INFOTYPE title: infotype (PA) (SAP Library - Glossary)
INFOTYPE category: Personnel Management (PA)
INFOTYPE explained:
A set of data grouped according to subject matter.
The Human Resources component aims to enable the user to process employee data in an effective structure in accordance with business requirements.
The data structure of infotypes mirrors a logical set of data records. Infotypes can be identified by their four-digit keys, for example, the Addresses infotype (0006).
To facilitate reporting on past employee data, infotypes can be saved for specific periods.
You can edit infotype records individually or by using fast data entry.
The following functions are used for infotype records:
Create Change Copy Delimit DeleteMore terms such as infotype in Dictionary I.
- Manual Indicator For Prospective Effectiveness:
- Help The indicator that contains the result of the test for prospective fair value effectiveness infotype definition.
- Manual Item Category Group:
- Help in the material master record. The system uses the item category group and the sales document type to determine the category of a document item. For example, in the SAP standard version the item infotype explain.
- Manual Inspection Rule Group:
- Help Description for inspection rules that from a warehouse point of view behave in a similar manner infotype what is.
- Manual Issue Storage Location:
- Help A storage location from which components are withdrawn for production infotype meaning.
- Manual Inter-Client Communication:
- Help A generic term for communication between frontend components, which here includes X-Window ICC, Windows messages, DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange), DLL (Dynamic Link Library), and SHL (Shared Library infotype abbreviation.
