is independent of the weighting of individual periods in selection rules with the With weighting factor type.

Integration

You define the evaluation of the assigned selection classes in the valuation model. For more information, see Customizing for Personnel Administration under Evaluation Bases ® Calculation of Employment Period ® Valuation Model ® Define Valuation Model. Here you can define the following evaluations:

You can assign a weighting factor to a selection class.

This weighting factor is then used for all periods that are grouped together in this selection class. The weighting factor for the selection class is not dependent on the With weighting factor indicator. For more information, see Weighting Periods.

You can define a standard upper and lower threshold for the selection class.

For more information, see Maximum Value and Threshold Value for Periods.

You can group together selection rules that are decisive for the interruption relevance of the selection class and flag this selection class as Interruption-relevant.

For more information, see Determination of Interruption Periods.

You can define a priority for particular selection classes within a valuation model.

This means that you specify which period takes precedence when periods overlap. For more information, see Priority of Periods.