Differences between Reservations and Absences

RESERVATION

ABSENCE

SAP FSM

Business usage

A technician should be blocked on the planning board and not assigned to activities because of a work-related action, e.g. a training

A technician should be blocked on the planning board because of absence at work caused by non-work-related situations, such as illness or holiday

SAP FSM DTO of the reservation type

PersonReservationType

WorkTimeTask

SAP FSM DTO of a reservation instance

PersonReservation

WorkTime

FSM Cloud Connector

Type

Maintenance transaction

SAP attendance/absence types (table T554S) entered in transaction /PACG/ECM_T554S – E4C Absence and Attendance Types definition can be transferred to SAP FSM as reservation types

Absence type names/codes defined by user and linked to SAP Attendance/Absence types in transaction /PACG/ECM_VWRKTC - Work Time Task Definition can be transferred to SAP FSM as absence types (work time tasks)

Sending transaction

/PACG/ECM_TRIG_PRERT - Person reservation type

/PACG/ECM_WRKTTSND - Work Time Task

Idoc type

/PACG/ECM_PERS_RRESERV_TYP

/PACG/ECM_ITYPE_WRKTT

Instance

Data source

HR infotype ‘Absences’ or CATS entries can be transferred as person reservations. It is customized in transaction /PACG/ECM_CPERR - Person reservation - general setting.

CATS entries can be transferred as work time/absences. It is customized in transaction /PACG/ECM_VWRKTC - Work Time Task Definition

Sending transaction

/PACG/ECM_TRIG_PRERV - Person reservation

/PACG/ECM_TRIG_WRKT - Worktime Time Sheet

Idoc type

/PACG/ECM_ITYPE_PERSRESERV

/PACG/ECM_ITYPE_WORKTIME