Useful Info on Wage Type Characteristics

By : Sriram

Wage type characteristics

Dates - Everyone knows how important dates are in SAP – wage types are no
exception. You can hold different configuration for a wage type for specific date
periods. Click on the > symbol to see whether there are more records for different date
periods.

SAP confusingly calls the start date "Start Time" and the end date "Exit". It's pretty
obvious when you look at the data itself.

Amount - Minimum and maximum values – you can specify minimum and maximum
values for a wage type. This is useful to stop input errors at source. Having
meaningful values set here can prevent errors at the input stage rather than having to
find them in your payroll exception reports or even at a later stage.

The difficulty most customers find that it is very hard to decide on what values to use
for each instance. Our recommendation is to configure meaningful values for most of
the wage types that are input manually. You might only prevent a few incorrect inputs
of data, but it may well save your organisation a lot of money.

Add to total - Tick this indicator if you would like the value for this wage type to be
included in the basic pay total for the employee.

Input combination - This controls what values are allowed at data entry – i.e.
whether you have to enter an amount or you can enter either an amount or a number
with units etc. There are 5 options for both amount and number and these are
controlled separately for both. The help is very useful in these fields and won't be
repeated here.

Define whether the amount and/or number/unit must be maintained for this wage type.
The following entry combinations are possible:

Amount Number/unit Meaning

'X' 'X' Either amount or number/unit
'-' '-' Neither amount nor number/unit
'+' '-' Amount essential, no number/unit
'-' '+' No amount, number/unit essential
'*' '*' At least amount or number/unit
'+' '.' Amount essential, number/unit optional
'.' '+' Amount optional, number/unit essential
'+' '+' Amount essential, number/unit essential
'.' '.' Amount optional, no number/unit
Note
Note that the contents of the Amount field are not evaluated for indirectly valuated
wage types because the field is filled automatically by the system when indirect
valuation occurs.

Time Levelling and Time Sheet

Basic hours - Defines whether the wage type is a wage type for basic hours or a
bonus wage type. The indicator is used for time levelling.

Can't say that I have used this very often in SAP.

Number / Unit

Time Unit / Measurement - This allows you to stipulate the hours, months, years,
shares etc If you have stipulated that the user is to enter units on the input
combination, then you should choose one of the entries from the drop down.

Minumum and Maximum Number - This is the threshold value for minimum and
maximum amount which can be entered for a wage type in the Basic pay infotype
(0008). If you create or change a wage type in the Basic pay infotype (0008), the
system checks the minimum value of a wage type against the created or changed
value. If the value entered in the infotype exceeds the defined minimum value for the
wage type, the system issues the relevant information message.

Indirect Valuation

Indirect Evaluation Module -You can use the indirect evaluation module to output
various default values for wage types on different infotypes. The most commonly
used ones are as follows:

TARIF - this method valuates according to the "collective agreement group and
level" specifications you enter in the IMG. Wage types with TARIF will use the
settings on the wage type and the values held in table T510 to populate the relevant
value into the relevant infotype.

There are 4 different module variants for TARIF – A, B, C and D. See the SAP help
for more assistance.
• Module variant 'A'
 Country grouping derived from the employee's personnel area
 Pay scale type from info type 0008/0052
 Pay scale area from info type 0008/0052
 Pay scale indicator derived from the employee subgroup
 Pay scale group from info type 0008/0052
 Pay scale level from info type 0008/0052
 Wage type = SPACE

• Module variant 'B'

 Like module variant 'A' except Wage type = wage type to be valuated indirectly

• Module variant 'C'

 Like module variant 'A' except:
• Pay scale level = SPACE
• Wage type = wage type to be valuated indirectly

• Module variant 'D'

 like module variant 'A' except:
• Pay scale group = SPACE
• Pay scale level = SPACE
• Wage type = wage type to be valuated indirectly

PRZNT - this is used where you have a wage type being a constant percentage of
another wage type and wish this to be shown on the infotype. The wage type in
question and the wage type that the percentage is based upon (base WT), are all held
in table T539J.

• Module variant 'B'

 The basic pay is determined from the total of all basic wage type amounts entered
in info type 0008 according to the specifications in the "basic wage type valuation"
step irrespective of which info type is being valuated. Wage types in the Wage
Maintenance info type (0052) are then valuated using the wage types in the Basic Pay
info type (0008).The value of the wage type to be valuated indirectly is calculated by
multiplying the basic pay by the percentage specified for the wage type to be valuated.

