INFOTYPE

[Former Member]

Hi experts what is the technical definition for INFOTYPE. and How it is different from Tables.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Vamsi,

An INFOTYPE is a collection of 'information' in a table, used to store HR information in SAP HR. It essentially consists of structures for holding data, for maintaining time-delimited information.

Infotype is a database table in the basic sense, but there are concepts of Logical Database (GET events, and predefined macros like rp-provide etc) associated with HR, and hence a slight deviation from the standard tables.

Hope this is helpful, and feel free to ask more doubts.

Thanks,

Vivek Shah

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[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks a lot for your help vivek. one more doubt i have. what is the major difference between PA infotypes and OM infotypes.

Thanks in advance

vamsi

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

PA - means Employee MAster data ie HR master data.

OM- means organization related DATA like org unit,positions, jobs etc

PA infotypes are from 0000 to 0999,Tables PAxxxx (where xxxx = infotype number)

and OM are from 1000 to 1999,tables HRPxxxx(where xxxx = infotype number)

[amit_khare · Accepted solution]

Hi,

this is almost all about the infotypes -

<a href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/HRINF/HRINF.pdf">Infotype</a>

<a href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PAXX/PYINT_INFOTYP_PD.pdf">OM - Infotype</a>

<a href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PAXX/PYINT_INFOTYP.pdf">PA- Infotype</a>

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Regards,

Amit