MSS Navigation
Lesson 2
After completing this lesson you will be able to
navigate to different areas in MSS SAP to perform
different actions, such as process HR transactions
and generate reports.
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SAP MSS Navigation
Overview
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MSS Navigation
• The My Team / Action
Initiation on the MSS page
is used to initiate an action
into the process
– When you have completed a
form, it will be entered
automatically into the approval
process
Navigation: Overview
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MSS Navigation
• General MSS Reports is
used to run a report; when
completed, you can easily
save the report as an Excel
spreadsheet
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MSS Navigation
• My Request Status On
the Task & Status tab,
My Request Status
allows you access to all
in process and
completed forms that you
have been involved with.
Navigation: Overview
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Forms
• Before you begin, you must have
information ready, such as:
– Org Code
– Cost Center Code
• To save frustration, delays, and errors,
have the Cost Center Code on hand
BEFORE opening a form!
* The Cost Center Code can be retrieved from the Employee Organizational Assignment
Report or from your Business Unit Finance department
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MSS Navigation
• To view forms, you MUST
have:
– Adobe Reader 8 as an
absolute minimum; it is
strongly recommended that
you have Adobe Reader 10 or
higher
– All visuals used in this course
were captured from Adobe
Reader 10
• If you are not using version 10,
your results may differ from the
graphics shown in this course
Navigation: Overview
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Navigating from
Employee Self Service
Topic 1
After completing this topic, you will be able to
navigate to the MSS page.
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Navigation
• When you log into SAP MSS you will land on the Employee
Self Service (ESS) page
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Navigation
• At the top of the page are navigation tabs; your access level will
determine the number and titles of tabs available to you
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Navigation
• When you first log into SAP MSS, you will see the ESS page; to
navigate to MSS, click the Manager Self Service tab
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Navigation
• The MSS page
contains
information on all
the actions
available to you
with a high-level
description of each
action
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Navigation Process
Details Pane
Topic 2
After completing this topic, you will be able to
sequence the concept behind navigating a process
e directly to the action you wish to initiate.
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My Team / Action Initiations
• The gray column is the
Detailed Navigation
pane, used to navigate
to any action within the
tab selected
– From here, you can
view the SAP MSS
Overview, initiate an
action to complete a
Form or run a General
MSS Report
Navigation: Details Pane
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Navigation Process
My Team / Action Initiation
Topic 3
After completing this topic, you will be able to
navigate to the My Team / Action Initiation link in
the Task and Status tab.
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My Team / Action Initiations
• To initiate a form to
process a HR
transaction, click My
Team/Initiate Action
in the Detailed
Navigation pane
– This will start the
process to select an
employee, open a form,
complete it, and send it
to the proper person in
the workflow approval
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My Team / Action Initiations
• After selecting the
My Team / Action
Initiation, the list of
employees who
directly report to you
will be displayed
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My Team / Action Initiations
• The Progress
Tracker lets you
know where you are,
what steps you have
completed, and what
steps still need to be
completed as you
move through the
process
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My Team / Action Initiations
• The Employee
Selection allows you
to filter employees by
selecting an option
from the drop-down
list: direct employees
or all employees in
your org structure
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My Team / Action Initiations
• The Display drop-down
menu allows you to view
different types of
information about the
employees
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My Team / Action Initiations
• The employee list
displayed is based
upon the selection
you made from the
Display drop-down
list
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My Team / Action Initiations
• The navigation buttons
allow you to navigate
backwards (Previous
Step) or forward (Select
Process) as you work
through the form
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My Team / Action Initiations
• Next select an employee
from the list
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My Team / Action Initiations
• After selecting the
employee from the list,
then click Select Process
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My Team / Action Initiations
• Select Process will advance
you to this pop-up box (note
where you are on the
Progress Tracker )
– This page will allow you to
select the form you wish to
complete for the employee
you selected in the previous
step
– This is the list of forms
available to you
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Opening a Form
to Enter Data
Topic 4
After completing this topic, you will be able to
open a form to initiate the forms process.
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My Team / Action Initiations
• Select the form from the list
that you wish to process
– Once you have selected a
form, click Edit to open the
form
Open the Form for Editing
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My Team / Action Initiations
• The form you select will open
– You can start to complete the
form
– The instructions to complete
the form are in the section
outlined in red
Open the Form for Editing
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My Team / Action Initiations
• This completes the
navigation portion of the My
Team / Action Initiation
topic
– For instruction on the steps to
complete the processing of
forms, refer to the lesson titled
Forms
List of Forms
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Navigation Process
General MSS Report
Topic 5
After completing this topic, you will be able to
navigate to the Reports area of MSS SAP to open
a report.
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General MSS Reports
• This topic will show you how
to navigate to a General
MSS Report
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General MSS Reports
• To enter MSS, click the Manager Self Service tab
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General MSS Reports
• On the MSS tab overview page, the list of General MSS Reports to
which you have access is display, along with a high-level description of
each
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General MSS Reports
• From the Detailed Navigation pane, click General MSS Report
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General MSS Reports
• This is the General MSS Report page
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Opening a
General MSS Report
Topic 6
After completing this topic, you will be able to select
and open a report
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General MSS Reports
• Select the Report filter using the radio button
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General MSS Reports
• Select a report to run from the Report Selection drop-down menu; the
the report will open
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General MSS Reports
• This completes the navigation portion of the General MSS Reports
topic; for instruction on the steps to complete running a report, refer
to the lesson titled Reports
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