Position
Represents a post that can be occupied by a person (employee) in the staff assignments of an organizational unit, purchasing administrator, for example.
Positions differ from jobs. A job is not concrete but rather the basis for the creation of various positions with similar tasks and characteristics.
You represent the personnel capacity (headcount) of an organizational unit using positions. By representing the current status of an organizational unit and foreseeable requirements, you create the basis of the staff assignments. Only when you have created a position, can you assign persons or users and in so doing complete the staff assignments.
Positions can have the following statuses:
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Status of position |
Icon in staff assignments |
Text in person/user column |
Staffing status in detail area |
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occupied |
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Name |
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occupied by more than one person |
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Name |
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added during preview period |
e.g.
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removed during preview period |
For example,
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newly hired person (employee) |
e.g.
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occupied, vacancy is filled |
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Name |
Vacancy filled or withdrawn |
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occupied and vacant |
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Name |
Vacancy to be filled |
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unoccupied and vacant |
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vacant |
Vacancy to be filled |
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unoccupied and not vacant |
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not vacant |
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unoccupied and not vacant, as vacancy has been withdrawn |
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not vacant |
Vacancy filled or withdrawn |
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occupied and obsolete |
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Name |
Obsolete |
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occupied by more than one person and obsolete |
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Name |
Obsolete |
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unoccupied and obsolete |
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not vacant |
Obsolete |
A position is
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occupied, if a person (employee) or user is assigned to it -
vacant, if a person (employee) is being found for it. The position is marked as vacant in applicant administration in the
Recruitment component. -
unoccupied and not vacant, if no person (employee) is being found for it -
obsolete, if the position will no longer be required in the future
A position can be flagged as
Chief position. Chief positions are evaluated in
SAP Business Workflow. For more information, see
Rule to Determine Manager.
You enter all this data according to exact dates.
You can store characteristics for each position. These can be
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evaluated using reports
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used as default values when the position is filled by an employee (planned compensation, working time, for example).
To define characteristics of a position, you can store time-specific data for the following areas in the Organization and Staffing view:
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Basic Data
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Account Assignments
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Address
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Cost Distribution
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Working Time
In the Organization and Staffing (Workflow) view, you can store basic data:
See also:
This direct assignment is not the only way of assigning tasks and characteristics to a position. They can also be passed on to the position from a job, or directly or indirectly from the organizational unit that the position belongs to.
You can assign a person (employee) to a position within an organizational unit in Organizational Management or in Personnel Administration.
You can assign a person (employee) to a position within an organizational unit in Organizational Management or in Personnel Administration.
Vacant positions are used in Recruitment.