02-27-2008 11:42 AM
HI Experts,
Is anyone have nay idea of Distributed HR Master Data (transaction PFAL).
I m working on aproject on which I have to migrate whole HR data from current system to one new system.
If someone have any idea please help
Mukesh
02-27-2008 12:06 PM
Hi Mukesh,
One of best options is using ALE. Read below documentation.
Reward points if helps
Roger
HR: ALE Distribution of HR Master Data
Description.
Scenario 1: Distribution of HR Master Data from a Central Central HR
System
Requirements
Data is maintained centrally in the integrated HR system. Distributed
data must not be maintained in the target system; see SAP Note 119780.
Message Types
o HRMD_A: Distribution from the HR system to other SAP systems
o HRMD_ABA: Distribution from the HR system to systems that are based
on an SAP application basis system, such as the mySAP.com components
CRM, EBP, and so on. For details, see SAP Note 312090.
o HRMD_B: Distribution from the HR system to an SAP basis system. This
message type is not currently relevant, since this system type is
not delivered as a stand-alone product.
Basis IDoc Types
See also table EDIMSG or transaction WE82.
For HRMD_A, HRMD_ABA, and HRMD_B*, transaction WE30 displays the
current version in each case with the highest sequential number, for the
SAP Release 4.70 HRMD_A06, HRMD_ABA04, HRMD_B04.
In normal circumstances, that is when the participating systems are not
SAP basis systems, you must use message type HRMD_A or HRMD_ABA. The
system suggests the most suitable one on the selection screen in the
program RHALEINI (or in the transaction PFAL, which has the same
function).
Output
In accordance with the model views in the distribution model, the
selected data is transported to the target system.
Tips and Tricks
For questions and answers on setting up a distribution scenario for HR
master data, see SAP Note 200066.
Supported HR Object Types
Personnel Administration object types: P Person, AP Applicant (only for
message type HRMD_A)
Personnel Planning object types: all (non-external) object types except
X. For information on T, W, RY, see below.
Supported HR Infotypes
Transaction WE30 enables you to display the infotypes currently
supported by a message type. In this respect, E1Pnnnn means that
infotype Pnnnn is distributed (assignment in table T777D), and E1PADnn
means that additional data PADnn for infotype P1001 is distributed
(assignment in table T77AD).
For performance reasons you should enter all required object types and
infotypes/subtypes as filters in the distribution model.
Infotypes referring to data that cannot be distributed (such as cluster
data) are not included in the standard system (see SAP Note 105148), or
are distributed without the additional information (for example cluster
data, texts) (see also SAP Note 310993).
Customer includes for the infotypes are not automatically taken into
account during distribution. Function exits are provided for supporting
customer includes.
Transfer Mode
The transfer mode determines how data on the objects (= plan
version/object type/object ID) is imported into the target system:
o Insert (Create) for Complete Transfer
Data records for all of the objects and infotypes from the
distribution model are transferred in full to the target system. If
an object to be transferred already exists in the target system, it
is replaced in full, which means it is first deleted completely (all
infotypes) and then created again using the distributed data
records.
You can specify a reporting period (data selection period). The
system distributes all of the data records that are valid for at
least one day between the 'start date' and 'end date'.
For a complete data transfer you must use insert mode. For
consistency reasons we recommend that you use the reporting period
'All'.
o Update (Change) for Period
You can specify a reporting period (data selection period). The
system distributes the data records of the infotype/subtype to be
entered that are completely within this period. In the target
system, data records of the entered infotype/subtype that are
completely within this period are deleted (relationships are only
deleted if they were created earlier by distribution, see below:
local relationships). The distributed data records are then created.
In particular, this logic ensures that deleted data records, too,
are correctly processed.
In this mode, IDocs created by change pointer evaluation are
dispatched.
Import Lock:
Using an entry in table T77TR in the target system, you can lock
specific object types/infotypes/subtypes for import.
You completely lock object types for import by entering an existence
infotype:
Lock object type P by entering infotype 0000, object type AP by entering
infotype 4000, PD object types by entering infotype 1000.
Size of IDoc
Each IDoc transfers a maximum of 200 objects. You can reduce this number
with an entry in table T77S0: ALE BSIZE.
Change Pointers
To distribute changes after a complete transport, you can use change
pointers. Once they have been activated (in the IMG), change pointers
can be dispatched periodically using report RBDMIDOC.
You can display change pointers
and process them again, if necessary.
Generic Data Filtering
As well as the standard filters, you can define and use generic filters.
