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Modern SAP Payroll Control Center (Part 3): Setting Up Background Processes

The functionality of the Payroll Control Center (PCC) is enabled through background processes that run at regular intervals. These processes execute the defined process steps and check master data and payroll results for monitoring and alert purposes. They can be configured and scheduled using the pyc_admin_transaction report.

Before configuring these processes, the steps for the Configuration Workbench (CW) and Manage Configuration (MC) should already be completed. Instructions for this can be found in Part 1: Activating the Configuration Workbench, and Part 2: Activating the Manage Configuration App of this blog series.

User for Background Processes

Any user can be specified here, under whose name the processes will run. In productive scenarios, it is recommended to use a dedicated batch user. For testing purposes, I pragmatically used my own user account, RWALLSCH.

Daemon Prozess

The daemons check master data and payroll results in order to trigger alerts and update monitoring results. On our test system, a repetition interval of 5 minutes has proven to be sufficient. Clicking ‘Start’ schedules the process.

Activating the Daemons

Event Handler Process

Event handlers execute the process steps and their sub-steps. I have set a repetition interval of 10 minutes here. This means a process step with 5 sub-steps will take at least 50 minutes to complete, as each sub-step triggers a new event to initiate the next. If this is too slow for testing, the interval can be reduced. I simply wanted to minimise the system overhead. Clicking ‘Start’ will schedule the process.

A list of processes already registered with the event handler is shown below.

Activating the Event Handler

Wrap-Up Prozess

The wrap-up executes a set of reports to clean up temporary and expired process data. A single click on ‘Register’ is sufficient to schedule the process.

Activating the Wrap-Up

Final Steps

In the Master Data Maintenance Users list, you can enter your own username. Users listed here are authorised to make changes to master data during alert processing — changes which are immediately reflected in the live payroll run. This is essential for payroll administrators who need to resolve alerts.
Finally, a process ID must be generated for the HR Process Workbench. Simply click ‘Generate’, and the rest happens automatically.

This is the third and final part of the blog series.
You can find Part 1, which covers the activation of the Configuration Workbench, [here].
Part 2, covering the activation of the Manage Configuration App, is available [here].

25.07.2025

Modern SAP Payroll Control Center (Part 2)

Activating the Manage Configuration App

The Manage Configuration (MC) UI5 app complements the classic Configuration Workbench (CW). It allows you to define your own validation rules, KPIs and analyses without having to use the SAP GUI and the CW directly. However, the types of validation rules still need to be defined within the CW, so it is not possible to completely avoid the classic environment.

Before activation, the steps for setting up the Configuration Workbench (CW) should already have been completed. More information on this can be found in the first part of this blog series.

Business Functions

In addition to the CW business functions, only two further business functions are required for the MC app. These are activated via transaction SFW5, as usual. You can find the required functions listed under point 2 here, or alternatively in the screenshot below.

SAPUI5 Applications

The MC app consists of several sub-apps, all of which must be activated. This is done using transaction SICF. The list of services can be found under point 3 here or in the table below.

SAPUI5 Application	Application Service Path
Manage Configuration	/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/sap/ • hrpy_pcc_lib_v7 • hrpy_pcc_ckp_v1 • hrpy_pcc_cvr_v1 • hrpy_pcc_ctl_v1 • hrpy_pcc_can_v1 • hrpy_pcc_cdn_v1
Access for Application Index queries	/sap/bc/ui2/app_index

OData Services

Next, as is commonly known, the activation of the OData services follows. These supply the UI5 apps with data and are activated using transaction /IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE. The services that need to be activated are listed under point 4 here or in the following table.

OData Service	Technical Name
Manage Configuration	PYC_CFG_SRV PYC_CFG_VR_SRV PYC_KPI_CONFIG_1_SRV PYC_DNG_CONFIG_1_SRV* PYC_CFG_ANALYTICS_SRV*

It is important to ensure that the OData service is properly activated and that the system alias is maintained. In this case, we use LOCAL, as shown in the image.

If the ERP system is running HCM for S/4HANA (H4S4), the two OData services marked with an asterisk (*) will be missing from the list and must be added manually. To do this, go to transaction /IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE, select Add Service, and add the two missing services. SAP’s official guide for this can be found here.

SAPUI5 Application Index

Finally, it is recommended to update the SAPUI5 Application Index. This is required for the cache buster mechanism. The update is performed using the report /UI5/APP_INDEX_CALCULATE.

In the third and final part of this blog series, we will cover the setup of background processes in the SAP PCC.

You can find the first part, which covers the activation of the Configuration Workbench, here.

In the third and final part of our blog series , we walk you through the setup of the background processes, here.

08.06.2025

Modern SAP Payroll Control Center

With SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP), the management and monitoring of payroll processes are to be carried out directly from SuccessFactors. Technically, it is a web portal into which UI5 applications from an ERP backend are embedded. The actual payroll accounting and payroll runs continue to be performed in an ERP backend. A core component of ECP is the Payroll Control Centre (PCC), which has been offered as an add-on for ERP systems since 2014. The ECP portal primarily serves as a modern user interface providing access to the same underlying technology.

If you already have an ERP backend and wish to use the modern PCC interface, you can do so without SuccessFactors. This blog details every step required to achieve this, based on SAP’s official setup guide.

This blog article is the first part of a series on activating the PCC, focusing on the activation of the Configuration Workbench.

Activating the Configuration Workbench

The Configuration Workbench (CW) is used to set up validation rules and process types for the PCC. After activation, it can be accessed via transaction PYC_CONF_WB.