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ERPHumanCapitalManagement / / FAQinPY

CreatingaWageType
CreatedbyAprilErickson,lastmodifiedbyInayaraSouzaonSep17,2010
I'veseenafairnumberofquestionsoncreatingwagetypes,sohere'sarepostofaforumanswerIgave.
Herearethebasicstepsincreatingawagetype(dependingonthekindofwagetype,notallstepsmaybenecessary):

1.LookatExistingWageTypes
GototransactionSM31(TableMaintenance)andtypein"V_512W_D"andchoose"Display".Whenasked,youshouldtypeinyourcountrygroupingandhitenter.Thenselect"editeverything"andhitenter
again.Youshouldnowseethewagetypetable.Allwagetypesarefourcharacterslong.Lookforanexistingwagetypethatissimilartotheoneyouwanttocreate,thenlookforthenextavailablenumber.
Makeanoteofthenumberthatyouwanttouseforyournewwagetype,makingsurethatitisnotalreadyassigned.Alsonotethenumberofthewagetypethatyouwouldliketocopywhileyou'rebrowsing
thistable.

2.CopyanExistingWageType
GointotheIMGandfollowthispath:
Payroll>Payroll:USA>BasicSettings>EnvironmentforMaintainingWageTypes>CreateWageTypeCatalog
Whenyou'reaskedtochooseamethodofmaintenance,choose"copy"andhitenter.Under"OWType",selecttheoldwagetypethatyouwouldliketocopy.Nowtypeinthenumberofyournewwagetype
(whichyoudeterminedintheprevioussection)inthenextboxandenterbothalongdescriptionandashortdescription.Theshortdescriptionislimitedto8charactersandtypicallydoesnotcontain
spaces.Makesurethatyouhavecheckedtheboxmarked"TestRun".Selectyourentry.Nowclickonthe"Copy"button.
Note:Ifyoutrytocopytoawagetypethatalreadyexists,youwillgetanerrormessage.
Youshouldnowseeasummaryofyourtestrun.Firstlookattheredhighlightedtextatthetopofthesummary.Thiswilltellyouhowmanyerrorsyouhave(whichshouldbe0).Nexttothatintheyellow
highlightedareaisthenumberofobjectsyouwouldhavetomanuallymaintainforthenewwagetype(again,thisshouldbe0).Belowthatisalistofallofthetablesthatwillbeaffectedwhenyouperformthe
copy.Clickonthearrowontheleftsideofanylinetoseehowthattablewouldbechanged.Onceyouhavecheckedtheresultsofyourtestrun,gobacktothepreviouspage(usingthegreenarrow)and
uncheckthe"TestRun"box.Nowclickon"Copy"todotheactualwagetypecopy.Youwillseethesummaryscreenasbefore,butthistimeallofthetableshaveactuallybeenmodified.Again,makesure
thatyoudon'thaveanyerrors.Besuretosaveyourchangesasyouexit(youwillbepromptedtodosoandtoselectatransportrequesttoassignthosechangesto).

3.MaintainHRPayeesandCreditors
Whenyoucopiedanexistingwagetypetocreateyournewwagetype,thenewwagetypewasaddedundertheHRcreditorassignedtotheoldwagetype.Soweneedtofindoutwhichcreditornumberis
currentlyassignedtothenewwagetype.GointotransactionSM31(TableMaintenance)andtypein"V_T51RA".Click"Display",typein"10"forthecountrygrouping,andhitenter.Thisbringsupatableof
theHRcreditorinformationforwagetypes.NowfindtheentryforthenewwagetypeandmakeanoteoftheHRcreditornumberassignedtothatwagetype.
GointotheIMGandfollowthispath:
Payroll>Payroll:USA>ThirdPartyRemittance>HRPayeemaintenance>MaintainHRPayeesforotherremittance
ThiswillbringupascreenthatlinksHRPayees(creditors)tovendors.Selectthepayeethatyoufoundfortheoldwagetype.Nowdoubleclickon"WagetypesHRcreditorgrouping"inthewindowonthe
left.Hitenterwhenawindowappearswithcountrygrouping,creditortype,andpayeenumbersettings.Nowyouwillseeatableofallofthewagetypesassignedtothatcreditor.Selectthenewwagetype
fromthetableandclickonthedeletebuttonfromthelowermenubar(ithasaredboxonit).Saveyourchanges.
Nowyouneedtoassignthenewwagetypetoacreditor.Ifyouarecreatinganewcreditor,thenselectanexistingoneandclickthecopybuttonfromthelowermenubar(trytopickonefromthesame
state).Nowenterthepayeenumberforthenewcreditor.Ifyoutypeinthenumberofanexistingpayee,youwillgetanerrormessage.Typeinavendornumberforthenewpayee.Thisshouldalsobea
uniquenumber.Youcangetalistofexistingnumbersbyclickingonthedropdownbuttonattherightsideofthevendorfield,typingin"pay*"inthevendorboxofthesearchwindow,andthenhittingenter.
Clickonthevendorcolumnheadertosortbyvendornumber.Pleasenotethatwhenpayrollrequestsanewwagetypetheywillprovideuswiththepayeenumbertouse.Nowhitenterandselect"copyall"
onthewindowthatpopsup.Youwillgetanerrorwhenittriestocopythe"WageTypesHRCreditor"screenbecausewagetypescanonlybeassignedtoonecreditor.Soatthisscreenchangethewage
typenumbertoyournewoneandhitenter.
Youwillhavetochecktoseewhatcreditornumberrangesyourcompanyuses.Selectyournewcreditorfromthetableanddoubleclickon"HRcreditorattribute"fromthelefthandwindow.Thiswillbring
upascreenwhereyoucanselectthetypeofremittanceassociatedwithyourcreditor.
Youcanviewtheavailableremittancerulesbyclickingonthedropdownbuttonontherightendofthe"Rem.rule"field.Payrollwillrequestthetypeofremittancetheywouldlike.Ifthepaymentrequested
hasaG,thenthismeansthataphysicalcheckisproducedforthepayment.IfthepaymentrequestedhasaV,thenthismeansthatanEFTpaymentisproduced(electronicfundstransfer).Whenindoubt,
askforclarificationfrompayroll.Selecttheappropriateremittanceruleandsaveyourchanges.