• Module variant 'D'

 The basic pay is determined from the total of all basic wage type amounts specified
in the info type currently being valuated according to the specifications in the "basic
wage type valuation" step. The wage types in the Wage Maintenance info type (0052)
are then valuated using the wage types in the Basic Pay info type (0008).The value of
the wage type to be valuated indirectly is calculated by multiplying the basic pay by
the percentage specified for the wage type to be valuated.

• Module variant I
 The basic pay is determined from the total of all basic wage type amounts weighted
with GWCHT according to the specifications in the "basic wage type valuation" step.
All these basic wage types are valuated indirectly even if these wage types are
valuated directly in the info type. The value of the wage type to be valuated indirectly
is calculated by multiplying the basic pay by the percentage specified for the wage
type to be valuated.

• Module variant 'J'

 Like module variant 'I' except that basic wage types are not reduced

ANSAL - this is used in table T539J for the wage types which you would like to be
accumulated and shown as Annual Salary on screen 2010 on infotype 0008 – Basic
Pay.

SUMME - very similar to the 'PRZNT' module except that the value of the wage type
to be valuated indirectly is always the entire basic pay. There are different module
variants, which can be viewed in more detail in the SAP help.

SUMME - Module variants 'B', 'D', 'I','J'

The 'SUMME' module corresponds to the 'PRZNT' module except that the value of
the wage type to be valuated indirectly is always the entire basic pay.

 Module variant 'M' - Corresponds to the module variant 'D'. The basis wage types
are valuated as unreduced.

 Module variant 'O' - Corresponds to the module variant 'I'. The basic wage types are
not weighted in payroll.
CONST - Module for constant valuation of wage types according to table T510K
(V_T510K view). The module variants are either blank, M or P.

' ' - In this module variant, the entry from table T510K is assigned to the wage type.

M - In this module variant, the entry from table T510K is multiplied with the Number
field (Number) of the info type. The wage type must be set up in the wage type table
(T511) accordingly. In other words, a unit must be allowed, and the minimum number
should, if possible, be 1. If no value is entered, the system uses 0 as the default.

P - In this module type, the entry from table T510K is valuated as a percentage using
the info type's Number field (Number). The wage type must be set up in the wage type
table (T511) accordingly. In other words, a unit must be allowed, and the minimum
number should, if possible, be 1. If no value is entered, the system uses 0 as the
default.

Module Variant - there are different module variants based on the different methods
chosen. Please look at the SAP help using the F1 key. There are too many to list on
this page. The help is not very detailed in this area – but fortunately there are other
helpful documents within SAP in other areas. The best thing is to just have a go. If
you are still stuck, then there are the traditional SAP help sites on the Web.

Reduction Method - there are a few different options here. The help documentation
is fairly clear about how each method can be used.

The following reduction methods are planned:

1 No reduction
2 Reduction according to the capacity utilization level specified in the Basic Pay
infotype (0008)
3 Reduction according to The regular weekly working time specified in table T508A
The pay-scale weekly working time specified in T510I
4 Reduction according to Weekly working hours specified in the Planned Working
Time infotype (0007)
Pay-scale weekly working hours specified in table T510I
5 Reduction according to Regular weekly working hours in T508A - PS working
hours in T510I
Pay-scale weekly working hours in T510I
6 Reduction according to Weekly working hours in the Planned Working Time
infotype (0007) - PS wkly work. hours in T510I
Pay-scale weekly working time in T510I

Rounding Type - this is either A, B, C or blank (no rounding type used). The help
documentation is fairly useful.

Rounding type
The following values are permitted:
'A': amount rounded down
'B': amount rounded up/down
'C': amount rounded up
‘ ‘: no rounding type used

Rounding Divisor - put in here whether you wish to round to the nearest 1 pence or
cent or put it 100 if you wish to round to the nearest pound or dollar etc.

Rewritable - you tick this checkbox if you want to allow the users to be able to
overwrite any of the number, units or amounts that have been defaulted by indirect
evaluation. Don't tick if you wish to stop the user from overwriting anything.