In this tutorial I shall show you how to configure Actions in PA40.
The IMG steps are:
SPRO > IMG > Personnel Management > Personnel Administration > Customizing Procedures > Actions
1. Define infogroups
Infotype Groups or INFOGROUPS are set of infotypes that shall pop up one after the other when the Action is carried out through PA40. Infogroups is nothing, but actions.
Double Click on User Group Dependency on Menus and Info Groups
Create entries as below:
Save the entries and return back. Double Click on Info group
Create Entries as per Menus entred above:
Enter all the infotypes that needs to populate while hriirng:
The following operations are used :
| COP | Copy |
| DEL | Delete |
| DIS | Display |
| EDQ | Lock/unlock |
| INS | Create |
| LIS9 | Delimit |
| MOD | Change |
| INSS | Create for Actions is not converted to Change |
As while hiring, new record is created so INS operation is used.
Thus, Infogroups are created.
IGMOD: This is the short form for info group modifier. IGMOD is basically used if you need different kinds of info types to appear in the action sequence for the same personnel action to different employees belonging to the same UGR but to 2 different personnel areas for example. This can also be queried on Employee groups, employee subgroups, company code, personnel subarea etc.
2. Set up personnel actions
Double click on Personnel Action Types
Here following columns should be noted:
Customer-Specific Status
Use
The three status indicators have the following meanings: 1. Customer defined: Not used in the standard system. You can use
this indicator according to your requirements. 2. Employment: 0: Employee not with company
1: Employee with company, but inactive
2: Employee with company, but as retiree
3: Employee active in company 3. Special payment: 0: Special payment: no entitlement
1: Special payment: standard wage type
2: Special payment: special wage type
Employment Status
Use
The three status indicators have the following meanings: 1. Customer defined: Not used in the standard system. You can use
this indicator according to your requirements. 2. Employment: 0: Employee not with company
1: Employee with company, but inactive
2: Employee with company, but as retiree
3: Employee active in company
3. Special payment:
0: Special payment: no entitlement
1: Special payment: standard wage type
2: Special payment: special wage type
Special Payment Status
Use
The three status indicators have the following meanings: 1. Customer defined: Not used in the standard system. You can use
this indicator according to your requirements. 2. Employment: 0: Employee not with company
1: Employee with company, but inactive
2: Employee with company, but as retiree
3: Employee active in company 3. Special payment: 0: Special payment: no entitlement
1: Special payment: standard wage type
2: Special payment: special wage type
Feature for checking action sequence
When you create a new action, the system checks whether the features of this action match the features of the previous action. The feature you enter in this field controls performance of this check.
Save the entries and return back.
3. Create reasons for personnel actions
In this way Reason for Action can be customised. If no reason is maintained for an action type, the system creates a blank value. If any type of Reason is maintained, then this field becomes a mandatory field.
Save the entries and return back.
4. Change action menu
Double Click on Action menu
Enter in the sequence the Actions to be displayed in PA40
Save the entries
Now the most important step is creating User Group Parameter in SU3 as below:
Go to TCode SU3, in the parameters table enter UGR in Parameter column, and maintain the parameter value as shown below:
Save the entries.
Go to PA40:
Regards,
Bhagyashree