Infotype

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

Can u please Explain me

1.why we are using infotypes in ABAP-HR but not in other modules?.

Thanks & Regards,

Gopi

[venkat_o]

Hi Gopi, Infotypes are also called information types and are pre-defined templates to enter sensible related information for an employee or applicant. for eg an address infotype would have fields like street & house no, city, pin code.This infotype is unique and is represented by an infotype number eg address has infotype no 0006. There other infotypes like

0000 - Actions (to capture employee movement info in the orgnization) 
0001 - Organizational Assignment (to capture employee positioning in the organization) 
0002 - Personal Data 
0006 - Address 
0007 - Planned Working Time (Store planned working hours for the employee.) 
0008 - Basic Salary 
0009 - Bank Details 
0014 - Recurring Payment 
0015 - Additional payment 
0016 - Contract Elements 
2006 - Absence Quotas

The above infotypes together in the same sequence form a part of the Hiring Action.To make you understand this better just try and recollect the contents of your offer letter which your organization might have given you. It would possibly read “We are delighted to offer you the position (IT 0001) of ______. You will belong to ______ department (IT 0001). Your joining date will be ______(IT0000 or IT0041)and you will be paid a salary of ______ (IT 0008). You will be paid monthly allowances ______ (IT 0008 or IT 0014) and we are also offering you a joining bonus of ______ (IT 0015). You will be eligible for annual leave of ______ days (IT 2006) and sick leave of ______ (IT 2006).You will be on a probation for six months from the date of joining (probation date & confirmation date in IT0016). Your working hours will be from ____ hrs to ____ hrs beginning Monday to Friday (IT 0007) and we look forward to your presence on date ______(IT 0016)…… I hope this gives you some idea of what an infotype is. Regards, Venkat.O