Step-by-Step Guide to Configuring ESS: How to Set Up Headers, Areas, and Services

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Dear SAP Experts,

Please find below the configuration steps for ESS. I hope it will be helpful to you.

DEFINE HEADERS:
SAP IMG =&gt; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT =&gt; EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE =&gt; GENERAL SETTINGS =&gt; HOME PAGE FOR SELF-SERVICE =&gt; HEADERS AND AREA GROUP PAGES =&gt; DEFINE HEADERS

DEFINE AREA GROUP PAGES:
SAP IMG =&gt; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT =&gt; EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE =&gt; GENERAL SETTINGS =&gt; HOME PAGE FOR SELF-SERVICE =&gt; HEADERS AND AREA GROUP PAGES =&gt; DEFINE AREA GROUP PAGES

DEFINE AREAS:
SAP IMG =&gt; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT =&gt; EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE =&gt; GENERAL SETTINGS =&gt; HOME PAGE FOR SELF-SERVICE =&gt; AREAS =&gt; DEFINE AREAS

DEFINE SERVICES:
SAP IMG =&gt; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT =&gt; EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE =&gt; GENERAL SETTINGS =&gt; HOME PAGE FOR SELF-SERVICE =&gt; SERVICES =&gt; DEFINE SERVICES

akhilesh dubey

Dear SAP Experts,

Please find below the configuration steps for ESS. I hope it will be helpful to you.

DEFINE HEADERS: SAP IMG => PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT => EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE => GENERAL SETTINGS => HOME PAGE FOR SELF-SERVICE => HEADERS AND AREA GROUP PAGES => DEFINE HEADERS

DEFINE AREA GROUP PAGES: SAP IMG => PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT => EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE => GENERAL SETTINGS => HOME PAGE FOR SELF-SERVICE => HEADERS AND AREA GROUP PAGES => DEFINE AREA GROUP PAGES

DEFINE AREAS: SAP IMG => PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT => EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE => GENERAL SETTINGS => HOME PAGE FOR SELF-SERVICE => AREAS => DEFINE AREAS

DEFINE SERVICES: SAP IMG => PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT => EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE => GENERAL SETTINGS => HOME PAGE FOR SELF-SERVICE => SERVICES => DEFINE SERVICES

Thank you.

akhilesh dubey

INFOTYPE VIEW INDICATOR: Service Specific Settings: Maintain feature SAP EASY ACCESS =&gt; PE03 =&gt; IVWID Define Roles - Subtypes and Application Data are defined here. SAP Customizing Implementation Guide (IMG) -&gt; Personnel Management &gt; Employee Self-Service -&gt; General Settings -&gt; Service-Specific Settings -&gt; Own Data -&gt; Define Active Subtypes and Application case DEFINE ACTIVE SUBTYPES AND APPLICATION CASE SAP IMG =&gt; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT =&gt; EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE =&gt; GENERAL SETTINGS =&gt; SERVICE SPECIFIC SETTINGS =&gt; OWN DATA =&gt; DEFINE ACTIVE SUBTYPES AND APPLICATION CASE CREATE RULE GROUP (Configuration steps for Time Management) SAP IMG =&gt; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT =&gt; EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE =&gt; GENERAL SETTINGS =&gt; SERVICE SPECIFIC SETTINGS =&gt; WORKING TIME =&gt; LEAVE REQUEST =&gt; PROCESSING PROCESSES =&gt; CREATE RULE GROUPS In Leave request create Rule group - V_HRWEB_RULE_GRP

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INFOTYPE VIEW INDICATOR: Service Specific Settings: Maintain feature

SAP EASY ACCESS =&gt; PE03 =&gt; IVWID

Define Roles - Subtypes and Application Data are defined here. SAP Customizing Implementation Guide (IMG) -&gt; Personnel Management &gt; Employee Self-Service -&gt; General Settings -&gt; Service-Specific Settings -&gt; Own Data -&gt; Define Active Subtypes and Application case

DEFINE ACTIVE SUBTYPES AND APPLICATION CASE

SAP IMG =&gt; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT =&gt; EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE =&gt; GENERAL SETTINGS =&gt; SERVICE SPECIFIC SETTINGS =&gt; OWN DATA =&gt; DEFINE ACTIVE SUBTYPES AND APPLICATION CASE

CREATE RULE GROUP (Configuration steps for Time Management)

SAP IMG =&gt; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT =&gt; EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE =&gt; GENERAL SETTINGS =&gt; SERVICE SPECIFIC SETTINGS =&gt; WORKING TIME =&gt; LEAVE REQUEST =&gt; PROCESSING PROCESSES =&gt; CREATE RULE GROUPS

In Leave request create Rule group - V_HRWEB_RULE_GRP

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ADJUST WEBMO FEATURE

SAP IMG => PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT => EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE => GENERAL SETTINGS => SERVICE SPECIFIC SETTINGS => WORKING TIME => LEAVE REQUEST => PROCESSING PROCESSES=> CREATE RULE GROUPS

"Feature is used in Customizing for the Web application to store different regulations for employee groups. We can store regulations to display Data"

