Infotypes  

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Infotypes:

Infotypes are units of information in the Human Resource Management System.
Infotypes are used to record employee data for administrative, time recording, and payroll purposes is of primary importance for master data administration in HR.In the SAP System, the information units used to enter master data are called infotypes.
They are also used to group related data fields together. They provide information with a structure, facilitate data entry, and enable you to store data for specific periods.

For your quick reference look into the below infotype range for each sub-module of SAP HR

Number Range Description
0000-0999 Personnel Admin
1000-1999 Personnel Planning/Org Mgt
2000-2999 Time Data
4000-4999 Applicant Data (recruitment)

The infotypes for Personnel Administration would fall between 0000-0999,for Personnel Planning/Org Mgt would fall between 1000-1999 and 2000-2999,4000-4999 for Time Management and Recruitment respectively.
Apart from the above SAP Defined Infotypes we can creat our own custom Infotypes as per our needs.The range for the Custom Infotypes should start with 9 and should be between 9000-9999.


Infotypes are characterized by the following 3 main things

1.Infotype Structure:
To the user, infotypes appear as data entry screens. They contain whole series of information (for example, last name, first name, date of birth) that you enter in data fields. Data fields concerning the same or similar subject matter are combined into data groups or information units.
In database terms, infotypes represent a data structure or set of related data records. When you update an infotype, old data is not lost but is instead stored in the system for historical evaluation purposes.

2.Data Entry:
You perform data entry as follows:
Your entries are automatically checked for accuracy and against table entries.
Predefined default values help you to enter and maintain data.
Checks and default values depend on the employee’s organizational assignment. The organizational assignment determines the relevant information used from time recording, wage type and pay scale structure.

3:Time-Dependent Storage of Infotype Data:
When you update an infotype, the old data may not be lost. Instead, it must be retained so that past data can be evaluated. When you update an employee’s personal data, the old data is automatically time-delimited. The system creates a validity period for each infotype record. As a result, each employee infotype has several data records that differ from each other by their validity periods.

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