Simplified Configuration of Payroll Control Center

As of EA-HRRXX 608 SP29, the configuration process for Payroll Control Center is simplified. The payroll process
manager can use the configuration wizards on the front end to create payroll processes, create policies with
relevant check types, and assign these policies to the payroll processes flexibly based on their business needs.
Briefly, the simplified configuration works in the following process:
1. Consultants complete configuration in the development system and then transport the configuration to
production system.
2. Payroll process manager creates policies and processes in the production system on the front end using
the configuration wizards.
PREREQUISITES
To use the simplified configuration of Payroll Control Center, you must have activated the business function
HCM_LOC_CI_92.

(Consultants) Configuring the Back End

Before the user can use the configuration wizards on the front end to create policies and processes, the following
Customizing activities must be completed in the back end under Customizing for Payroll: International -> Payroll
Control Center -> Payroll Control Center Configuration Simplification.
1. Define Check types
These check types will be later assigned by the payroll process manager to policies on the front end.
2. Define process step templates
You will need to assign these step templates to process templates.
3. Define process templates
4. Define process and policy namespace
A namespace is a prefix for the processes and policies that will be created by the payroll process
manager on the front end in the production system.
The purpose of process and policy namespace is to prevent these processes or policies from being
changed or deleted in the back end, or being overwritten by processes and policies that are created in the
development system and transported to the production system.
You must define process and policy namespace before you can define process types and policy types.
Note: Namespace is not allowed if processes and policies of the same namespace already exist in the
development system.
5. Define policy types
These policy types will be used later by the user who creates policies using the policy configuration wizard
on the front end in the production system.
A policy type collects the technical properties for defining a policy. To the user who creates policies in the
production system using the configuration wizard, the policy type with a certain business description is
enough. The technical details is hidden from this user.
6. Define process types
Similar to the policy types, the process types will be used later by the user who creates processes using
the process configuration wizard on the front end in the production system.
A process type collects the technical properties for defining a process. To the user who creates processes
in the production system using the configuration wizard, the process type with a certain business
description is enough. The technical details is hidden from this user.
 7. If you have already created policies in the back end, and you want to enable the authorized user to edit
these policies and assign these policies to processes using the configuration wizards on the front end in
the production system, you need to convert these backend policies. To convert policies that were created
from the back end, the following activities are required:

a. Check policy consistency with policy type

b. Add policy and the corresponding policy type into the policy whitelist
c. Convert existing policies

8. (As of release EA-HRR 608 SP30) If you have already created processes in the back end, and you want
to enable the authorized user to edit these processes using the process configuration wizard on the front
end in the production system, you need to convert these backend processes. For the process conversion,
the following activities are required:
a. Check process consistency
b. Generate recommended process type configuration for the specified, to-be-converted process
c. If a matching process type with the recommended configuration does not already exist, create a
process type based on the recommended process type configuration.
d. Add the process and the matching process type in the whitelist
e. Check process consistency again until the process you want to convert has passed the
consistency check (which means that it has a green light in the check result).
f. Convert existing processes
9. Set up authorization for process types and policy types using the authorization objects P_PYC_PYP and
P_PYC_POL.
Payroll Control Center defines a new role to do the policy and process configuration. So during
implementation of simplified configuration, you must have well-defined namespace for the policy type and
process type in order to simplify the authorization setting for the new role.
For process configuration, authorization object P_PYC_PYP is used. It determines which process type is
accessible, and consequently which processes are accessible in the process configuration wizard. The
authorization object can also determine what activities can be performed.
For policy configuration, authorization object P_PYC_POL is used. It determines which policy type is
accessible, and consequently which policies are accessible in the policy configuration wizard. The
authorization object can also determine what activities can be performed.
Using Simplified Configuration Wizards on the Front End
As of EA-HRRXX 608 SP29, the following configuration wizards are provided for configuring policies and
processes in the production system on the frontend user interface:
Policy Configuration wizard
URL: https://<host>:<port>/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/sap/hrpy_pcc_conf_1/index.html?sap-
client=<client>&sap-ui-language=<language_code>
Process Configuration
URL: https://<host>:<port>/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/sap/hrpy_pcc_conf_2/index.html?sap-
client=<client>&sap-ui-language=<language_code>
Policy Configuration Wizard

