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For organizations with hourly workers, shift-based roles, or unionized environments, accurate time tracking isn’t optional—it’s essential
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Late punches. Misaligned overtime. Manual pairing errors. Missed shift premiums.
These seemingly small issues, when multiplied across thousands of employees and hundreds of payroll cycles, can result in:
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In SAP HCM environments, point-to-point integration with timekeeping systems like Kronos/Workforce Time is the key to solving these problems—by transforming raw time data into payroll-ready entries within SAP
Union shift rules required meal penalties if no 30-min break after 5 hours. Manual enforcement was inconsistent.
Kronos punches imported into IT2011
ABAP logic checks for >5-hour continuous shifts
Inserts “Meal Penalty” wage type in IT2010
ZT00 schema triggers alert if unprocessed
Result:
100% compliance
Reduced union grievances
Fewer payroll rejections
Payroll is the single most critical and risk-sensitive area in any SAP deployment. Integrating third-party systems into your payroll processes—without losing control of retroactivity, wage type generation, and deduction accuracy—requires a level of precision that only SAP-native point-to-point integrations can offer.
We dive into Infotype structures, ABAP interface designs, compliance considerations, and how to build integrations aligned with your payroll control record lifecycle.
At its core, point-to-point integration is the direct, tightly coupled connection between SAP and a third-party system, bypassing generic middleware tools. This method:
1. Reduces latency
2. Improves customization
3. Simplifies error handling
4. Aligns closely with payroll and compliance needs
Rather than sending data into a black box middleware, you're in full control—writing ABAP logic that knows exactly which Info type, PA subtype, or Wage Type to manipulate.
1. Data Extraction: Use ABAP programs or LSMW tools to pull employee master data, time punches, deduction records, etc. Accessed from Infotypes like 0002, 0167, 0378, 2010, 2011
2. Transformation: ABAP logic maps SAP internal formats to the vendor’s schema (e.g., Fidelity fixed-width layout, Alight’s ANSI X12)
3. File Generation & Encryption: Generated file stored on the SAP application server or NFS path PGP encryption applied if needed
4. Secure Transmission: Transferred via SFTP using command-line tools or SAP’s own connectivity add-ons
5. Audit Logging: All activity logged via custom Z-tables or application logs (SLG1)
1. Data Extraction: Use ABAP programs or LSMW tools to pull employee master data, time punches, deduction records, etc. Accessed from Infotypes like 0002, 0167, 0378, 2010, 2011
2. TransformField Mapping Tables (V_T77SFEC_BIBF): Defines EC → Infotype field relationships
Transformation Templates: Handle conversion logic (e.g., map EC ‘grade’ to SAP ‘job group’)
Filters: Set by country, employment type, event reason
Switches: To allow client-specific logic branching ation: ABAP logic maps SAP internal formats to the vendor’s schema (e.g., Fidelity fixed-width layout, Alight’s ANSI X12)
3. File Generation & Encryption: Generated file stored on the SAP application server or NFS path PGP encryption applied if needed
4. Secure Transmission: Transferred via SFTP using command-line tools or SAP’s own connectivity add-ons
5. Audit Logging: All activity logged via custom Z-tables or application logs (SLG1)
