Hello,
My blog deals with the dilemma many organizations face, when wish to implement an SAP Portal for time data entries, time data approvals and control for employees within the ESS, for managers within the MSS and for time administrators.
The blog's purposes are:
Here organizations can choose between several alternatives (I will refer only to SAP based solutions):
1. FIRST OFFERED SOLUTION: Implementation of the standard ESS/MSS packages for Time Management. This means using the "Out of the Box" solution, with minimum adjustments.
Comprehensive details about this solution can be found in the following links:
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2. SECOND OFFERED SOLUTION: Implementation of CATS - Cross Application Time Sheet. CATS can be used by several user interfaces. I will refer to the "CATS Regular" Interface.
Comprehensive details about this solution can be found in the following link.
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3. THIRD OFFERED SOLUTION: Portal DevelopmentThe idea is to establish most of the Time Portal on development, which may be done by a variety of developing tools: Web Dynrpo for ABAP, Web Dynrpo for JAVA, .NET, UI5 etc., and even a combination between them.
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I am sure that most of you would like to receive some key-rules, by which you will be able to decide of the preferred solution. But I have to disappoint you because there are no such rules, since each case has different considerations of: functional requirements, budget, personnel, IT rules and restrictions, GUI requirements, etc. Therefore, each case has to be considered correspondingly.
According to my own experience, many organizations choose to develop their own Time Portal, since in most cases which I am familiar with - this solution has advanced the others.
Moreover, you can also consider combining of several solutions from the ones mentioned above, for example, you may consider to choose the third option of Time Portal Development, but still use the standard infrastructure, as function modules, tables, classes, and even iViews.
Are these the only available solutions?! Of course not. The variety and creativity of solutions is vast, especially if you choose to develop a custom Time portal (the third option).
Here you, dear fellows, come in: please share you experience, your reached conclusions and similar dilemmas you've faced.
Regards,
Liran Azury, Senior SAP HCM Consultant
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