Thursday, June 26, 2014

Difference Between SIT and EIT


SIT
EIT
SIT's are primarily attached to people.
(They can also be used with Jobs and Positions)
EIT's can be attached to following screens:
- People e.g. - My Passport Information
- Assignment e.g. - Daily Work Schedule
- Location e.g. - US Government Reporting
- Organization (via a classification)
- Job
- Position
- Element Types, etc.
SIT's are a type of Key Flexfields (KFFs)
EIT's are a type of Descriptive Flexfields (DFFs)
The SIT form has NATIVE Start Date and End Date fields
EIT forms do not have native Start Date and End Date fields
SITs can be restricted so that they can be viewed only by responsibilities having specific Menu.
EITs can be restricted to be viewed only by specific Responsibility.
SIT has to be enabled individually for each Business Group
Once configured, an EIT is available across all business groups. To access the EIT, it just needs to be attached to a Responsibility.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Extra Information Types


The Extra Information Types or EITs are DFFs attached to six very important entities that help us capture extra information, that are not available in our tables. It is kind of a DFF. Now, the question, why something called an EIT is introduced, if there was a concept of DFF already there?

  • EITs are stored in different tables, where as DFFs are stored in the same very base table. So any changes the base table, creates extra rows for DFFs, but EITs stay intact, making it more normalized.
  • EITs do not store historical information, neither are they date tracked. So any information which is static (data that hardly changes) can be put in EITs and others in DFF.
  • EITs are enabled at the responsibility level, enhancing the data security a lot better than the way DFFs do.
EITs in HRMS are given to only six entities:

  • People
  • Assignments
  • Job
  • Position
  • Location
  • Organization

Steps to create EIT (Extra Information Type)

Step1:

Decide in which form u want to create a structure, go to that particular form and get the DFF or EIT name. For Eg: If I want to create a new EIT in people form , go to 
US HRMS Manager >> Enter & Maintain >> Search employee >> Others >> extra Information

Get the name of the DFF on top of the form


Step 2:

Go to DFF creation form 

System Administrator >> Application >> Flex Field >> Descriptive >> Segments
and search Extra Person Information and create a new structure and segments under this


Step 3: 
Register this EIT by running 'Register Extra Information Types' concurrent program.
US HRMS Manager and run the concurrent program.


Step 4: US HRMS Manager >> Security >> Information Types Security


Select the responsibiity from where u want to see the EIT which u created.