Search helps enable you to restrict selections using a variety of criteria. They are particularly useful if you want to report on data for persons for whom the information at your disposal is incomplete. If you choose
Search helps
, the system displays a variety of search helps (such as
last name – first name
and
organizational assignment
) which can be used to select personnel numbers efficiently.
After you have selected the search help for which you have the most information, enter the information. When the report is executed, it only runs for the employees who meet the criteria specified.
The
Search helps
function enhances the search helps included in the selection screen with the
employee’s application number
,
system user name
, and
free search
search helps, for example.
PDC error indicator
and
payroll correction run
are also important search helps. These search helps enable you to select personnel numbers for which errors occurred when a time evaluation report or payroll run was executed.
See also:
Using the PDC Error Indicator Search Help