Assign workflow template to each Leave type - where WF ID for new request WF ID for cancellation request and WF ID for Change request are given here. SAP Customizing Implementation Guide (IMG) -> Personnel Management�Employee Self-Service -> Service- Specific Settings -> Working Time -> Leave Request -> Processing Processes -> Specify Processing Processes for types of Leave -> Define Absences/Processing process

Specify how leave is displayed and default values:SAP Customizing Implementation Guide (IMG) -> Personnel Management -> Employee Self-Service -> Service- Specific Settings -> Working Time -> Leave Request -> Lay out of web application -> Specify how Leave is displayed and default values

DEFINE PROCESSING TO EACH RULE GROUP

SAP IMG => PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT => EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE => GENERAL SETTINGS => SERVICE SPECIFIC SETTINGS => WORKING TIME => LEAVE REQUEST=> PROCESSING PROCESSES => DEFINE PROCESSING PROCESS FOR EACH RULE GROUP

PROCESSESS FOR TYPES OF LEAVES

SAP IMG => PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT => EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE => GENERAL SETTINGS = > SERVICE SPECIFIC SETTINGS => WORKING TIME LEAVE REQUEST => PROCESSING PROCESSES => SPECIFY PROCESSING => PROCESSES FOR TYPES OF LEAVES

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Quota Overview / Time Accounts

Create Rule Group
SAP IMG =&gt; Personnel Management =&gt; Employee Self-Service =&gt; General Settings =&gt; Service Specific Settings =&gt; Working Time Accounts =&gt; Create Rule Group

Maintain Webmo Feature
SAP IMG =&gt; Personnel Management =&gt; Employee Self-Service =&gt; General Settings =&gt; Service Specific Settings =&gt; Working Time Accounts =&gt; Create Rule Group

Specify Display of Absence Quotas
SAP IMG =&gt; Personnel Management =&gt; Employee Self-Service =&gt; General Settings =&gt; Service Specific Settings =&gt; Working Time Accounts =&gt; Specify Display of Absence Quotas

Specify the Calculation of Remaining Leaves
SAP IMG =&gt; Personnel Management =&gt; Employee Self-Service =&gt; General Settings =&gt; Service Specific Settings =&gt; Working Time Accounts =&gt; Specify Calculation of Remaining Leave

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DETERMINE LAST DAY OF THE WEEK

Maintain LDAWY feature (To maintain the Last day of the working day)

SAP EASY ACCESS =&gt; PE03 =&gt; LDAYW

SETUP DATA ENTRY PROFILES

SAP IMG =&gt; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT =&gt; EMPLOYEE SELF-SERVICE =&gt; GENERAL SETTINGS =&gt; SERVICE-SPECIFIC SETTINGS =&gt; WORKING TIME =&gt; RECORD WORKING TIME =&gt; SETUP DATA ENTRY PROFILES

Display a view of CATS entry profile: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide (IMG) -&gt; Personnel Management -&gt; Employee Self-Service -&gt; Service-Specific Settings -&gt; Working Time -&gt; Record Working Time -&gt; Define Field Selection and select Data entry selection

SELECT ALLOWED ABSENCE TYPES

(Here we define the absence types that employees are allowed to enter in CATS Regular. To do this, deactivate all absence types that are only to be processed by the clerk in the SAP system.)

SAP IMG =&gt; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT =&gt; EMPLOYEE SELF-SERVICE =&gt; GENERAL SETTINGS =&gt; SERVICE-SPECIFIC SETTINGS =&gt; WORKING TIME =&gt; RECORD WORKING TIME =&gt; SELECT ALLOWED ABSENCE TYPES

TIME STATEMENT

SAP IMG =&gt; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT =&gt; EMPLOYEE SELF-SERVICE =&gt; GENERAL SETTINGS =&gt; SERVICE-SPECIFIC SETTINGS =&gt; WORKING TIME =&gt; TIME STATEMENT =&gt; ENTER NAME OF HR FORM FOR THE =&gt; TIME STATEMENT

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Team Calendar

Specify Absences to be Displayed

SAP IMG => Personnel Management => Employee Self-Service => General Settings => Service Specific => Settings => Working Time => Team Calendar => Specify Absences to be Displayed

Assign processing processes to each leave type: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide (IMG) -> Personnel Management -> Employee Self-Service -> Service-Specific Settings -> Working Time -> Team Calendar -> Specify Absences to be Displayed → Define Absences/Processing Process

Specify Colour Display for Each Absence

SAP IMG => Personnel Management => Employee Self-Service => General Settings => Service Specific => Settings => Working Time => Team Calendar => Specify Absences to be Displayed

Select Employees for the Team Calendar

SAP IMG => Personnel Management => Employee Self-Service => General Settings => Service Specific => Settings => Working Time => Team Calendar => Select Employees

Define Layout of Team Calendar

SAP IMG => Personnel Management => Employee Self-Service => General Settings => Service Specific => Settings => Working Time => Team Calendar => Define Layout of Team Calendar

Creating User IDs for ESS: Through TCODE SU01, define the username. Assign users through Communication Infotype (0105)

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