APPROVE TIME SHEET

Technical Data Web Dynpro Application Web Dynpro Application Package Application Configuration Web Dynpro Components HRMSS_A_CATS_APPROVAL PAOC_CATS_ESS_WDA HRMSS_AC_CATS_APPROVAL HRMSS_C_CATS_APPROVAL, HRMSS_C_CATS_APPROVAL_POWL Component Configurations HRMSS_CC_CATS_APPROVAL, HRMSS_PC_CATS_APPROVAL Application Component Controller Data Origin HRMSS_C_CATS_APPROVAL Function Module: HRMSS_CAT_WD_APPROVAL Software Component for Web Dynpro Application EA-HR Support Availability Required Business Function PA-ESS-XX-WDA SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 HCM_ESS_WDA_1

Line managers, project leads, and other authorized people can use this service to approve or reject working times recorded using the Cross-Application Time Sheet (CATS). The service supports periodic data approval. It replaces or enhances the workflow-based approval of working times. Note This application has been developed for the software component EA-HR. Subsequent enhancements and corrections to the software are available in HR Support Packages. The application is part of the Business Package for Manager Self-Service (mySAP ERP). End of the note. Integration The CATS personal object worklist (POWL) application is integrated with the Manager Self-Service (MSS) Inbox and can be accessed in the MSS role. The CATS approval application uses functionality provided by the SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) POWL-based Inbox.

Prerequisites You do the following: Use SAP Cross-Application Time Sheet (CATS). Set up the approval service for Cross-Application Components in Customizing under All User Interfaces Approval Procedure Approve Working Time . Features You can use this service as follows: As an alternative to the RCATS*01 reports, (Time Sheet: Approve Times) and RCATS_APPROVE_ACTIVITIES (Approve Working Times). This means that you can provide the approvers in your enterprise with an application that is incorporated in a manager portal such as Manager Self-Service or Project Self-Service. Note For more information, see the Business Package for Manager Self-Service and Confirming Tasks. End of the note. To approve all time sheet data recorded by employees in the various CATS user interfaces. You do not need to implement the Employee Self-Service application for the Record Working Time time sheet to be able to approve data from it in this service. To simplify and accelerate the approval of recorded working times. In Customizing, you can group data according to collective approval criteria and then carry out a mass approval. You can also approve this data individually. To restrict the quantity of working times to be approved, by defining working times that meet particular criteria as subject to approval. For more information, see Special Approval. You can choose from multiple employee sets in different ways, depending on how you use the application: o If you use a personal object worklist (POWL), in the managers home page select the Working Time Approval query and select Change Worklist. In the dialog box, the user can select Employee Selection from the dropdown list to change the employee set. o If you use the standalone CATS Approval application, the user can change the employee selection from the dropdown list, depending on the Customizing settings in Object and Data Provider (OADP). You can change the settings for OADP in Customizing under Integration with Other mySAP.com Components Business Packages / Functional Packages Manager Self-Service (mySAP ERP) Object and Data Provider . Time Sheet Settings for