See the corresponding section in the IMG.
Filter 1 for Distribution of HR Master Data:
Filter 2 for Distribution of HR Master Data:
To determine the filter values for each HR master data record, you must
implement a BAdI: Display Documentation
Serialization
For distribution, you can implement serialization. See also the relevant
section in the IMG.
Activate Serialization in ALE Inbound Processing:
Activate Serialization in ALE Outbound Processing:
Auxiliary programs allow you to control the settings:
You can check the consistency of serialization settings: Execute
Function
You can display the counter status of the registry in ALE inbound
processing:
You can display the counter status of the registry in ALE outbound
processing:
SAP Enhancements as Function Exits
Under the SAP enhancement RHALE001 are function exits that you can use
in ALE inbound and outbound processing.
SAP Enhancements as BAdIs
Business Add-Ins continue to be available in the HRALE00* namespace.
Error Handling
You can use the standard task HRMD_Error (TS 00408178) for error
handling in ALE inbound processing.
Component for Notes and Error Messages
Notes for ALE distribution of HR master data are stored under the
component BC-BMT-OM-ALE. You must also use this component when reporting
error messages in this area.
Restrictions:
HR master data has just one central HR System in which all HR components
are integrated. Distributed HR master data must not be changed in the
receiving system. Profiles with read authorization only, for example,
enable you to ensure that distributed HR master data is not changed in
the receiving system. Alternatively, you can use the original system
mechanism from scenarios 2 and 3.
Only the infotypes required for SAP standard scenarios are supported.
Data in the receiving system is created with the same plan version as in
the sending system. If the active plan version is not selected in the
sending system, the distribution program displays an error message.
Only the object type, infotype, subtype, or related object type can be
used as a filter. This means that data cannot be filtered in accordance
with any other fixed organizational criteria if there is more than one
receiving system. However, you can define customer-specific filters. For
more information, see the "Generic Data Filtering" section above.
If you want to create additional HR master data records directly in the
receiving system (such as a work center in Logistics), you must ensure
that the number range intervals are different from those in the sending
system.
Tasks (object types T, W) and responsibilities (object type RY) are
not distributed. The relationship (infotype 1001) for these object types
can be distributed. This means, for example, that you cannot distribute
a standard task, but that you can distribute a relationship for a
standard task.
You can reduce the messages. You can also use rules to convert data,
with the exception of using a conversion rule to fill fields with
initial values.
If you want to create a relationship to an object in the target system,
but the object does not exist (yet) in the target system, a note is
included in the transport log. In this instance, the IDoc is assigned
status 52 (posting of application document incomplete) so that
incomplete transports are recognized. If the missing object is
distributed to the target system at a later date, the relationship is
created automatically in both directions, and is therefore complete. A
relationship to external objects (such as cost centers) is distributed
and created in the target system if the external object exists there.
For more information on this topic, see SAP Note 443187.
In update mode, a local PD relationship in the target system is
retained. This means that a relationship created locally (not by
distribution) in the target system is not deleted in update mode. On the
technical level, a distributed relationship can be recognized by the
fact that the value AL is entered as an ALE marker in the P1001-REASN
field.
PA data and PD data is saved (updated) in the target system without
checks (unlike in dialog or batch input). In particular, this means that
updated data is not validated (time constraint, time delimitation,
allowed values). What is more, no change pointers are written, the
transport connection and workflow connection are deactivated, dynamic
actions are not performed. You must take this into account when
transferring data from an interface to an external system. The external
system itself must itself ensure consistency and the correct format. For
more information, see SAP Note 134085.
If you want to use standard transactions in the target system to access
HR data, Customizing in the target system must be identical to the
Customizing in the sending system.
Lock in ALE outbound processing: in the sending system, a lock entry is
created for each object when data is sent. If objects are already locked
in the sending system (by a maintenance transaction, for example), they
are not dispatched. This is documented in the program log. You must
repeat the send procedure later.
Lock in ALE inbound processing: in the receiving system, a lock entry is
created for each object when data is received. If objects are already
locked in the receiving system, they are not updated. This is documented
in the status of the posted IDoc. You must repeat the posting procedure
later.
When PA infotypes are distributed, you must ensure that at least the
existence infotypes 0000, 0001, 0002, and 0003 for persons, or 0001,
0002, and 4000 for applicants, are distributed. For the distribution of
holder relationships (S-P), you must also distribute infotype 1001 for
persons.
