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There is a myth in SAP HCM Talent Management, which goes by the name of
“Business Partners”. Aren’t they just for e-Recruiting, like TREX? No! Since I
am seeing a number of people getting into issues with external systems such
as TREX and STVN SuccessionPlanning, I thought I’d try and highlight the
requirement of the SAP Business Partner in SAP HCM Talent Management.
There are a number of steps required to setup Business Partners for SAP
HCM Talent Management:
HRAC: X
PBPHR: ON
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Once the switches are set then a Business Partner number range must be
setup in tcode BUCF, if it hasn’t already been setup. Run tcode BUCF and
select the Change Intervals button. In the next screen add a new interval with
the following values:
No.: 01
From number: 0000000001
To number: 0999999999
Current number: 0
Ext:
Once the other two previous requirements are in place, groupings must be
setup in IMG > Cross–Application Components > SAP Business Partner >
Business Partner > Basic Settings > Number Ranges and Groupings >
Define Groupings and Assign Number Ranges. A new entry to the
customizing table should be added with the following values:
Grouping: 0001
Short Name: Int.No.Assgnmnt
Description: Internal Number Assignment
Number range: 01
External:
Int.Std.Grping: X
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Ext.Std.Grping:
Hide:
1. In the select screen select the checkbox for Branch from Organization
Structure
2. In the selection box for this option select the OrgUnit at the top of the
organization structure
3. Select Execute
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Once the report has run all the Business Partner objects are now
synchronized. There may be one or more objects that are not in the correct
status and need to be repaired. For the purpose of SAP HCM Talent
Management we just need to repair the generate Business Partner objects for
the Central Persons that don’t have one. To do this:
1. Use the Object Selection window to find the Central Person objects that
have no Business Partner object (All Objects > Central Persons >
Without Partner)
2. In the right window select all of these objects and select the Repair
button
And au voila, now you have Business Partners setup, synchronized and
generated.
Note: There are may be issues with Central Person objects that represent
employees who are now inactive in SAP. All errors must be corrected for the
batch job to run (see below), not just those within the organization structure.
I’m glad you asked, since SAP supply a variant of the HRALXSYNC report for
exactly this reason. To setup to run on a periodic basis SAP supplies the
variant SAP&DEFAULT to use, so simply schedule the job using this variant in
SM36. However, please note that this job will not run correctly if any errors
occur when the standard report is run. The Change Since date will not update
to the latest date if any errors occur when the report variant is run.
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Well, there are 3 or 4 common errors that I’ve seen that might cause an issue
with generating Business Partners. There are many common errors that do
not cause issue with generating Business Partners for SAP HCM Talent
Management and as a result they are not covered here. In some organizations
it is worth consulting the wider SAP HCM community to see what impact any
of these changes might have. Some of the most common errors are:
The first error – “Postal code must have length xx” – can be corrected by
finding the CP, checking the address in PA30 for the Person object and then
setting the correct check rule for the postal code in IMG > SAP NetWeaver >
General Settings > Set Countries > Set Country-Specific Checks. The
second error – “Geocoder SAPO: Country not specified completely
(Customizing)” – is corrected by running the report
GEOCODING_SET_GEOFLAG, ticking the checkbox for Disable Geoservices
and hitting Execute.
For the error “Address type XXDEFAULT does not exist: Address usage
XXDEFAULT cannot be created” a new entry must be created in table TB009
with the following values:
For the error “Key 01 is not defined as name format for country xx” the
relevant country grouping must be created in table T500L.
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There are a number of BAdIs used to retrieve data for HRALXSYNC. This is
really for reference, since SAP HCM Talent Management (with exception of e-
Recruiting) only requires the existence of the Business Partner objects. These
BAdIs include:
BADI_ESH_IF_OBJECT_DATA
BADI_HRTMC_DR_FIELDS
HRTMC_ASSESSMENT_AVERAGE
HRALX_HRALXSYNC_BADI
Summary
So, here you’ve read a bit of background about why Business Partners are
used and needed in SAP HCM Talent Management, how you can set them up
and what issues to look out for. Hopefully this has cleared up some of the
issues and myths surrounded Business Partners and SAP HCM Talent
Management!
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Harinath Sadhu
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Thanks for your comment and your input. That’s a great list and I just
learned some integration points that I didn’t know about
Ramprabhu Sukumaran
Hi Harinath,
That’s a great info. But how is BP used in ICM?It just handles HTTP
request right? Just curious.
Thanks,
Ram
Former Member
Former Member
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Hi, Luke. I have a couple of questions related to your post. What’s the primary
difference between “ON” and “CREATE” on the integration switches — specifically,
PBPHR. Our setting is on create but you indicate to set it to on. I didn’t do the initial set
up so I’m trying to understand the settings.
Also, is there an easy way to view errors when HRALXSYNC is run in background mode
with SAP&DEFAULT variant? When I view the spool file, I can see the postal code
length error but am unable to view what CP the failure was on.
Thanks,
Nancy
Former Member
Dear Luke, May be I am taking look at this post of yours after a year, but its very very
useful post for creation and issue related to BP. I remember I also faced few of these
issue while I was implementing E-Rec.
THANKS>>>>
Rohit
Thanks Rohit. It’s not a piece that will age soon so I’m glad it helped you.
Best regards,
Luke
Former Member
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Regards,
Rohit
Kedhar Nath
Dear Luke,
Regards,
Kedhar.
Hi Kehdar,
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_ehsext40/helpdata/e
n/90/b28945cf29474695afd5ceaa569fd5/frameset
.htm
Best regards,
Luke
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Former Member
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_06/helpdata/en/
87/fe0e422dfcde2ce10000000a1550b0/frameset.
htm
Regards,
Rohit
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