.. Financial Operations Labor Distribution System LDS Functions: Display Central/Local Appointment Titles Contents Overview Display Central (MIT Standard) Appointment Titles Display Local Appointment Titles Overview The Change Local Appointment Titles function permits updates to appointment title names and numbers that pertain only to your department. The Display Central (MIT-Standard) Appointment Titles function displays a comprehensive listing of all MIT-standard appointment titles. Note If you have problems accessing any department information for which you should have authorization, contact your LDS Support Representative. top Display Central (MIT-Standard) Appointment Titles The functions for MIT-standard appointment titles allow you to view appointment title names and numbers that are in use across the MIT community. Before you create local titles, use this screen to review the MIT-standard list to be sure you aren't duplicating an existing title. Display central appointment titles From the SAP User Menu screen, use the following navigation path or type the transaction code from any screen in SAP to display the "Display View 'LDS: Organization/MIT Titles with Description': Overview" screen. Navigation Path: - User menu - Role ZMIT - Planning/Budgeting - LDS - Environment - Appt Titles Central - Display Assignment Transaction Code: /nzq34 (Display)   Note Click on the scroll bar arrow on the right bottom of the inside screen to view the full title of the appointment and its corresponding pay category. Use the Position button at the bottom of the screen to help move the cursor more efficiently to another location on the list. Clicking on this button will open a dialog box asking you for Personnel Area, Organization ID, and/or MIT Appointment ID. You use these criteria to help locate the requested information in the listing.   top Display Local Appointment Titles The display function for local appointment titles allows you to view appointment title names and numbers that pertain to your local department. This is particularly useful for research areas with grants whose regulations specify appointment titles different from MIT standard titles. All LDS users at the Institute have the ability to view the Local Title table. Contact your LDS representative if you wish to change your local titles or add additional titles to the table. Display local appointment titles From the MIT custom "User Menu" screen, use the following navigation path or type the transaction code from any screen in SAP to display local appointment titles. Navigation Path: - User menu - Role ZMIT - Planning/Budgeting - LDS - Environment - Appt Titles Local - Display Transaction Code: /nzq37 (Display)   Shown below is the LDS Local Title Display screen, which is sorted by the Org ID number. The fields are described below: Field Name What to Enter PA The MIT Personnel Area. Org ID The eight-digit number that identifies your organization. DPT Title The five-characters that identifies the MIT title, which must begin with the letter 'Z'. Description Position description. Pay Category The Pay Category for the position. When you are done, click on the Back button to return to the previous Overview screen. top   Copyright 2001 © Massachusetts Institute of Technology SAP for MIT Documentation on the Web Valid From: 02/28/2001