SAP ABAP IMG Activity MGE_00_PO_CGR (Define Groups of Countries)
Hierarchy
☛ EA-HRRXX (Software Component) Sub component EA-HRRXX of EA-HR
   ⤷ PA-GE (Application Component) Management of Global Employees
     ⤷ PAOC_PAD_MGE (Package) Management Of Global Employees
IMG Activity
ID MGE_00_PO_CGR Define Groups of Countries  
Transaction Code S_ALN_01000299   IMG Activity: MGE_00_PO_CGR 
Created on 20011129    
Customizing Attributes MGE_00_PO_CGR   Define Groups of Countries 
Customizing Activity MGE_00_PO_CGR   Define Country Groupings 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name MGE_00_PO_CGR    

Use

In this step, you group countries according to geographical areas, which you can then use in the activity Define Compensation Package Items to determine the validity of derived compensation package items according to assignment type and checklist items (For certain assignments, you may need a visa.).

Requirements

No preliminary steps required.

Standard settings

The SAP system is shipped with the following groups:

  • 99 (Worldwide)
  • AM (Americas, including North, Central and South America and the Caribbeans)
  • EM (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
  • AP (Asia-Pacific)

Activities

To create a new group:

  1. Click New entries.
  2. Enter a 2-character key and a description.
  3. Save your entries.
  4. Select the newly created country grouping.
  5. In the dialog structure, select Link Country to Group.
  6. Click New entries.
  7. Select a country.
  8. Save your entries.
  9. Repeat the previously mentioned steps for any further country.

Example

You could also make subdivisions and group the European countries as follows:

  • Northern Europe (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden),
  • Western Europe (United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg),
  • Eastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia),
  • Central Europe (Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia),
  • Southern Europe (Spain, France, Greece, Italy and Portugal).

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 203   Establish Master Data 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 2   Non-critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG MGE_00_PO_CGR 0 ALN0000081 Management of Global Employees 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
VC_T76MGE_CGROUP C - View cluster SM34  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20020716 
SAP Release Created in 110