Deepankar Maitra has been leading payroll projects for the last 15 years for global businesses in industries such as media and communications, oil and gas, defense, and manufacturing. Currently at Deloitte, he is responsible for architecting and implementing payroll solutions for several Fortune-500 companies, having delivered payroll for over 200,000 employees in 50 states ranging from [...]-100 million per pay period. Known for his solutioning skills and dependable experience in HR and payroll transformation projects, Deepankar has published articles and presented at conferences on topics that enhance the value customers receive from their SAP investment.

Configure and run the Payroll Control Center

... Preface ... 17

... Objective ... 17

... Target Audience ... 19

... Structure of This Book ... 20

... Acknowledgments ... 23

1 ... Introduction to Payroll with SAP SuccessFactors ... 25

1.1 ... Payroll with SAP ... 26

1.2 ... Payroll Processes ... 34

1.3 ... Entity Relationship Diagrams ... 53

1.4 ... Summary ... 54

2 ... Configuring Payroll Elements ... 55

2.1 ... Wage Types ... 55

2.2 ... Payroll Infotypes ... 63

2.3 ... Schemas and Rules ... 91

2.4 ... Benefits ... 98

2.5 ... Subsequent Processing ... 100

2.6 ... Summary ... 111

3 ... System Provisioning ... 113

3.1 ... Activating Employee Central Payroll Integration ... 113

3.2 ... Setting Up the Succession Data Model for Master Data Replication ... 115

3.3 ... Setting Up the Corporate Data Model ... 118

3.4 ... Setting Up the Country-Specific Succession Data Model ... 119

3.5 ... Setting Up the Web Service ... 120

3.6 ... Enabling Push Replication from Provisioning ... 121

3.7 ... Summary ... 121

4 ... Configuring Employee Central ... 123

4.1 ... Permissions for Employee Central Payroll ... 123

4.2 ... Configuration ... 127

4.3 ... Completing Payroll Tasks (Optional) ... 140

4.4 ... Payroll Information Application in Employee Central (Optional) ... 146

4.5 ... Summary ... 147

5 ... Configuring Employee Central Payroll ... 149

5.1 ... Switches for Payroll ... 150

5.2 ... Defining Settings in Personnel Administration ... 154

5.3 ... Setting Up Pay Statements in Employee Central Payroll ... 181

5.4 ... Setting Up Concurrent Employment ... 182

5.5 ... Security in Employee Central Payroll ... 184

5.6 ... Summary ... 190

6 ... Integration ... 191

6.1 ... Integration Technologies ... 191

6.2 ... Time Data ... 200

6.3 ... Benefits Data ... 202

6.4 ... Finance Data ... 203

6.5 ... Summary ... 206

7 ... Master Data Integration ... 207

7.1 ... Infotype Filtering ... 208

7.2 ... Defining Customer-Specific Activities ... 209

7.3 ... Country Filtering ... 234

7.4 ... Migration and Cutover Scenarios ... 235

7.5 ... Activating User Interface Integration Services ... 240

7.6 ... Setting Up the Connection to Employee Central ... 242

7.7 ... Scheduling Master Data Replication from Employee Central to Employee Central Payroll ... 244

