What is it about? ESS implementation help to let employees responsible for maintaining their own personal information such as personal profile, vacations, sick leave, training and etc. In the past time, an employee used to make phone calls or filing up paper forms in HR Department to perform their personal information maintenance. But now, through the deployment of SAP ESS, it provides a simplified channel for the employee to access and maintain their personal information through web browser anywhere they like.
In SAP, there are two options for implementing ESS. You can implement through SAP Enterprise Portal or use a standalone solution with transaction PZM3 in SAP R/3. If a company had some investment on SAP portal technology for other functionalities, it is strongly recommended to implement the ESS through portal as it provides more unified platform for managers and employees that perform other tasks through portal.
So, what functionality ESS provide? Here is a summary list:
● Benefits and Payment
● Working Time
● Career and Job
● Employee Search
● Personal Data
● Travel Management
● Corporate Information
● Life and Work Events
You can also visit to this link for more information:
ESS in Personnel Administration
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/c5/0fab358b096510e10000009b38f839/frameset.htm