CATS

Cross Application Time sheet

Cross Application Time Sheet (CATS) is a tool used by employees or personal administrators to record employee working times. All recorded time entries are stored in the database table CATSDB.

CATS integration with other modules in SAP 

       As soon as a user enter  and save data in the time sheet, the system writes the record to  CATSDB table. When the records  in CATSDB have the processing status 30 (Approved) or 60 (Canceled), the system writes them to the relevant interfaces tables in Human Resources, Controling, MM, Project System etc. The information recorded in CATSDB table should be transferred to other SAP modules.

We can use CATS to record times for employee  and transfer to the following target components such as HR,Payroll,PM,CS,PS, & MM .

CATS ßà Time Management     :   For time recording of employees

CATS ßà Payroll                       :   For salary calculation

CATS ßà Travel Management  :   For calculation of travel expenses      

List of tables in CATS 

Following are interface tables for the other target components/sap modules

Transfer to Controlling     ->CATSCO table

Transfer to HR                ->CATSHR table

Transfer to  MM             ->CATSMM  table

Transfer to PM                ->CATSPM table

Transfer to PS                 ->CATSPS table

CATSDB  Table

All recorded time entries are stored in the database table CATSDB.

Each line entry in CATSDB table has following fields

    Personnel number

    Processing status

    Counter

    Hours

    Reference counter  

    Document Number

  

Methods of access to CATS  for time data recording 

1) Employees entering their own time in CAT2 via ESS.

2) Time Administrators entering time for others directly in R/3 using transaction CAT2.      

  

CATS Configuration Steps        

1. Setup Data entry Profiles

IMG>Cross Application Components>Time Sheet>Time Recording>Setup Data entry Profiles

Click on new entries & create a new data entry profile

 

2. Data Entry Selection

IMG>Cross Application Components>Time Sheet>Time Recording>Choose Fields>Data Entry Selection

Choose required fields

Time Sheet:Data entry view

On the screen “Time Sheet: Data Entry View,” enter information into the fields. The fields vary according to the Data entry profile that you have chosen.

3. Setup Time Entry with CATS through ESS

IMG>Cross Application Components>Time Sheet>Internet Application Component>Setup Internet Time Sheet (CATS)

T Codes in CATS

Following are important transactions in CATS

T code	Description
CAC1	Maintain Profiles
CAC2	Field Selection
CAT2	Maintain Times
CAT3	Display Times
CATS_DA	Display Working Times
CAT8	Document Display
CATS_APPR_LITE	Approve Working Times (new one)
CAT5	Transfer to PS
CAT6	Transfer to Time Management
CAT7	Transfer to CO
CATSXT_DA	Display Work Time and Tasks