The payroll process manager can access the Policy Configuration wizard using the URL
https://<host>:<port>/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/sap/hrpy_pcc_conf_1/index.html?sap-client=<client>&sap-ui-
language=<language_code>
The home screen of the Policy Configuration wizard displays the policy overview, including the following
information:

Information Comment

Name Policy name

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 Policy Type Policy type of the policy

Status Status of the policy:

New: Unfinished, draft version of a policy
Active: Validated and saved version of a policy
In Process by: Being edited by a user

On the home screen, you can execute the following actions:

Action How?

Delete one or more existing Click Edit in the lower right corner.
policies

Edit an existing policy Click the policy, and then on the Policy Details page, click the pencil icon
in the lower right corner.
Note: Once you click the pencil icon, this policy is locked by you. You
must click either Save or Cancel to unlock the policy.

Create a new policy Click the Add icon.

Creating a Policy Using the Policy Configuration Wizard

Take the following steps to create a policy:

1. Access the Payroll Control Center Policy Configuration wizard using the following URL:
https://<host>:<port>/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/sap/hrpy_pcc_conf_1/index.html?sap-client=<client>&sap-ui-
language=<language_code>
2. On the home screen, click the Add icon.
3. Select a policy type.
The possible options are policy types for which you have been granted authorization in the
authorization object P_PYC_POL.
4. Enter the following information:
Policy name.
Select one or more check types to assign them to the policy.
Possible check types are those with the same country grouping as the policy type and
supporting process context at the same time.
5. Click Validate to validate your input and correct any errors prompted on the user interface.
6. Click Save to save the policy.

Process Configuration Wizard

The payroll process manager can access the Process Configuration wizard using the URL
https://<host>:<port>/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/sap/hrpy_pcc_conf_2/index.html?sap-client=<client>&sap-ui-
language=<language_code>
The home screen of the Process Configuration wizard displays the policy overview, including the following
information:

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 Information Comment

Name Process name

Process Type Process type of the process

Status Status of the policy:

New: Unfinished, draft version of a policy
Active: Validated and saved version of a policy
In Process by: Being edited by a user

On the home screen, you can execute the following actions:

Action How?

Delete one or more existing Click Edit in the lower right corner.
processes

Edit an existing process Click the process, and then on the Process Details page, click the pencil
icon in the lower right corner.
Note: Once you click the pencil icon, this process is locked by you. You
must click either Save or Cancel to unlock the process.

Create a new process Click the Add icon.

Creating a Process and Process Instances Using the Policy Configuration Wizard
Take the following steps to create a policy:
1. Access the Payroll Control Center Policy Configuration wizard using the following URL:
https://<host>:<port>/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/sap/hrpy_pcc_conf_2/index.html?sap-client=<client>&sap-ui-
language=<language_code>
2. On the home screen, click the Add icon.
3. Select a process type.
4. Enter the following information:
Process name
Selection: Select one or more selection parameters from the list.
The value list is decided by the instance selection parameter type for the process type.
Moreover if the parameter type is payroll area (ABKRS), the process context Payroll Period
Modifier (PERMO) will also be used to filter the payroll areas.
Policies: Select one or more policies from the list.
The possible options are policies whose policy types have been assigned to the process
type in the back end in Customizing activity Define Process Types and the country grouping
of the policy types is the same as that of the process type or *, meaning all countries.
Team: Select the administrators for this process. All the users in the system are listed.
Analytics: Select the KPI class for the process.
The list includes all data source classes that meet all of the following conditions:
- Data source class category KPI
- For all the assigned data source types, the Input parameters are PROC (Process)
and PROC_INSTANCE (Process Instance)

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Recurrences
Select the periods for which you want to generate process instances.
The list includes all the payroll periods from table T549Q in the back end.
5. Click Validate to validate your input and correct any errors prompted on the user interface.
6. Click Save to save the process and generate the process instances for the selected periods.

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