SAP Help By Kevin

A few months ago, I had came across a pretty informative Payroll PU12 FAQ. Here are some of the questions and answers:

Why is an OR segment generated when only the name field was changed on the Personal Data infotype 0002?The OR segment containing organizational information is generated if a change is made to the name [...]

This step usually doesn’t happen too often as most company payroll area setup are fairly simple. They have one unified frequency of pay and not too much variation of it. However, there are companies who tends to be complex. Creating a payroll area to match up for each company code they have. So whenever a [...]

I came across a thread a few weeks ago on one of the SAP support forum asking on how to identify transaction code in certain IMG / SPRO nodes (SAP configuration area). It made me ponder a bit because I usually do the long route by typing SPRO and drilling down the IMG path. Knowing [...]

A couple of years ago I was on a project where they implemented HR, CRM, SRM, FI, and other modules in one large implementation. What made it interested is each of these modules sat as their own instance / system. So HR data is not on CRM or SRM environment.
What was useful is the [...]

Now how do you go about changing start date / effective date on an OM objects and their related infotypes easily. With this cool transaction code, you can. You can do it to one object at a time or multiples!
Navigate yourself to the menu path or use the transaction code RE_RHBEGDA0 (New start date)

As you [...]

I am sure a few people have many times wonder about this topic. How can I delimit a position or an OM objects? Do I need to just delimit infotype 1000, what about infotype 1001 or 1008, etc., With this standard delivered SAP program, this answer it all!
You can use a standard delivered SAP program [...]

I tend to see this questions a lot. Either “What are the OM infotypes” or “What are the PA infotypes”. It is always the popular questions among new users and even veterans to SAP. By looking at the infotypes number, it seems like there is no ryhme or reason how they are group, but there [...]