GENERAL INFORMATION
In the SAP System, the company’s structure is defined by the Enterprise Structure and the Personnel Structure. When used together, these structures defined the legal entities of the company, work locations for the company, and the Company’s various employee groups.
Because the enterprise and personnel structures help the company differentiates between the various type of employee and work locations, the structures values are used extensively in payroll, time and benefit processing rules.
The enterprise and personnel structures are also used extensively by the financial components of SAP. For instance, the structure values are used in rules to appropriately posts payroll expenses to the correct GL accounts. Additionally, the tracking of recurring base budgets by staff group relies heavily on Enterprise and Personnel structure values.
Enterprise and Personnel structures are stored on positions. When positions are created by the HR compensation Analyst, the appropriate structure values will be selected and stored for the position.
As employees are assigned to positions, the employee will inherit the structure values stored on the position. If the values are not appropriate for the assignment, the values may be changed on the employee assignment screen (Infotype 0001, Organizational Assignment). Especially with concurrent employment, the enterprise and personnel structure values will require carefull over sight.
OVERVIEW OF the ENTERPRISE STRUCTURE
The enterprise structure for Personnel Administration is made up of the following elements.
- Client : an independent legal and organizational unit of the system
- Company Code : An independent company with its own accounting unit;a company that draws its own balance sheet
- Personnel Area : A specific entity for Personnel Administration; a sub division of the company code
- Personnel SubArea : A sub division of the personnel Area
Following is a more detailed of each enterprise structure value.
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