Personnel Structure (SAP Library - Personnel Administration (PA-PA))

Personnel Structure

Definition

Describes an employee’s position in a company from the individual employee’s view.

Structure

The personnel structure can be considered from two perspectives:

administrative perspective
organizational perspective

The administrative personnel structure consists of the following elements:

Employee group

Employee subgroup

Payroll area

Organizational key

The extent of the distinction that you make between employee groups and employee subgroups depends on your evaluation and access protection requirements.

The organizational key consists of a part of both the enterprise structure and the personnel structure. The elements employee group and employee subgroup could also be relevant in forming the organizational key.

The organizational personnel structure consists of the following elements:

Position

Job

Organizational unit

Integration

To assign an employee to the personnel structure, use the Hiring personnel action. The data is stored in the Organizational Assignment (0001) infotype. This infotype is essential for authorization checks.