HR ABAP : Read Infotype.

Question

Hi,
I have small query regarding HR abap infotype.
Take example of infotye PA0001. From this infotype I require to retrieve all PERNR which are effective on today (say 22nd Nov 2006).
Is there any standard Function Module or micro available?
Thanks,
Sunil Bhavsar

Answer 1

hmmm sunil but functions also use select statements somewhere deep down to get the data you want. only difference is that there are more checks involved which are not when you do select straight away (like authorisation for infotype 0001 can already be included in the function)
It is only from a programming point of view always advisable to use functions or bapis to retrieve or alter information if the are around so you are certain that when you upgrade that the functions keep on working while you're own code might not because of changes in the system
I don't see a faster way to make the select
select pernr from pa0001 into corresponding fields of table i_pernr
where... (see above example).
it always help to look in se11 at pa0001 to see which fields are indexed. if you can you can optimize you're code by adding keyfields to you're where statement to minimize you're selection.
i'm not behind sap now but if the company is for instance a keyfield you can do
select pernr from pa0001 into corresponding fields of table i_pernr
where company = 'companycode'
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