Mid point of Paygrade - Infoset

Hi,
We have a custom infoset (LDB PNPCE) in an Ad hoc query. IT 0008 is also a part of this infoset. When I run this query by seleting the max, mid & min point pay grade under IT 0008, it does NOT give any output for hourly employees but gives output for salaried employees.
Can anyone suggest why this is happening? Also I did check T510, T510A, T510N & T710, but could not find mid point pay grade.
Pls. suggest.
Thanks
SKR

Hi Sharavan,
to get min, max and mid point you can check table T710. I had exactly same requirement a few months back. I ended up creating custom fields for min, max and reference point (mid), as you cannot join another table with your pNPCE logical database in queries.
I have documented the step by step process for others to get some direction, here is the link: SAP Adhoc Query SQ01 SQ02 SQ03
Also, you can find same question posted in another thread for inclusion of OM infotypes in your PNPCE based infoset. Here is the link: Need Help! Ad Hoc Query in HR Tables

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***?!?!?!? Is this a virus or something?!?!?!? I only install software I buy from the App Store or at a store (beleive it or not there still are boxed softwares, those are super expensive though, hehe!)
HELP!!
p.s. the third option I am thinking of is creating another user account and moving everything over. But I don't know how to do that safely. For example, I think iTunes doesn't properly store it's data, and even though I've told it to keep the library on the external drive, the "library" files (XML or wahtever) are kept on the local disk in the home directory? I don't know, cuz I have two sets of those files, one in my user's directory and one in the iTunes folder on the external drive..

You are surprised that Mac OS X 10.7 is running on hardware that Apple officially supports and says it will run on? I find your logic unbelievably falwed.
Not a single problem I've mentioned would be caused by "slow" CPU or "little" RAM. How does iPhoto not bringing up the file dialog box have anything even remotely to do with the speed of the CPU or the quantity of RAM? If what you say is true, then yes, performance would be bad, but it wouldn't be selectively bad. I stated that apps such as Reason 5 run perfectly fine, even really well. I can load 30-50 racks and synths and not even reach 50% of CPU utilization, Reason never freezes, etc. DVD playback never freezes as well!! Your logic is horrendously flawed, it seems you don't know much about computer architecture Thus, unfortunately, your reply was of absolutely no help, sorry.
p.s. the external disk spin up problem freezing up the entire graphical interface also has nothing to do with either my CPU/RAM or the OS version I'm running. It is a known crippleware factor of Mac OS X that at least a thousand people are complaining about online and Apple has done nothing about!

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