Providing payroll software application as enterprise services

• US 8,671,035 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2008
• Issued: 03/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Bold, Andreas, Cases-Langhoff, Guy, Guenther, Fabian, Latocha, Peter, Suenderhauf, Philipp
• Primary Examiner(s): Gort, Elaine
• Application Number:
  US12/333,085
• Publication Number:
  US 20100153240A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,916 Days
• Field of Search: 705/32, 705/31
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a service architecture design that provides enterprise services having payroll functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions executable by a processor for providing message-based services using a service-oriented methodology for implementing an instance of a payroll deployment unit, the instructions operable when executed by a processor to:

store an instance of the payroll deployment unit for collecting payroll-relevant data from events such as hiring or transfer of an employee, changes to remuneration, time recording, and settlement of expenses, reporting on the collected payroll-relevant data and transferring the collected payroll-relevant data to a financial accounting process, and handling of a payment process to employees, authorities and other payment recipients, where the payroll deployment unit defines the limits of an application-defined transaction for collecting payroll-relevant data from events such as hiring or transfer of an employee, changes to remuneration, time recording, and settlement of expenses, reporting on the payroll results and transferring to financial accounting, and the handling of the payment process to employees, authorities and other payment recipients by a set of actions that have atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability in a database, and wherein the actions associated with the application-defined transaction are performed by at least one process component contained in the payroll deployment unit, wherein each process component comprises a software package realizing a business process and exposing the process component'"'"'s functionality as at least one service operation, wherein the payroll deployment unit comprises;

a Maintain Australian (AU)_Employee Payroll Input based on Pension Insurance Arrangement operation, a Maintain AU_Employee Payroll Input based on Tax Arrangement operation, a Maintain AU_Employee Payroll Input Status operation, a Maintain Canadian (CA)_Employee Payroll Input based on Tax Arrangement operation, a Maintain CA_Employee Payroll Input Status operation, a Maintain Switzerland (CH)_Employee Payroll Input based on Social Insurance Arrangement operation, a Maintain CH_Employee Payroll Input based on Tax Arrangement operation, a Maintain CH_Employee Payroll Input Status operation, a Maintain Chinese (CN)_Employee Payroll Input based on Social Insurance Arrangement operation, a Maintain CN_Employee Payroll Input based on Tax Arrangement operation, a Maintain CN_Employee Payroll Input Status operation, a Maintain German (DE)_Employee Payroll Input based on Social Insurance Arrangement operation, a Maintain DE_Employee Payroll Input based on Tax Arrangement operation, a Maintain DE_Employee Payroll Input Status operation, a Maintain Dutch (DK)_Employee Payroll Input based on Social Insurance Arrangement operation, a Maintain DK_Employee Payroll Input based on Tax Arrangement operation, a Maintain DK_Employee Payroll Input Status operation, a Maintain Employee Payroll Input based on Employee Compensation Agreement operation, a Maintain Employee Payroll Input based on Employee Payroll Agreement operation, a Maintain Employee Payroll Input based on Employee Time Account operation, a Maintain Employee Payroll Input based on Employee Time Calendar operation, a Maintain Employee Payroll Input based on Planned Working Times operation, a Maintain Employee Payroll Input based on Settlement Result operation, a Maintain Employee Payroll Input based on Settlement Result Cancellation operation, a