Introduction to Infotype

Mates,

please note Infotype concept is only related to SAP HCM.

Infotype or information types are logical grouping of related data fields of an object or personnel.

Infotype have two structure and one table

for instance infotype 0002(personal data) will have P0002 and PS002 and PA0002.

Infotypes can be identified by their four-digit keys, for example, the Addresses infotype (0006).

There is physical table for every infotype in the backend .

0002 infotype will have pa0002 and data is stored in the table.we can access all the data stored in the Infotype from their respective tables.

Infotypes are userfriendly and serves as a central repository for all related data.


TYPES OF INFOTYPE

Personnel Administration - IT 0000 to IT 0999
Organizational Management - IT 1000 to IT 1999
Time Management - IT 2000 to IT 2999
Recruitments - IT 4000 to IT 4999
Customized Infotypes - IT 9000 to IT 9999.

we can also develop our custom infotype using PM01 tcode

1) Go to Transaction PM01.
2) Enter the custom Infotype number which you want to create (Should be a 4 digit number, start with 9).
3) Select the ‘Employee Infotype’ radio button.
4) Select the ‘PS Structure Infotype’.
5) Click on Create… A separate table maintenance window appears…
6) Create a PS structure with all the fields you want on the Infotype
7) Save and Activate the PS structure
8) Go back to the initial screen of PM01.
9) Click on ‘All’ push button. It takes a few moments.
10) Click on ‘Technical Characteristics’. Infotype list screen appears
11) Click on ‘Change’(pencil) button
12) Select your Infotype and click on ‘Detail’ (magnifying glass) button
13) Give ‘T591A’ as subtype table
14) Give ‘T591S’ as subtype txt tab
15) Give your subtype field as subtype field
16) Save and come back to PM01 initial screen
17) Click on ‘Infotype Characteristics’ … Infotype list screen appears
18) Click on ‘Change’ (pencil) button
19) Click on ‘New Entries’
20) Enter your Infotype number and short text
21) Here we have to set different Infotype Characteristics as per the requirement. (Better open another session with some standard Infotype’s infotype characteristics screen and use as the reference to fill yours)
22) Save your entries.
23) Now the Infotype is created and ready to use.
24) If you want to change the layout of the Infotype as per your requirement…
25) In the PM01 initial screen…Select ‘Screen’ radio button and give 2000 as the screen name, then click on edit.
26) In the next screen.. Select ‘Layout Editor’ and click ‘Change’.
27) Screen default layout appears…here you can design/modify the screen..change the attributes of the fields..etc.
28) Save and activate. (Don’t forget to ‘Activate at every level)

Thanks to wiki and sap-img for contributions.There are many ref docs for the above in online world.