CATS Configuration Assistant Profile 1
EMPLOYEE
Employee
Profile
GENERAL SETTINGS
1 .- Will the user be allowed to make nonessential setting No
changes to the profile?
2 .- Will this profile display the employees' daily work schedule? Yes
3 .- Will this profile display a row with a sum of all the hours Yes
entered for each day?
4 .- Will this profile display clock-in and clock-out times? Yes
5 .- Should unpaid breaks be taken into account when Yes
calculating the total number of hours?
6 .- Should rejected records be highlighted? Yes
7 .- Should fields containing additional information (e.g. short Yes
and/or long text) be highlighted?
8 .- Should users be allowed to enter times on non-working Yes
days?
9 .- Should weekdays (Mo, Tu, We, etc.) be displayed in addition Yes
to dates?
10 .- Should the system skip the CATS selection screen? Yes
11 .- Can data entered for future dates be released? Yes
12 .- Should the data be released on saving? Yes
13 .- Is approval required? Yes
14 .- Will the user be allowed to edit approved times? No
15 .- Will data be transferred directly to HR upon save? No
16 .- Will the user be recording objects other than hours (e.g. Yes
17 .- miles)
You may specify a trip schema if your users will be jumping
from CATS to the Travel Management Module.
TIME SETTINGS
17 .- What data entry period will the profile use? Weekly
18 .- What day of the week should be displayed first? Monday
19 .- The initial entry screen should display ___ periods back in 1
relation to today's date.
20 .- How many screens can the user scroll back? 8
21 .- How many screens can the user scroll forward? 8
PERSON SELECTION
22 .- Will this profile be used for entering data for a single or Single
multiple employees at a time?
23 .- Will the 'Personnel Number' field in the CATS Initial Entry Open
screen be open for entry or should the profile provide a list of
employees?
24 .- If you have chosen List in Q23, the Employee selection can
be done either by: (a) Time Administrator, (b) Organizational
Unit, (c) Cost Center, or (d) report.
25 .- Enter the name of your report here ONLY if you wish to use
your own program to build the list. Otherwise, the list will be
built using SAP's standard report.
ACCOUNTING VARIANT
26 .- Which accounting scenario would you like to use? Scenario #2
#1 Send all charges go against Master CCtr. This is the same
variant used by the system prior to release 4.6a.
#2 Transfer all data to HR and calculate Personnel costs using
payroll. Charge costs to the Receiver object. Do not trigger
an Activity Allocation.
#3 Transfer all data to HR and calculate Personnel costs using
payroll. Charge costs to the Sender object. Then, trigger an
Activity allocation between the Sender and the Receiver
objects.
#4 Transfer all data to HR and calculate Personnel costs using
payroll. Charge costs to the employee's master cost center.
Then trigger an activity allocation between the Master Cost
center and the Sender object and then a second activity
allocation between the Sender and the Receiver objects.
27 .- For scenarios #3 and 4: would you like to document the link No
between the cost assignment and the activity allocations in
Controlling?
DEFAULT VALUES
28 .- Should the profile default the employee's controlling area? Yes
29 .- If the profile is to default the Receiver Cost Center, should it
be the emploee's home CCtr. (from Infotype 0001) or an
alternate CCtr. (Infotype 0315)? 0001
30 .- Should the profile default the Activity Type set for the No
employee in Infotype 0315?
31 .- Should the profile default the Purchase Order set for the No
employee in Infotype 0315?
32 .- Should the profile default the Service Master set for the No
employee in Infotype 0315?
33 .- Do you wish to default an Attendance Type or a Wage Type Attendance
34 .- Specify the Attendance/Absence or Wage type number 0800
35 .- Should the profile default the Sender Business Process set No
for the employee in Infotype 0315?
WORK LIST
NOTE: If you are not using a work list you can skip this section
36 .- Should the worklist contain a list of previously charged
objects for the employee? If yes, please specify the
maximum number of days in process for the object.
37 .- Should Resource Planning data be contained in the work
list?
38 .- Should operations and sub-operations, or activity elements
which are assigned to the user via the work center, be
displayed in the work list?
39 .- Should data from the Pool of Confirmations be contained in
the work list?
40 .- Should the values conatined in the work list be determined
via user exit/enhancement CATS0001?
41 .- Should the user be allowed to copy hours from the work list
into the entry list?
42 .- Should the hours displayed in the Worklist be distributed on
workdays only?
GENERAL DATA ENTRY CHECKS
43 .- What type of message should the profile use when clock- Error message
in/out times between two records collide?
44 .- What type of message should the profile use if the user Error message
attempts to enter more than 24 hours in one day?
