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  Start Date Category

Definition

The Start Date category is one of four categories used to classify a selection rule according to the type of selection.

Use

You can use a selection rule in the Start Date category to generate one time interval that lies before the employee's start date (from the Actions infotype (0000)).

Example Example

You want to determine how long your employee has been working at your company. To do this, you first evaluate the active employment status in the Actions infotype (0000). However, you must also take any periods before the system start date into account. You use a selection rule to evaluate the Actions infotype and also to determine the periods before the system start date.

To determine the periods before the system start date, choose a selection rule in the Start Date category. The system should generate a time interval using the first start date, or alternatively a date entered manually, and the day before the first personnel action for the employee. For the start date, assign the value 1 for Priority for initial entry date, and value 2 for Priority for date type. For the date type, choose, for example, 01 for the technical entry date (standard system). For the end date, choose Day before first personnel action for employee.

End of the example.

Structure

Enter one or more start dates and one end date for the time interval to be generated by the SAP System. You can enter a priority for the start date that lies between the possible start dates. You define the priority using a number. The highest priority has the value 1 . You can only enter each value once. The priorities define the order in which the SAP System searches for the date. The search ends when the first date is found.

Start Date for a Time Interval

Type of Start Date

Explanation

Date type

Determines the start date from the date type entered in the Date Specifications infotype (0041), for example, from the date type for a technical entry date.

Initial entry date

Determines the start date from the Initial entry date field in the Contract Elements infotype (0016)

Entry date into group

Determines the start date from the Entry into group field in the Contract Elements infotype (0016)

Calculated entry date

Determines the start date using the function module HR_ENTRY_DATE

Result of calculation process

Determines the start date from the result of the specified calculated process

The result must be saved in a corresponding record in the Calculation of Employment Period infotype .

To generate a time interval, the SAP System requires the end date for a start date. You can define one of the following dates as an end date:

  • Day before the first personnel action for an employee

  • Day before the start of an evaluation period

  • End of evaluation period