Manager Self-Service (MSS) and automated Infotype Updates

[baerbel.winkler@carestreamhealth.com]

Hi Folks,

I'm involved with a project to implement Personnel Change Requests - 
basically Manager Self Service (MSS). We run our HR-system on SAP R/3 
Enterprise and Netweaver 04. Some portal-functionality is already 
available for special payments and we would like to follow a similar 
approach for these types of changes:
- Change in Position ("functional" where the position stays as is or 
"regular" where the employee moves to another position)
- Change in Job-ID/Pay/Grade/Working time
- Converting from conditional to regular employment status
- Terminating or Leave the company

We are currently in the design-phase of the project and are trying to put 
the various bits and pieces together. One of those pieces obviously 
involves workflows which should be triggered from the notifications 
generated by the portal-requests. I've already searched various places 
(SDN, PCR-cookbooks...) but so far couldn't find any information about how 
to actually handle the updates to the Personnel- and PD-Org-tables. Most 
of the documentation seems to imply that a person eg. an HR-admin will do 
these updates directly in the system with information provided in the 
work-item. Our goal is to have these updates done automatically in the 
background, triggered from workflows.

Looking at how involved a "simple" change like "leave the company" 
actually is when done via transaction PA40, I have some doubts, whether 
this can be triggered from Workfow and the updates then done automatically 
without putting the data-integrity at risk. I did find information about 
function modules HR_INFOTYPE_OPERATION and HR_MAINTAIN_MASTERDATA but 
these seem to be for updates to one Infotype at any one time only - so 
we'd still have to make sure to call them multiple times in the proper 
sequence if more than one IT needs updating.

Another aspect is, that most - if not all - of the employee-related 
changes will also include PD-Org-changes, if only to delimit corresponding 
org-assignements.I haven't yet been able to find any BAPIs and/or Function 
modules for these types of changes.

Could you please give me some pointers of where else I can search for 
information and/or examples? Is what we have in mind feasible at all? Has 
it been done before?

Thanks much and Cheers
Baerbel Winkler

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Bärbel Winkler - Carestream Health IT
IT Steward Technical - Application
Telefon: +49 (0) 711 406 2664 / KNET: 631-2664 / Fax: +49(0) 711 406 5155
Email: baerbel.winkler at carestreamhealth.com
Carestream Health Deutschland GmbH / Hedelfinger Straße 60, 70327 
Stuttgart
Geschäftsführer: Wolfgang Menrad / Sitz der Gesellschaft: Stuttgart / 
Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 722186
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