4.SelecttheSymbolicAccountforYourWageType
Nowyouneedtofindthecorrectsymbolicaccounttolinktothedesiredactualaccount.GototheIMGandfollowthispath:
Payroll>Payroll:USA>PostingtoFinancialAccounting>ActivitiesintheACSystem>AccountAssignment

Ifyoursymbolicaccountisfinancial,choose"Assignfinancialaccounts".Ifyoursymbolicaccountisanexpenseaccount,choose"Assignexpenseaccounts".Choose"0010"forthechartofaccountsthat
popsupandhitenter.
Findyoursymbolicaccountinthetable.Youcanusethe"Position"buttontogodirectlytoit.Iftheaccountnumber(ontheright)foryoursymbolicaccountdoesnotmatchtheaccountrequestedbypayroll,
thenyouneedtogetthecorrectsymbolicaccountnumberfrompayroll.Theremaybemultiplesymbolicaccountsthatgotothesameactualaccount.Thedifferentsymbolicaccountnumbersallowtracking
ofexpenses.
Onceyoufindthecorrectsymbolicaccountnumber,you'llhavetolinkittoyourwagetype.GointotheIMGandfollowthispath:
Payroll>Payroll:USA>PostingtoFinancialAccounting>ActivitiesintheHRSystem>WageTypeMaintenance>Definewagetypepostingattributes
Thisbringsupanoverviewofwagetypes.Again,youmayfindyourwagetypeinthetablebyclickingonthe"Position..."buttonandtypinginyourwagetypenumber.Selectyourwagetypeanddouble
clickon"PostingaWageType"inthelefthandwindow.Thiswillshowyouwhichsymbolicaccountthewagetypeiscurrentlyassignedto.Thiswilloriginallybesettowhicheveraccounttheoldwagetype
(thatyouusedwhencopyingyournewone)wasassignedto.
Youcanviewalistofthesymbolicaccountsavailablebyclickingonthedropdownbuttonontherightendofthesymbolicaccountsfield.Typeinorselecttherequestaccountnumberandhitenter.Make
noteofwhethertheaccountyou'vespecifiedisafinancialaccount("F"under"AATyp")oranexpenseaccount("C"under"AATyp").Saveyourchanges.

5.TestYourNewWageType
Nowyouneedtotestyournewwagetypetomakesurethatitshowsupcorrectly.Totestyourwagetype,youwillneedtosetupadeductionusingthatwagetype(bycreatinganentryininfotype0014)
andthenrunningpayrollforthatpersonduringtheperiodforwhichyourdeductionisvalid.Forexample,ifyousetupaonetimedeductionfor01/14/2006(asthestartandenddateoftheinfotype0014
record),thenyouwouldneedtorunpayrollforthatpersonforpay3of2006thedateofyourdeductionisthefirstdayofthatpayperiod.Onceyou'vesuccessfullyrunpayrollandcheckedtheformtobe
sureyourwagetypeshowsup,contactyourpayrolldepartmentsothattheymaydotheirowntesting.

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