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SAP HR Qualification Catalog is a database of qualifications that employees possess or are required for certain jobs. It is used by SAP HR to store and manage the qualifications related data. The qualifications are categorized into different areas such as technical, educational, behavioral, language and other skills. This catalog helps the HR personnel to quickly find the right qualifications for the job postings and create a well-defined job description. The catalog also provides a better understanding of the skill sets and abilities of the employees and also helps to identify any gaps in the required qualifications for a job.
Transaction code OOQA is used to change the qualification catalog. This is used to change the qualifaction description and validity date and can able to delete or create a new Qualification catalog from this transaction.
Further Questions:
1. How do you activate integration between Personnel Administration and Personnel Planning for qualifications?
Customizing: table T77S0, parameter PLOGI QUALI
2. How does active integration affect infotype 0024 in a personnel action?
When integration is active, infotypes 0024 or 0025 must
always come at the end of a personnel action.
3. What impact does active integration have for the Ad Hoc Query?
When integration is active, the data is no longer physically
stored in infotype 0024 (table PA0024), but in infotype 1001 (table HRP1001
subtype A032).This explains too, why you can no longer directly access
the infotype fields of IT0024 in the query. Any attempt to access these
always fails.
4. Why is the qualifications catalog not alphabetically sorted in F4 possible entries help?
Generally speaking, sorting in the qualifications catalog
(transaction OOQA or PPQD) is not the same as sorting in the possible entries
feature (F4 help). The reason for this is the different method used for
the sorting. While sorting in transactions OOQA and PPQD is done alphabetically,
the possible entries feature only sorts the first level (qualification
groups) alphabetically. All other levels are sorted by object ID.
5. How are notes for qualifications stored in the qualifications profile?
The notes are stored period-independent with the key 'person has qualification' (for example, P 0003212 A032 Q 50001231).The advantage of this is that you only have one note attached to a qualification, whose history you can monitor.
Example (Qualifications profile):
Qualification Proficiency Period Note
English 1 01.01.1980 - 30.06.1998 X
English 2 01.07.1998 - 31.12.9999 X
The same note is displayed regardless of whether you look
at the note for the first or second entry.
6. Can you create customer-specific Infosets (Ad Hoc Query) for the unrestricted search for persons and applicants?
Yes, you can create customer-specific InfoSets. These customer-specific InfoSets must be defined in the 'global work area' in transaction SQ02.
Customer-specific InfoSets for Personnel Development must
not be defined in the standard work area, they must always be in the global
area.
7. How does the inheritance logic work for the specification descriptions for qualifications?
If you want to store standard values for the specification descriptions, you can do this in the IMG (Personnel Development) under 'Edit scales'. So that these standard values are inherited to the qualifications, in the qualification catalog, the 'Default' flag must be set both in the qualification group and in the qualification in the tab.
If the flag in the qualification group is not set, the stardard values are not inherited t othe qualification below.
If the flag is not set in the individual qualification, the standard values are only not inherited to this qualification. Then you can enter a specification description for this qualification.
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Question:
A SAP HR qualification Catalog consists of the following objects:
a. Qualification Types
b. Qualification Groups
c. Qualifications
d. Qualification Subgroups
e. Qualification Subtypes
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Answer:
a, b, c, d, e
a. Qualification Types: Qualification types are used to classify qualifications. They are used to group qualifications in different categories and make them easier to find and manage. Examples of qualification types are academic qualifications, professional qualifications, and certifications.
b. Qualification Groups: Qualification groups are used to group qualifications of the same type into a single entity. This enables the qualifications to be managed as a single unit, making it easier to assign them to employees.
c. Qualifications: Qualifications are the specific credentials that an employee holds. This could be a degree, a certification, or a professional qualification.
d. Qualification Subgroups: Qualification subgroups are used to further categorize qualifications within a qualification group. This makes it easier to assign qualifications to employees and to track and manage qualifications.
e. Qualification Subtypes: Qualification subtypes are used to further differentiate qualifications within a qualification subgroup. This enables qualifications to be more precisely identified and tracked.
