Weighting Periods in the Evaluation (SAP Library - Personnel Administration (PA-PA))

Weighting Periods in the Evaluation

Use

You use this function to weight selected periods in the evaluation. Note the following difference:

Weighting using the selection class

You always define a weighting for the selection class. You assign the weighting factor for individual selection classes in Customizing for Personnel Administration under Evaluation Bases ® Valuation Model ® Define Valuation Model.

The SAP System then weights the selection class when it is evaluated in the valuation model. All periods entered using this selection class are weighted with the defined weighting factor.

Example

You want to assign a double weighting to all occupations involving dangerous work for the company pension scheme. You enter these activities in a selection class and assign this selection class the numerator/denominator combination 2 to 1.

It is also possible to assign the weighting factor zero to a selection class.

Weighting factor for a selection rule

The following selection rules can also include a weighting factor for the selected periods:

Selection rule in Infotype category and Time Specifications/Employment Period infotype (0552), provided that input of a weighted period is defined for the time period type.

Selection rules for selection exit category

This is a weighting factor type, not a weighting as for the other selection classes. The selection rules with the With weighting factor type can contain different weightings for individual periods.

If you have already assigned a weighting for a selection class, periods that have been assigned a weighting factor by the selection rule are weighted again. Both weighting factors for this period are multiplied.

Integration

As soon as a selection rule is assigned a weighting factor, the weighting factor type With weighting factor is also assigned. There are two weighting factor types:

With weighting factor
Without weighting factor

The selection class inherits the weighting factor type from the selection rules. If the selection rules in the selection class have the With weighting factor type, the corresponding indicator is set. To compare the settings, see Customizing for Personnel Administration under Evaluation Bases ® Calculation of Employment Period ® Valuation Model ® Define Selection Class. This indicator is independent of any weighting assigned to the selection class.

Prerequisites

Since the selection class inherits the weighting factor type from its selection rules, it must not contains selection rules with different weighting factor types. All assigned selection rules have either the With weighting factor type or all have the Without weighting factor type.

When the selection classes are evaluated in a valuation model, no selected periods can overlap within a selection class with the With weighting factor type. If the periods overlap, the SAP System displays an error message.