Hierarchy
SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component⤷
CA-TS (Application Component) Time Sheet⤷
BCATX (Package) DB Enhancements for the Cross-Application Time Sheet (CATS)
Basic Data
| Data Element | CATSTASKTYPE |
| Short Description | Task Type |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | CATSTASKTYPE | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 4 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 4 | |
| Value Table |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | ||
| Search Help: Parameters | ||
| Parameter ID | ||
| Default Component name | ||
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Task Type |
| Medium | 15 | Task Type |
| Long | 20 | Task Type |
| Heading | 3 | Typ |
Documentation
Definition
Characterisation of content of a specific task that an employee performs, for example "consulting" or "instructor function". Specific task components are usual for each task type.
Use
In the Cross-Application Time Sheet (SAP CATS), the task type, task component, and task level fields enable you to specify the task elements that are relevant for valuation. For example, elements that are relevant for valuation are entered for the following business processes:
- Payroll (wage types, attendance types)
- Controlling and billing (activity types, statistical key figures)
- Invoice verification for external employees (activity numbers)
The SAP R/3 system can derive the following working time attributes from the combination of task types, components, and levels:
- Attendance/absence types
- Wage types
- Activity types
- Statistical key figures
- Activity numbers
- Sender business processes
You can replace these input fields on your time sheet user interface with the task type, task component, and task level input fields, which are tailored to suit task recording needs. You can also valuate the task type, component, and level in reporting.
You can make the relevant settings in the Implementation Guide (IMG), under Cross-Application Components -> Time Sheet-> Time Recording -> Task Levels, Components, and Categories.
Example
At a consultancy, employees record their tasks. The data recorded is then used for creating invoices.
- Task type: consulting
- Task components for consulting: working hours, overtime, number of kilometers driven
- Task levels for consulting: junior, senior
The SAP R/3 system valuates the "overtime" task component for the "junior" task level with a specific activity type. The SAP R/3 system valuates the "overtime" task component for the "senior" task level with a different activity type with a higher price.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20110908 |
| SAP Release Created in |