45 .- Do you wish to subtract Attendances/Absences entered in No
the HR module from the time type displayed in CATS?
46 .- What is the minimun percentage by which the entered hours % %
may fall below target hours? (Enter in format ##)
47 .- What type of message should the profile use if the target Error message
hours fall below the minimum percentage variation specified
above?
48 .- What is the maximum percentage by which the entered % %
hours may exceed target hours? (Enter in format ##)
49 .- What type of message should the profile use if the target Warning
hours exceed the maximum percentage variation specified
above?
50 .- Specify a technical time type if you wish to overwrite the daily
work schedule displayed on the screen with a technical time
type (Enter in format ####).
51 .- Should the system add overtime hours specified in Infotype No
2005 to the number of planned hours?
DATA ENTRY CHECKS FOR USERS OF HR
51 .- What type of message should the profile use when conflicts Warning
occur with available absence/ attendance quotas in the HR
module?
52 .- What type of message should the profile use whenever Warning
CATS records collide with HR records?
AUTHORIZATIONS
53 .- What authorizations number will you use for this profile? 0001
(Enter in format ####)
PRINT ENTRY SHEET DATA
54 .- Specify a custom program if you want to use your own RCATSP01
program for printing time sheet contents.
WORKFLOW
55 .- Specify a workflow task ID if you wish to use workflow with Manager TS
this profile 20000460
56 .- Do you wish for the Workflow recipient to be determined Yes
automatically by the system?
Enjoy
Profile 2 Profile 3 Comment
TIMEADM MGR Key can be up to 8 characters long. First character must
be a letter.
Time Manager
Administrator Profile
Profile
No No
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No No You must default the Employee Personnel Number (via
Yes Yes parameter ID ‘PER’ or Infotype 0105 Subtype 0001) and
the CATS Data Entry Profile (via parameter ID ‘CVR’)
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No Yes CATS will require that the employee be assigned a plant
No No (which in turn should have a factory calendar assigned to
it) in HR Infotype '0315 - CATS: Sender information'.
Yes Yes
Weekly Weekly
Monday Monday This selection only works with periods weekly and bi-
weekly
1 1 The symbol must be placed to the right of the number
8 8 Do not enter a symbol with the number
8 8 Do not enter a symbol with the number
Multiple Multiple
List List
Time Administrator Report
Scenario #2 Scenario #2
No
Yes Yes
0001 0001
No No
No No
No No
Attendance Attendance
0800 0800
No No
The Work list can't be used if the profile uses selection
for several employees
This can only work if another setting from the work list
has been selected as well.
Error message Error message
Error message Error message
No No
Error message Error message
Warning Warning
No
Warning Warning
Warning Warning
0002 0003 These authorizations codes must be set up in step
'Profile Authorization Groups' (Table TCATSAT)
RCATSP01 RCATSP01 Program must be contained in table TCATP: 'Customer
Programs'
Manager TS Manager TS The system delivers the following sample tasks in 4.6c:
20000460 20000460 40007901, 20000460, 20000459, 20000450, and
20000459. For standard functions 20000450 and
Yes Yes
20000459 the recipient determination can take place
automatically.
Data entry profile EMPLOYEE Employee
General settings
Profile changeable X Highlight rej records
X With target hours X Highlight add info
X With totals line Workdays only
X With clock times X Display weekdays
No deduction of breaks X No initial screen
Cell length 6 Trip schema
Authorization 0001
Print Report RCATSP01
Time settings
Period type 2 Weekly
First day of wk 0 Monday
Key date relative 1- Lower limit relative 8 Upper limit relative
Person selection
Enter for several personnel nos.
Select via pers list
Time Administrator Organizational Unit
Selection report
Cost accounting variant
Assignment of personnel costs to master cost center
X Assignment of personnel costs to receiver object
Assignment of personnel costs to sender
Activity allocation master/sender
Account assignment to activity type
Default values
X Controlling area X Master cost center
Activity type Sender business proc.
Purchase order Service master
X Attendance type 0800
Work list
With work list In process
From resource planning By work center
From pool of confs Customer enhancement
Data entry checks
General
Collision Error message
More than 24 hrs Error message
Time type target hrs Sub HR hours
Downward tolerance Reaction below tol. Error message
Upward tolerance Reaction above tol. Warning
For users of HR
Quotas Warning
Collision with HR Warning
Workflow
X Workflow approval X Automatic recipient
Task Manager TS 20000460
Highlight rej records X Release future times
Highlight add info X Release on saving
Workdays only X Approval required
Display weekdays X No changes after approval
No initial screen Immediate transfer to HR
Periods 1
Upper limit relative 8
Organizational Unit Cost Center
Master cost center Cost center
Sender business proc.
