Human Capital Management (HCM) Flashcards

What is an 'infotype' in SAP HCM?

Answer: A structured grouping of related HR data fields for an employee, identified by a four-digit number

Infotypes in SAP HCM are structured data containers identified by four-digit numbers (e.g., IT0001 for organizational assignment, IT0008 for basic pay) that store specific HR information.

What does SAP infotype 0001 store?

Answer: Organizational assignment data including company code, personnel area, and position

Infotype 0001 (Organizational Assignment) stores the employee's placement in the organizational structure, including company code, personnel area, personnel subarea, and position.

What is 'personnel area' in SAP HCM?

Answer: An organizational unit that represents a specific geographic or functional subdivision of a company code

Personnel area in SAP HCM is a subdivision of a company code used to represent locations or functional divisions, further divided into personnel subareas for granular configuration.

In SAP HCM Payroll, what is a 'wage type'?

Answer: A classification that represents a specific type of pay or deduction element in the payroll calculation

Wage types in SAP HCM Payroll classify individual pay and deduction components (base salary, overtime, health insurance deduction) used in payroll calculations.

What is the SAP HCM 'organizational management' sub-module used for?

Answer: Modeling the company's organizational structure with positions, jobs, and reporting relationships

Organizational Management (OM) in SAP HCM allows companies to model their organizational hierarchy including organizational units, positions, jobs, and reporting lines.

What does 'time management' in SAP HCM handle?

Answer: Recording, evaluating, and managing employee working times, absences, and attendances

SAP HCM Time Management handles the recording of employee work schedules, clock-in/out data, absence and attendance types, and overtime for payroll and compliance purposes.