EmployeeAltName

The business object EMPALTNAME contains the alternative names of an employee.

Use

Information about alternative names is stored in the Alternative Names Asia
infotype (0182). An employee can have one or more alternative names.

Structure

EMPALTNAME consists of information including:

Available Methods

• Approve : Approve employee alternative name [ BAPI_EMPALTNAME_APPROVE ]
  
• Change : Change employee alternative name [ BAPI_EMPALTNAME_CHANGE ]
  
• Create : Create Employee Alternative Name [ BAPI_EMPALTNAME_CREATE ]
  
• CreateSuccessor : CreateSuccessor [ BAPI_EMPALTNAME_CREATESUCCESSR ]
  
• Delete : Delete employee alternative name [ BAPI_EMPALTNAME_DELETE ]
  
• Delimit : Delimit Employee Alternative Name Validity Period [ BAPI_EMPALTNAME_DELIMIT ]
  
• GetDetail : Read employee alternative name [ BAPI_EMPALTNAME_GETDETAIL ]
  
• GetDetailedList : Read employee alternative name [ BAPI_EMPALTNAME_GETDETAILEDLST ]
  
• GetList : Read Instances [ BAPI_EMPALTNAME_GETLIST ]
  
• Request : Create locked employee alternative name record [ BAPI_EMPALTNAME_REQUEST ]
  
• SimulateCreation : Simulation: Create Employee Alternative name [ BAPI_EMPALTNAME_SIMULATECREATN ]
  

Approve

You can use this method to unlock an Alternative names record (0182).

It enables you to implement the "double verification principle" inconjunction with the REQUEST method. According to this principle, atleast two users must take part in writing an active record to the
database. One user creates a locked record using the REQUEST method.The other user unlocks or 'activates' this record using the APPROVE method.

Notes

Messages are transferred to the RETURN parameter. The relevantparameter documentation contains the return values and their meanings.

The key fields used by the method are described in the parameter documentation.

You can use this method only if you have called the ENQUEUE method of the business object EMPLOYEE beforehand. For more information on the ENQUEUE method, read the documentation on the function module BAPI_EMPLOYEE_ENQUEUE.

For more information on the REQUEST method, read the documentation on the function module BAPI_ADDRESSEMP_REQUEST.

Change

Functionality

You can use this method to change an Alternative names record (0182).

Notes

Messages are transferred to the RETURN parameter. The relevantparameter documentation contains the return values and their meanings.

The key fields used by the method are described in the parameter documentation.

You can use this method only if you have called the ENQUEUE method of the business object EMPLOYEE beforehand. For more information on the ENQUEUE method, read the documentation on the function module BAPI_EMPLOYEE_ENQUEUE.

Create

You can use this method to create an Alternative names record (0182).

Notes

Messages are transferred to the RETURN parameter. The relevantparameter documentation contains the return values and their meanings.

The key fields used by the method are described in the parameter documentation.

You can use this method only if you have called the ENQUEUE method of the business object EMPLOYEE beforehand. For more information on the ENQUEUE method, read the documentation on the function module BAPI_EMPLOYEE_ENQUEUE.

CreateSuccessor

You can use this method to create a subsequent Alternative names record (0182).

Notes

Messages are transferred to the RETURN parameter. The relevantparameter documentation contains the return values and their meanings.

The key fields used by the method are described in the parameter documentation.

You can use this method only if you have called the ENQUEUE method of the business object EMPLOYEE beforehand. For more information on the ENQUEUE method, read the documentation on the function module BAPI_EMPLOYEE_ENQUEUE.

Delete

You can use this method to delete an Alternative names record (0182).

Notes

Messages are transferred to the RETURN parameter. The relevantparameter documentation contains the return values and their meanings.

The key fields used by the method are described in the parameter documentation.

You can use this method only if you have called the ENQUEUE method of the business object EMPLOYEE beforehand. For more information on the ENQUEUE method, read the documentation on the function module BAPI_EMPLOYEE_ENQUEUE.

Delimit

You can use this method to chronologically delimit a data record for the Alternative names Asia infotype (0182).

Notes

Messages are returned in the RETURN parameter. The return codes and their meanings can be found in this parameter documentation.

The key fields used by the methods are described under the parameters.

This method can only be used if the ENQUEUE method of the EMPLOYEE business object has been called up first. You can find more information about the ENQUEUE method in the documentation of the
BAPI_EMPLOYEE_ENQUEUE function module.

GetDetail

You can use this method to read an Alternative names record (0182).

Notes

Messages are transferred to the RETURN parameter. The relevantparameter documentation contains the return values and their meanings.

The key fields used by the method are described in the parameter documentation.

GetDetailedList

Using this method, you can read the data records of the Alternative names Asia infotype (0182) which fall into the given time period.

Notes

Messages are returned in the RETURN parameter. You will find the return codes and their meanings in the parameter documentation.

The key fields used in the method are described in the parameter.

GetList

You can use this method to read the keys (instances) of Alternative names records (0182) which are within the specified time interval.

Notes

Messages are transferred to the RETURN parameter. The relevantparameter documentation contains the return values and their meanings.

The key fields used by the method are described in the parameter documentation.

Request

You can use this method to create a locked Alternative names record (0182).

It enables you to implement the "double verification principle" inconjunction with the APPROVE method. According to this principle, atleast two users must take part in writing an active record to the
database. One user creates a locked record using the REQUEST method.The other user unlocks or 'activates' this record using the APPROVE method.

Notes

Messages are transferred to the RETURN parameter. The relevantparameter documentation contains the return values and their meanings.

The key fields used by the method are described in the parameter documentation.

You can use this method only if you have called the ENQUEUE method of the business object EMPLOYEE beforehand. For more information on the ENQUEUE method, read the documentation on the function module BAPI_EMPLOYEE_ENQUEUE.

SimulateCreation

You can use this method to simulate creation of an Alternative names Asia infotype (0182).

During the simulation all necessary consistency checks are performed, but the record is not written to the database.

Notes

Messages are transferred to the RETURN parameter. The relevant
parameter documentation contains the return values and their meanings.

The key fields used by the method are described in the parameter documentation.