Service master Wage type
In process In proc since days
By work center Workdays only
Customer enhancement Copy without hours
Sub HR hours Add overtime
Automatic recipient
Data entry profile TIMEADM Time Administrator
General settings
Profile changeable X Highlight rej records
X With target hours X Highlight add info
X With totals line Workdays only
X With clock times X Display weekdays
No deduction of breaks No initial screen
Cell length 6 Trip schema
Authorization 0002
Print Report RCATSP01
Time settings
Period type 2 Weekly
First day of wk 0 Monday
Key date relative 1- Lower limit relative 8 Upper limit relative
Person selection
X Enter for several personnel nos.
X Select via pers list
X Time Administrator Organizational Unit
Selection report
Cost accounting variant
Assignment of personnel costs to master cost center
X Assignment of personnel costs to receiver object
Assignment of personnel costs to sender
Activity allocation master/sender
Account assignment to activity type
Default values
X Controlling area X Master cost center
Activity type Sender business proc.
Purchase order Service master
X Attendance type 0800
Work list
With work list In process
From resource planning By work center
From pool of confs Customer enhancement
Data entry checks
General
Collision Error message
More than 24 hrs Error message
Time type target hrs Sub HR hours
Downward tolerance Reaction below tol. Error message
Upward tolerance Reaction above tol. Warning
For users of HR
Quotas Warning
Collision with HR Warning
Workflow
X Workflow approval X Automatic recipient
Task Manager TS 20000460
Highlight rej records X Release future times
Highlight add info X Release on saving
Workdays only X Approval required
Display weekdays X No changes after approval
No initial screen Immediate transfer to HR
Periods 1
Upper limit relative 8
Organizational Unit Cost Center
Master cost center Cost center
Sender business proc.
Service master Wage type
In process In proc since days
By work center Workdays only
Customer enhancement Copy without hours
Sub HR hours Add overtime
Automatic recipient
Data entry profile MGR Manager
General settings
Profile changeable X Highlight rej records
X With target hours X Highlight add info
X With totals line Workdays only
X With clock times X Display weekdays
No deduction of breaks No initial screen
Cell length 6 Trip schema
Authorization 0003
Print Report RCATSP01
Time settings
Period type 2 Weekly
First day of wk 0 Monday
Key date relative 1- Lower limit relative 8 Upper limit relative
Person selection
X Enter for several personnel nos.
X Select via pers list
Time Administrator Organizational Unit
X Selection report
Cost accounting variant
Assignment of personnel costs to master cost center
X Assignment of personnel costs to receiver object
Assignment of personnel costs to sender
Activity allocation master/sender
Account assignment to activity type
Default values
X Controlling area X Master cost center
Activity type Sender business proc.
Purchase order Service master
X Attendance type 0800
Work list
With work list In process
From resource planning By work center
From pool of confs Customer enhancement
Data entry checks
General
Collision Error message
More than 24 hrs Error message
Time type target hrs Sub HR hours
Downward tolerance Reaction below tol. Error message
Upward tolerance Reaction above tol. Warning
For users of HR
Quotas Warning
Collision with HR Warning
Workflow
X Workflow approval X Automatic recipient
Task Manager TS 20000460
Highlight rej records X Release future times
Highlight add info X Release on saving
Workdays only X Approval required
Display weekdays No changes after approval
No initial screen Immediate transfer to HR
Periods 1
Upper limit relative 8
Organizational Unit Cost Center
Master cost center Cost center
Sender business proc.
Service master Wage type
In process In proc since days
By work center Workdays only
Customer enhancement Copy without hours
Sub HR hours Add overtime
Automatic recipient
Customizing CATS
s CAC1 : Maintain Profile
s CAC2 : Allocate Fields
s CAC3 : Def. Rej. Reasons
s CAC4 : Def. Auth. Groups
s CAC5 : Def. Cust. Fields
s CAC6 : Allowed Print Report
Working with CATS
s CAT2 : Maintain Times
s CAT3 : View Times
s CATSXT : Times for SP
s CATR : Reorg. Interf. Tables
Approving Times Entries
s CAT4
s CATS_APPR
s CATS_APPR_LITE
s CAPS
Transferring Time Entries
s CATA : All entries (exc. MM)
s CAT5 : .. to PS
s CAT6 : .. to Time Mgt
s CAT7 : .. to CO
s CAT9 : .. to PM / CS
s CATM : .. to MM