Maintain French (FR)_Employee Payroll Input based on Employee Social Insurance Arrangement operation, a Maintain FR_Employee Payroll Input Status operation, a Maintain Great Britain (GB)_Employee Payroll Input based on Social Insurance Arrangement operation, a Maintain GB_Employee Payroll Input based on Tax Arrangement operation, a Maintain GB_Employee Payroll Input Status operation, a Maintain Indian (IN)_Employee Payroll Input based on Social Insurance Arrangement operation, a Maintain IN_Employee Payroll Input based on Tax Arrangement operation, a Maintain IN_Employee Payroll Input Status operation, a Maintain Italian (IT)_Employee Payroll Input based on Social Insurance Arrangement operation, a Maintain IT_Employee Payroll Input based on Tax Arrangement operation, a Maintain IT_Employee Payroll Input Status operation, a Maintain Netherlands (NL)_Employee Payroll Input based on Social Insurance Arrangement operation, a Maintain NL_Employee Payroll Input based on Tax Arrangement operation, a Maintain NL_Employee Payroll Input Status operation, a Maintain Payroll Input Replication Status operation, a Maintain Payroll Process operation, a Maintain Payroll Process Status based on Execution Confirmation operation, a Maintain Singapore (SG)_Employee Payroll Input based on Social Insurance Arrangement operation, a Maintain SG_Employee Payroll Input based on Tax Arrangement operation, a Maintain SG_Employee Payroll Input Status operation, a Maintain United States (US)_Employee Payroll Input based on Tax Arrangement operation, a Maintain US_Employee Payroll Input Status operation, a Maintain South Africa (ZA)_Employee Payroll Input based on Social Insurance Arrangement operation, a Maintain ZA_Employee Payroll Input based on Tax Arrangement operation, a Maintain ZA_Employee Payroll Input Status operation, a first Notify operation, a second Notify operation, a third Notify operation, a fourth Notify operation, a fifth Notify operation, a sixth Notify operation, a Notify of Payroll Process Collection operation, a Request Austrian (AT) _Employee Payroll Input Collection Replication operation, a Request AT_Employee Payroll Input Replication operation, a Request AU_Employee Payroll Input Collection Replication operation, a Request AU_Employee Payroll Input Replication operation, a Request CA_Employee Payroll Input Collection Replication operation, a Request CA_Employee Payroll Input Replication operation, a Request CH_Employee Payroll Input Collection Replication operation, a Request CH_Employee Payroll Input Replication operation, a Request CN_Employee Payroll Input Collection Replication operation, a Request CN_Employee Payroll Input Replication operation, a Request DE_Employee Payroll Input Collection Replication operation, a Request DE_Employee Payroll Input Replication operation, a Request DK_Employee Payroll Input Collection Replication operation, a Request DK_Employee Payroll Input Replication operation, a Request Employee Payroll Input Replication operation, a Request FR_Employee Payroll Input Collection Replication operation, a Request FR_Employee Payroll Input Replication operation, a Request GB_Employee Payroll Input Collection Replication operation, a Request GB_Employee Payroll Input Replication operation, a Request IN_Employee Payroll Input Collection Replication operation, a Request IN_Employee Payroll Input Replication operation, a Request IT_Employee Payroll Input Collection Replication operation, a Request IT_Employee Payroll Input Replication operation, a Request NL_Employee Payroll Input Collection Replication operation, a Request NL_Employee Payroll Input Replication operation, a Request Payroll Step Execution operation, a Request SG_Employee Payroll Input Collection Replication operation, a Request SG_Employee Payroll Input Replication operation, a Request US_Employee Payroll Input Collection Replication operation, a Request US_Employee Payroll Input Replication operation, a Request ZA_Employee Payroll Input Collection Replication operation, and a Request ZA_Employee Payroll Input Replication operation;