In the sending system, you must have authorization (PLOGI, P_ORIGIN,
P_APPL, structural authorization for T77PR and T77UA) to display the
infotypes. For holder relationships (S-P), you must have authorization
to display person infotypes (P_ORIGIN) in the receiver system.
Infotype 0003 is only distributed by change pointers if it has been
changed in combination with one of the other PA infotypes that is
supported.
Example
Personnel number for existence check:
Object type: P, infotypes: 0000, 0001, 0002, 0003.
Personnel number for existence check with holder relationship:
Object type: P, infotypes: 0000, 0001, 0002, 0003, 1001.
Applicant number for existence check:
Object type: AP, infotypes: 0001, 0002, 4000.
Personnel number for generating vendor accounts in Accounting:
Object type: P, infotypes: 0000, 0001, 0002, 0003, 0006, 0009, 0017.
Personnel number for sales personnel (maintained in HR):
Object type: P, infotypes: 0000, 0001, 0002, 0003, 0006, 0105, 0900.
Organizational unit, job, position with relationships:
Object type: O, C, S, infotypes: 1000, 1001.
Description
Scenario 2: Distributed Organizational Management
If you require further information on the 'Distributed Organizational
Management' scenario, access the SAP Library and choose
Cross-Application Components -> Business Framework Architecture -> ALE
Business Process Library -> Human Resources -> Master Data Distribution
(Human Resources).
Requirements
Scenario 2 'Distributed Organizational Management' is based on Scenario
1 'Distribution of HR Planning Data and HR Master Data from a Central HR
System'.
This scenario is activated in T77S0: ALE REPLI.
By determining an original system (in original system table HRMDORIGIN),
one logical system is determined for each object in Personnel Planning.
Business responsibility is defined in this logical system.
A distinction is made between two types of object, namely the original
(which usually exists in the system in which the object was created) and
the replication (which is created by distribution).
Initialization
To initialize the original system table, the following function must be
executed:
Initialization of HRMDORIGIN
To maintain HRMDORIGIN in expert mode, the following function must be
executed:
The original can be transferred to a different logical system.
Objects as Original or Replication
The main differences between the original and the replication lie in the
creation of change pointers and in inbound processing for distribution.
If an object is created in a logical system, that system is regarded as
the original system and the object is stored there as an original. If
the object is distributed, it exists in the target system as a
replication.
A relationship that is distributed is created in the target system with
the ALE marker (value AL in the P1001-REASN field), which flags it as
distributed.
An original can be maintained. A change pointer is written to distribute
the change. In insert or update transfer mode, an original is selected
and dispatched. It is then created in the target system as a
replication. This original is not overwritten during inbound processing.
A replication can be maintained. A change pointer is not written to
distribute the change because the change is local. In insert or update
transfer mode, a replication is selected and dispatched if the
'Distribute originals only' parameter has not been selected. It is then
created in the target system as a replication. This replication is
overwritten during inbound processing.
Report RHALEORIGLIST (transaction RE_RHALEORIGLIST) generates a list of
original systems for the selected objects.
Relationships Between Original and/or Replication
A relationship between two originals can be created and maintained.
Change pointers are written for distribution. In insert or update
transfer mode, the relationship is selected and distributed. It is then
created in the target system as a relationship with ALE marker (see
above). This relationship between originals is not overwritten during
inbound processing.
A relationship between two replications can be created and maintained.
Change pointers are not written for distribution. In insert or update
transfer mode, the relationship is selected and distributed. It is then
created in the target system as a relationship with ALE marker. This
relationship between replications is not overwritten during inbound
processing.
A relationship between an original and a replication can be created and
maintained. Change pointers are written for distribution, but only for
the original with a determinable relationship direction. This specifies
just one system, which prevents data from being distributed from both
systems in both directions.
The distributable relationship direction is defined in T77ALERELA.
The distributable relationship direction is assigned in T77ALECOMB to
the object type combinations for original and replication.
In insert or update transfer mode, the relationship is selected and
distributed. It is then created in the target system as a relationship
with an ALE marker. This relationship between original and replication
is not overwritten during inbound processing.
A distributed relationship (that is, a relationship with an ALE marker)
can be maintained between an original and a replication or between two
replications. Change pointers are not written for distribution. In
insert or update transfer mode, the relationship is selected and
distributed. It is then created in the target system as a relationship
with an ALE marker. This distributed relationship is overwritten during
inbound processing.
If a replication is processed, a dialog box containing the appropriate
information can be displayed in dialog mode. This function is activated
by an entry in table T77S0: ALE POPUP.
