Definition

The personnel assignment of a concurrently person that should be valid as the main personnel assignment for a certain grouping reason is stored in the Main Personnel Assignment infotype (0712).Since the main personnel assignment can be different according to grouping reason, the grouping reason is also stored in a subtype of the Main Personnel Assignment infotype.

You can only define active personnel assignments as main personnel assignments.

Use

The main personnel assignment is the personnel assignment that controls a process involving several personnel assignment of a concurrently employed person.Different personnel assignments can be the main personnel assignment for different processes.Which personnel assignment is the main personnel assignment is defined depending on the grouping reason for personnel assignments.For a grouping value of a subtype, there can only be one main personnel assignment for a period.As soon as you change the main personnel assignment, the system adjusts all connected personnel assignments accordingly.

Structure

The Main Personnel Assignment infotype consists of two subareas:

The grouping reason, which is stored as subtype for the Main Personnel Assignment infotype

The detail screen, on which the main personnel assignment is assigned.

The data on the detail screen is hierarchically organized according to grouping reason, grouping value, period, and personnel assignments.

You can define a personnel assignment as main personnel assignment for each period.Existing periods can be split or, under certain circumstances, combined.

Example

Example 1: for the Eligibility of Benefits grouping reason, information about the benefit plans that applies to several personnel assignments in a benefit area is stored in the main personnel assignment.

Example 2: you want to define a main personnel assignment for national tax processing.In this case, an employee’s personnel assignments should be grouped according to country.You proceed as follows:

Define the WTAX grouping reason (National Tax) for national tax processing.Assign the XMOL grouping rule (Country Grouping) to the WTAX grouping reason.

Define a subtype for the 0712 infotype and use the WTAX grouping reason as subtype value.(Table T591A)

Make the settings for Data Sharing . In the Infotype/Subtype Assignment – Grouping Reason view (table T582G), enter the WTAX subtype and WTAX grouping type for infotype 0712.The grouping reason must be identical to the subtype.Choose From Assignment Start .