wherein the service operations of the payroll deployment unit are packaged together to be deployed on a single computer system;

execute the application-defined transaction for collecting payroll-relevant data from events such as hiring or transfer of an employee, changes to remuneration, time recording, and settlement of expenses, reporting on the payroll results and transfer to financial accounting, and the handling of the payment process to employees, authorities and other payment recipients; and

present data associated with the executed application-defined transaction for collecting payroll-relevant data from events such as hiring or transfer of an employee, changes to remuneration, time recording, and settlement of expenses, reporting on the payroll results and transfer to financial accounting, and the handling of the payment process to employees, authorities and other payment recipients to a graphical user interface.

2. The medium of claim 1, wherein the payroll deployment unit further comprises a payroll processing process component.

3. The medium of claim 2, wherein the payroll processing process component implements the request AT_employee payroll input collection replication operation, the request AT_employee payroll input replication operation, the maintain AU_employee payroll input based on pension insurance arrangement operation, the maintain AU_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operation, the request AU_employee payroll input collection replication operation, the maintain AU_employee payroll input status operation, the request AU_employee payroll input replication operation, the maintain CA_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operation, the request CA_employee payroll input collection replication operation, the maintain CA_employee payroll input status operation, the request CA_employee payroll input replication operation, the maintain CH_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement operation, the maintain CH_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operation, the request CH_employee payroll input collection replication operation, the maintain CH_employee payroll input status operation, the request CH_employee payroll input replication operation, the maintain CN_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement operation, the maintain CN_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operation, the request CN_employee payroll input collection replication operation, the first notify operation, the maintain CN_employee payroll input status operation, the request CN_employee payroll input replication operation, the maintain DE_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement operation, the maintain DE_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operation, the request DE_employee payroll input collection replication operation, the second notify operation, the maintain DE_employee payroll input status operation, the request DE_employee payroll input replication operation, the maintain DK employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement operation, the maintain DK_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operation, the request DK_employee payroll input collection replication operation, the maintain DK_employee payroll input status operation, the request DK_employee payroll input replication operation, the maintain employee payroll input based on employee compensation agreement operation, the maintain employee payroll input based on employee payroll agreement operation, the maintain employee payroll input based on planned working times operation, the maintain employee payroll input based on employee time account operation, the maintain employee payroll input based on employee time calendar operation, the maintain employee payroll input based on settlement result operation, the maintain employee payroll input based on settlement result cancellation operation, the maintain FR_employee payroll input based on employee social insurance arrangement operation, the request FR_employee payroll input collection replication operation, the third notify operation, the maintain FR_employee payroll input status operation, the request FR_employee payroll input replication operation, the maintain GB_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement operation, the maintain GB_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operation, the request GB_employee payroll input collection replication operation, the fourth notify operation, the maintain GB_employee payroll input status operation, the request GB_employee payroll input replication operation, the maintain IN_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement operation, the maintain IN_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operation, the request IN_employee payroll input collection replication operation, the fifth notify operation, the maintain IN_employee payroll input status operation, the request IN_employee payroll input replication operation, the maintain IT_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement operation, the maintain IT_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operation, the request IT_employee payroll input collection replication operation, the maintain IT_employee payroll input status operation, the request IT_employee payroll input replication operation, the maintain NL_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement operation, the maintain NL_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operation, the request NL_employee payroll input collection replication operation, the maintain NL_employee payroll input status operation, the request NL_employee payroll input replication operation, the notify of payroll process collection operation, the maintain payroll process operation, the maintain payroll input replication status operation, the maintain payroll process status based on execution confirmation operation, the request employee payroll input replication operation, the request payroll step execution operation, the maintain SG_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement operation, the maintain SG_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operation, the request SG_employee payroll input collection replication operation, the maintain SG_employee payroll input status operation, the request SG_employee payroll input replication operation, the maintain US_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operation, the request US_employee payroll input collection replication operation, the sixth notify operation, the maintain US_employee payroll input status operation, the request US_employee payroll input replication operation, the maintain ZA_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement operation, the maintain ZA_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operation, the request ZA_employee payroll input collection replication operation, the maintain ZA_employee payroll input status operation, and the request ZA_employee payroll input replication operation.

4. The medium of claim 2, wherein the payroll processing process component comprises an AT_employee payroll input business object, an AU_employee payroll input business object, a CA_employee payroll input business object, a CH_employee payroll input business object, a CN_employee payroll input business object, a DE_employee payroll input business object, a DK_employee payroll input business object, an employee payroll input business object, an employment payroll input business object, an FR_employee payroll input business object, a GB_employee payroll input business object, an IN_employee payroll input business object, an IT_employee payroll input business object, an NL_employee payroll input business object, a payroll process business object, a payroll step execution run business object, an SG_employee payroll input business object, a US_employee payroll input business object, a work agreement payroll input business object, and a ZA_employee payroll input business object.

5. The medium of claim 1, wherein the service operations are grouped into service interfaces, the service interfaces comprising:

an AT_employee payroll input collection replication out interface that includes the request AT_employee payroll input collection replication operation;

an AT_employee payroll input replication out interface that includes the request AT_employee payroll input replication operation;

an AU_employer regulatory compliance in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain AU_employee payroll input based on pension insurance arrangement and the maintain AU_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operations;

an AU_employee payroll input collection replication out interface that includes the request AU_employee payroll input collection replication operation;

an AU_employee payroll input replication in interface that includes the maintain AU_employee payroll input status operation;

an AU_employee payroll input replication out interface that includes the request AU_employee payroll input replication operation;

a CA_employer regulatory compliance in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain CA_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operation;

a CA_employee payroll input collection replication out interface that includes the request CA_employee payroll input collection replication operation;

a CA_employee payroll input replication in interface that includes the maintain CA_employee payroll input status operation;

a CA_employee payroll input replication out interface that includes the request CA_employee payroll input replication operation;

a CH_employer regulatory compliance in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain CH_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement and the maintain CH_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operations;

a CH_employee payroll input collection replication out interface that includes the request CH_employee payroll input collection replication operation;

a CH_employee payroll input replication in interface that includes the maintain CH_employee payroll input status;

a CH_employee payroll input replication out interface that includes the request CH_employee payroll input replication operation;

a CN_employer regulatory compliance in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain CN_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement and the maintain CN_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operations;

a CN_employee payroll input collection replication out interface that includes the request CN_employee payroll input collection replication operation;

a CN_employee payroll input provider details notification out interface that includes the first notify operation;

a CN_employee payroll input replication in interface that includes the maintain CN_employee payroll input status operation;

a CN_employee payroll input replication out interface that includes the request CN_employee payroll input replication operation;

a DE_employer regulatory compliance in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain DE_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement and the maintain DE_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operations;

a DE_employee payroll input collection replication out interface that includes the request DE_employee payroll input collection replication operation;

a DE_employee payroll input provider details notification out interface that includes the second notify operation;

a DE_employee payroll input replication in interface that includes the maintain DE_employee payroll input status operation;

