Confirming Network Activities Using the Cross Application Time Sheet (CATS)

Time data is entered for one or more people.

CATS facilitates a flexible screen configuration for the settings, the worklist, and the data entry section, depending on the following:

• The group of employees (via data entry profile)

• User-defined (via table control)

You can use worklists to simplify time data entry for the employees. Employees use the data in the worklist (for example, the information for the account assignment object) as templates for the data entry section. The worklists can be filled in using the following data:

• Activities to which the employee is assigned via the work center or workforce planning (for PS, PM, SM)

• Activities via pool of confirmations (for PS, PM, SM)

• Objects the employee is working on (using the CATS database)

• Objects via BAdIs

Data entry profiles for cross application time sheet components are maintained in customizing.

• Workforce planning

• Assigned work center

• Pool of confirmations info system

The data entry profile determines how the times are entered (via field selection of the receiver) and to which components activity data is transferred. For example, it determines whether the times that were entered were released when they were saved and whether approval is required.

The field selection determines which of the fields in the work list and data entry screen groups are displayed and which are ready for input.

The field selection can be controlled using the data entry profile field.

Ensure that the field selection is as simple as possible and does not contain any unnecessary fields. All possible receivers for activities should appear for a person or group of persons. If the person works for a network as well as a receiver cost center, for example, both receivers should appear as options in the field selection.

In the case of large hierarchies, it is recommended that you do not immediately import all line items, but select them by navigating in the tree. For this reason, you can use the tree-structure first without display of the line items.

The result screen consists of three parts offering several navigation options. You can double-click a node to start a line item report for the selected objects only. When you click a node, all objects under this node are used for the selection. The display of the line items is automatically refreshed. You can show or hide the complete tree.

You also have the option to select different layouts by choosing the corresponding name. The columns used in this layout are then used for the reselection of line items on the SAP HANA database.

The line item display offers the usual options (navigation to the original documents, accounting document, or master record).

If you change the current layout (for example, by adding a new column), the system reads the new column on the SAP HANA database and the display is refreshed. This is also the case if you select another layout manually in the menu.