7.8 ... Enabling Push Replication ... 247

7.9 ... Using Mapping Check Tools in Employee Central Payroll ... 251

7.10 ... Summary ... 252

8 ... Master Data Replication ... 253

8.1 ... Maintaining Personnel Numbers ... 255

8.2 ... Job Information: Infotypes 0000, 0001, 0007, and 0008 ... 266

8.3 ... Compensation Information: Infotype 0001 ... 286

8.4 ... Biographical Information: Infotype 0002 ... 287

8.5 ... Personal Information: Infotype 0002 ... 289

8.6 ... National ID Card: Infotype 0002 ... 291

8.7 ... Address Information: Infotype 0006 ... 292

8.8 ... Payment Information: Infotype 0009 ... 296

8.9 ... Pay Component Recurring: Infotypes 0008 and 0014 ... 302

8.10 ... Pay Component Non-Recurring: Infotype 0015 ... 305

8.11 ... Contract Elements: Infotype 0016 ... 306

8.12 ... Dependents Information: Infotype 0021 ... 306

8.13 ... Cost Distribution: Infotype 0027 ... 307

8.14 ... Dates: Infotype 0041 ... 308

8.15 ... Email Address Information: Infotype 0105 ... 310

8.16 ... National ID Card: Infotype 0185 ... 311

8.17 ... Work Permit: Infotype 0185 ... 311

8.18 ... Additional Off-Cycle Payments: Infotype 0267 ... 312

8.19 ... Higher Duty or Temporary Assignment: Infotype 0509 ... 314

8.20 ... Summary ... 315

9 ... Using the Payroll Control Center ... 317

9.1 ... Key Payroll Features ... 317

9.2 ... Payroll Simulation ... 325

9.3 ... Payroll Processing ... 326

9.4 ... Post-Payroll Processing ... 334

9.5 ... Practical Example ... 334

9.6 ... Summary ... 341

10 ... Configuring the Payroll Control Center ... 343

10.1 ... Concepts ... 343

10.2 ... Roles and Applications ... 347

10.3 ... Configuring the Payroll Control Center in Employee Central Payroll ... 347

10.4 ... Configuring the Payroll Control Center in Employee Central ... 421

10.5 ... Making the Payroll Control Center Operational ... 430

10.6 ... Operating the Payroll Control Center ... 433

10.7 ... Summary ... 445

11 ... Setting Up Pay Statements ... 447

11.1 ... Types of Pay Statements ... 447

11.2 ... Configuring Pay Statements ... 449

11.3 ... Viewing Pay Statements ... 452

11.4 ... Summary ... 454

12 ... Using Payroll Results in Employee Central ... 455

12.1 ... Configuration ... 455

12.2 ... Setting Up Specific Permissions ... 466

12.3 ... Replicating Payroll Results from Employee Central Payroll to Employee Central ... 466

12.4 ... Limitations for Using Payroll Results ... 467

12.5 ... Summary ... 468

13 ... Setting Up Single Sign-On and Logout ... 469

13.1 ... Single Sign-On Basics ... 470

13.2 ... Preparing for SAML 2.0 ... 471

13.3 ... Configuring the Employee Central Payroll Service Provider for SAML 2.0 ... 475

13.4 ... User Mapping and Identification ... 478

13.5 ... Establishing Identity Federation ... 479

13.6 ... System Settings ... 480

13.7 ... OAuth 2.0 ... 482

13.8 ... Summary ... 487

14 ... Monitoring Tools ... 489

14.1 ... Checking the Status of Replicated Employee Data ... 490

14.2 ... Using the Employee Central Data Replication Monitor When Replicating Employee Master Data ... 492

14.3 ... Using the Application Log: Transaction SLG1 ... 493

14.4 ... Using Web Services Utilities: Transaction SRTUTIL ... 496

14.5 ... Using the Consistency Check Report for Replication Data ... 497

14.6 ... Read Access Logging for Employee Central Payroll ... 499

14.7 ... Summary ... 502

15 ... Troubleshooting ... 503

15.1 ... Troubleshooting Master Data Replication from Employee Central to Employee Central Payroll ... 503

15.2 ... Enabling the Correction Phase Indicator ... 505

15.3 ... Changing the Hire Date ... 505

15.4 ... Summary ... 514

16 ... Implementation Project Planning ... 517

16.1 ... Employee Central Payroll Implementation Phases ... 517

16.2 ... Maintaining a Good Delivery Tracker ... 520

16.3 ... Conversion Scope Consideration ... 521

16.4 ... Special Testing Considerations ... 523

16.5 ... Key Project Considerations ... 528

16.6 ... Summary ... 528

... The Authors ... 529

... Index ... 531