a DE_employee payroll input replication out interface that includes the request DE_employee payroll input replication operation;

a DK_employer regulatory compliance in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain DK_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement and the maintain DK_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operations;

a DK_employee payroll input collection replication out interface that includes the request DK_employee payroll input collection replication operation;

a DK_employee payroll input replication in interface that includes the maintain DK_employee payroll input status operation;

a DK_employee payroll input replication out interface that includes the request DK_employee payroll input replication operation;

an employee compensation agreement in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain employee payroll input based on employee compensation agreement operation;

an employee payroll agreement in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain employee payroll input based on employee payroll agreement operation;

an employee time agreement in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain employee payroll input based on planned working times operation;

an employee time calendar and account in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain employee payroll input based on employee time account and the maintain employee payroll input based on employee time calendar operations;

an expense report in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain employee payroll input based on settlement result and the maintain employee payroll input based on settlement result cancellation operations;

an FR_employer regulatory compliance in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain FR_employee payroll input based on employee social insurance arrangement operation;

an FR_employee payroll input collection replication out interface that includes the request FR_employee payroll input collection replication operation;

an FR_employee payroll input provider details notification out interface that includes the third notify operation;

an FR_employee payroll input replication in interface that includes the maintain FR_employee payroll input status operation;

an FR_employee payroll input replication out interface that includes the request FR_employee payroll input replication operation;

a GB_employer regulatory compliance in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain GB_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement and the maintain GB_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operations;

a GB_employee payroll input collection replication out interface that includes the request GB_employee payroll input collection replication operation;

a GB_employee payroll input provider details notification out interface that includes the fourth notify operation;

a GB_employee payroll input replication in interface that includes the maintain GB_employee payroll input status operation;

a GB_employee payroll input replication out interface that includes the request GB_employee payroll input replication operation;

an IN_employer regulatory compliance in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain IN_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement and the maintain IN_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operations;

an IN_employee payroll input collection replication out interface that includes the request IN_employee payroll input collection replication operation;

an IN_employee payroll input provider details notification out interface that includes the fifth notify operation;

an IN_employee payroll input replication in interface that includes the maintain IN_employee payroll input status operation;

an IN_employee payroll input replication out interface that includes the request IN_employee payroll input replication operation;

an IT_employer regulatory compliance in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain IT_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement and the maintain IT_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operations;

an IT_employee payroll input collection replication out interface that includes the request IT_employee payroll input collection replication operation;

an IT_employee payroll input replication in interface that includes the maintain IT_employee payroll input status operation;

an IT_employee payroll input replication out interface that includes the request IT_employee payroll input replication operation;

an NL_employer regulatory compliance in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain NL_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement and the maintain NL_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operations;

an NL_employee payroll input collection replication out interface that includes the request NL_employee payroll input collection replication operation;

an NL_employee payroll input replication in interface that includes the maintain NL_employee payroll input status operation;

an NL_employee payroll input replication out interface that includes the request NL_employee payroll input replication operation;

a payroll process employee payroll administration notification out interface that includes the notify of payroll process collection operation;

a payroll processing setup in interface that includes the maintain payroll process operation;

a payroll step execution requesting in interface that includes the maintain payroll input replication status and the maintain payroll process status based on execution confirmation operations;

a payroll step execution requesting out interface that includes the request employee payroll input replication and the request payroll step execution operations;

an SG_employer regulatory compliance in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain SG_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement and the maintain SG_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operations;

an SG_employee payroll input collection replication out interface that includes the request SG_employee payroll input collection replication operation;

an SG_employee payroll input replication in interface that includes the maintain SG_employee payroll input status operation;

an SG_employee payroll input replication out interface that includes the request SG_employee payroll input replication operation;

a US_employer regulatory compliance in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain US_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operation;

a US_employee payroll input collection replication out interface that includes the request US_employee payroll input collection replication operation;

a US_employee payroll input provider details notification out interface that includes the sixth notify operation;

a US_employee payroll input replication in interface that includes the maintain US_employee payroll input status operation;

a US_employee payroll input replication out interface that includes the request US_employee payroll input replication operation;

a ZA_employer regulatory compliance in payroll input maintenance in interface that includes the maintain ZA_employee payroll input based on social insurance arrangement and the maintain ZA_employee payroll input based on tax arrangement operations;

a ZA_employee payroll input collection replication out interface that includes the request ZA_employee payroll input collection replication operation;

a ZA_employee payroll input replication in interface that includes the maintain ZA_employee payroll input status operation; and

a ZA_employee payroll input replication out interface that includes the request ZA_employee payroll input replication operation.

6. The medium of claim 1, wherein the single computer system comprises a single physical hardware platform.