In this step, you check the period parameters for Payroll and, if required, adjust them in accordance with your needs. You need the period parameter to define specific payroll periods with start and end dates. If you run payroll for all employees in the same time interval, you only require one period parameter.

Standard settings

The standard system contains entries for all the usual payroll periods for various countries.

Recommendation

Do not change the SAP period parameters.

Activities

If, in addition to the SAP period parameters, you want to define your own period parameters, make the following settings:

1. In the Period parameters field, enter a two-character numerical key of your choice.
2. In the Description field, enter a text for the period parameter.
3. Assign a Time unit to the period parameter.
4. Define the Start date for the period parameter. You can specify a start date in the past.
5. Save your entries.
Further notes

The period parameter only specifies the frequency with which payroll is run. You define the specific duration of each payroll period with start and end date in this section of the Implementation Guide, in the step Generate Payroll Periods. You must create the payroll periods separately for each of the period parameters that you use in your system.

In this step, you use the report RPUCTP00 (Generate Payroll Periods) to generate the date specifications for a selected period for the payroll periods that are to be valid in your system. For each period parameter that is assigned to a payroll area, the system requires the following date specifications:

Start date and end date of each payroll period
Payment date of each payroll period
When you execute the report RPUCTP00, the system creates these dates according to the data that you enter in the report's selection screen.

Example

You generate the payroll periods for the period parameters monthly for the years 1999 to 2004. The start and end dates of the periods should be the same as the start and end dates of the calendar months. The periods' payment dates should be three days before the end of the period.

Requirements

In the step Check Payroll Area, which is in this section of the Implementation Guide (IMG), you have assigned a period parameter to all the payroll areas.

Standard settings

There are no entries in the standard system.

Recommendation

Generate the payroll periods for several years in advance.

Activities

1. In the selection screen of the report, enter the required data and run the report.
2. Check the date specifications that the system has generated for the payroll periods and the payment dates.
Further notes

You must run the report separately for each combination of period parameter and date modifier that is assigned to a payroll period.