Matrix Structure in SAP HCM

Requirement: To implement the functional areas into respective departments in the Org unit.  

Matrix Structure for functional areas: SAP, Oracle and Mainframe with organization for the org units HR department, Finance Department, IT department and Procurement Dept.  

Matrix Structure is set up by using the concepts of objects, relationships and Evaluation path.  

  Objects: O (Organizational Unit), S (Position), P (Person), R Resource type, T Task.

  Relationships such as A: bottom up or B: top down

  Evaluation Paths such as O-O, ORGEH, O-S-P.  

1) Path:

Human Resources Organizational Management Organizational Plan Organization and Staffing PPOCE Create.  

2) Transaction Code as: PPOCE.  

In this we create the Org units and departments.  

Date can be entered as per requirement.  

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Create the Organization units as shown below. In the below example I just took HCL Pvt ltd as the organization unit and under that create four departments HR, Finance, IT and Procurement Departments.

 

 

Now go to SPRO SAP Reference IMG Personnel Management Organization Assignment Basic Settings Data Model Enhancement Main Object Types.  

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Click on New Entries and give the desired object name.

 

Maintain info types for the object type which has been created earlier.  

  Create the object.

  Create the relationship.  

The standard object and the relationship need to be created for the object type.  

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Here we relate the object name to the standard object (info type 1000) and relationship (info type 1001) as shown below.

 

 

 

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Change time constraint 2 to 3. Initial it has been set as 2 by default.  

 

 

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Select the Object Info type and Click on create and give the Object name: Oracle

Repeat the same for the SAP as well Mainframe.  

Note: While creating the new object see to that the object id field need be empty for new object name.  

 

Select the relationships and click on create. As per the requirement Oracle need to implement in HR dept, IT dept and Procurement Dept.  

In the ID of related object give the respective departments (HR Dept., IT Dept. and Procurement Dept.)

 

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Go to Matrix Organization Define Matrix Types.

 

 

Matrix Type: This field is used to denote a name for the matrix.  

The Matrix structure consists of two dimensions 1 and 2.  

Dimension 1 forms the rows in the output of the matrix structure.  

Dimension 2 forms the columns in the output of the matrix structure.  

Object Type which has to be shown in rows.  

Evaluation Path is used to select the evaluation path using which the objects are retired from Organization plan.  

Relationship is used to procure the related objects.  

For the Organization Plan

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Select the object ID: Select the departments  

 

 

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