Example
There are two systems, A and B, each with activated change pointers and
distribution to the other system using change pointers.
Objects O 4711 and O 4712 have been created in system A and distributed
to system B using change pointers, or insert or update transfer mode.
Object O 4713 has been created in system B and distributed to system A
using change pointers, or insert or update transfer mode.
System A: Object O 4711 exists as an original
System A: Object O 4712 exists as an original
System A: Object O 4713 exists as a replication
System B: Object O 4711 exists as a replication
System B: Object O 4712 exists as a replication
System B: Object O 4713 exists as an original
Processing in System A for Infotypes that are not Relationships
In system A, infotypes 1000, 1002, and so on can be maintained for
object O 4711. The object is an original, so change pointers are
written.
Distribution by change pointer distributes the changed data from O 4711
in system A to system B. System B contains object O 4711 as a
replication, so distribution overwrites the data in object O 4711 in
system B.
Processing in System B for Infotypes that are not Relationships
In system B, infotypes 1000, 1002, and so on can be maintained for
object O 4711. The object is a replication, so change pointers are not
written.
Therefore, distribution by change pointer does not distribute the
changed data from O 4711 in system B to system A. The changes are local
and are overwritten again when data from system A is reposted.
T77ALERELA contains the entry 002 A.
T77ALECOMB contains the entry 002 O O.
Therefore, relationship 002 is distributed by change pointers from
object type O as the original to object type O as the replication with
relationship direction A.
All other relationships between the original and replication, even B002,
are not entered, which means they are not distributed by change
pointers.
Processing in System A for Relationships
Every relationship between original O 4711 and original O 4712 can be
maintained. Change pointers are written, and the relationship is
distributed to system B.
Every relationship between original O 4711 and replication O 4713 can be
maintained. For relationship 002, a change pointer is written for
relationship direction A002 from original O 4711 to replication O 4713,
and the relationship direction is distributed to system B. No change
pointers are written for any other relationships. In particular, a
change pointer is not written for relationship direction B002 from
replication O 4713 to original O 4711.
Processing in System B for Relationships
Every relationship between replication O 4711 and replication O 4712 can
be maintained. Change pointers are not written.
Every relationship between original O 4713 and replication O 4711 can be
maintained. Change pointers are not written. In particular, a change
pointer is not written for relationship 002 (see above) between original
O 4713 and replication O 4711 because relationship direction B002 has
not been entered as distributable by change pointer from original O 4713
to replication O 4711.
Description
Scenario 3: Distributed HR Master Data
If you require further information on the 'Distributed HR Master Data'
scenario, access the SAP Library and choose Cross-Application Components
-> Business Framework Architecture -> ALE Business Process Library ->
Human Resources -> Master Data Distribution (Human Resources).
The original system mechanism is retrieved for persons and applicants in
the same way as for scenario 2 'Distributed Organizational Management'.
Requirements
Scenario 3 'Distributed HR Master Data' is based on scenario 2
'Distributed Organizational Management' and scenario 1 'Distribution of
HR Planning Data and HR Master Data From a Central HR System'.
This scenario is activated in T77S0: ALE REPPA
In ALE inbound processing, PD / PA integration is activated in T77S0:
ALE INTE
If a replication of a person or applicant is processed, a dialog box
containing the appropriate information can be displayed in dialog mode.
This function is activated by an entry in table T77S0: ALE POPPA
02-27-2008 12:28 PM
Activate Change Pointers globally then activate change pointers for message type HRMD_A. Complete your ALE config like setting up the distribution model, configuring partner profile, ports etc. Then run BD21 for message type HRMD_A after changing employee PA data. You'll see a new Idoc created by the system.
PFAL is for reprocessing/resending the IDocs thats already been produced or sending it for the first time. Generally you would process all change pointers with BD21.
Finally use BD87 to send the IDocs to the receiving system.
Hope this helps,
Sougata.
p.s. last post by author named Roger is a direct copy/paste of the program documentation of PFAL....you can click the 'i' button on the selection screen of PFAL and check what I mean!
02-26-2014 8:14 AM
Hi Sougata
I have some z-relationships in my source system which I want to send to my destination system through ALE. Therefore I have configured the filter criteria regarding the same in BD64. However when I am sending data through PFAL the standard relationships in HRP1001 are moving but the z-ones are not. Kindly let me know how I can transfer z-relationships through ALE
Note: I also have a Z-Infotype for which I am able to transfer data by creating an Z-IDOC segment in Table T777D. but for z-relationships I am not able to do the same.
Thanks
Nilanjan