Payroll Questions and Help Required

What is Simulation Run and what is the use of it? 

Simulation is usually done for payroll - there is a transaction under payroll folder. It helps to check if the payroll runs without any problems or falling over. If it does, then you can see the log an see where the problem is; in this case you need to run simulation with log display. You can also select to see the payslip. In simulation, the payroll cluster or pay results are not updated. Hence no posting can be done unless you run posting with suitable options.

Similarly, time evaluation also can be run without updating the time cluster; this is also to check the if it runs without problems, to see the results of time evaluation, e.g., w/ts generated, accruals, etc. In PT60 you can see the options for not updating, log display, etc. 
 

What is the use of processing class and evaluation class and how it will be applied in payroll?

Processing Class: There are different processing classes for the various processing steps that are performed within Payroll. During the payroll run, the system processes a wage type in a specific processing step according to its individual specification in the respective processing class.

Evaluation class : It’s an Wage type characteristic that controls processing when payroll results are evaluated and displayed.

There are various evaluation classes for the different processing steps that are performed when payroll results are evaluated and displayed. During an evaluation, the system processes a wage type in a specific processing step according to its individual specification in the respective evaluation class.
 

How to assign allowances & its amount direct to position so that once employee fill up that particular position automatically he/she will receive the allowances and when he transfer to other position automatically the allowancess delimited?

Maintain IT1005 - Planned Compensation to all the positions. Here every position will be assigned to a Payscale area type, grade and level. Accordingly, in IT0008, relevant wage types will pop up for the person to whom the position is assigned.
 

What is the diffrence between RT table and cluster table?

RT Table: The purpose of RT Table is to store the wage types and its various attributes and to update the cluster table PCL2 as per its contents.  The function used here is PRT.

Cluster Table: A data cluster is a grouping of several data objects. Elementary fields, field strings and internal tables can be grouped in a data cluster.

Clusters B1 and B2 in files PCL1 and PCL2 are relevant to time evaluation, as is cluster PS, which stores the generated schema. 
 

When we enter the amount in wage type components in IT0008, in which table its going to store?

IT0008 - Initially it will sits in the Internal Table PIT.
 

I have to assign a holder to a position 'A'. Then hire a new employee with supervisor as the holder of position A. Later on change the holder of position A.

Go to Simple Maintenance in Expert mode of Org Mgmt,there you will find PPOM_OLD change.  In that you can assign a holder to a position by clicking the staff assignments tab and then assign holder tab.

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