The SAP® PM
Interface
The PDC Gateway PM interface
integrates Kronos® labor or Time and Attendance systems to SAP® PM for
Service Orders. The SAP® PM (Plant Maintenance) interface allows labor
time tickets that have taken place on existing Service Orders in
the SAP® to be uploaded. The entries are confirmations of Operations on a
given Service Order. The interface supports all confirmation activities
including cancellations, partial, and total confirmations. With the PM
interface, operation data relating to service orders and PDC-relevant
master data are downloaded as needed (generally as a timed task) from the
SAP® system.
The PM downloads
include:
- Operations
- Work
Centers
- Service Orders
Additional downloads required
for the Service Order interface are provided in the PP-PDC download which
is a perquisite of the Service Order module.
The PM uploads include:
- Service Order
related Time Ticket Confirmations
- Service Order related
Confirmation Cancellations
The same interface technologies
that are used for PP-PDC are used for the PM interface. The SAP IDOCs are different and the confirmation BAPIs are different but the functionality is the same.