The system uses qualification matching for structured qualifications to calculate the suitability of an employee for a demand, based on his or her structured qualifications.
Integration
Qualification matching is part of the employee and demand search. As part of this, the system calculates the total result of qualification matching. Alongside the results for structured and unstructured qualifications, other criteria (such as availability) can be included in this total result. You cannot call qualification matching separately.
Prerequisites
• In Customizing for SAP Multiresource Scheduling, you have configured the settings under Qualifications Functions
• To define default values for the factors for adjacent level matching, use the IMG activity Define System Parameters for Qualification Catalogs in Customizing for SAP Multiresource Scheduling under Qualifications Master Data .
Features
Qualification Matching for Structured Qualifications
The system compares each qualification individually and determines the result for each structured qualification, depending on whether the qualification is filled in full, in part, or not at all.
• If the system compares several structured qualifications, it calculates the degree of suitability relating to structured qualifications from the individual results in a subsequent step. For more information, see "Degree of Suitability Relating to Structured Qualifications" below.
• The total result for qualification matching also includes unstructured
qualifications and other criteria. To calculate the total result, the system uses the weighting factors in the IMG activity Define Weighting Factors for Matching Criteria For more information, see "Overall Result of Qualification Matching"
below.
• During qualification matching, the system also includes qualifications that are indicated in the employee profile as obsolete.
The following section first deals with the calculation for individual qualifications. If just one qualification is required, this result is the same as the degree of suitability relating to structured qualifications.
• For full qualifications or overqualifications, the result is always F=1. If only one qualification is found and this is fully met, the system displays the degree of suitability for structured qualifications in the planning board as 100%, and if the qualification is overfulfilled, the overqualification indicator is set.
• If the qualification is met only in part, the system examines how much the available skill level differs from that required. It calculates the degree of suitability using the following formula:
F = 1 - (1 - M) / L * A
o F: Result of qualification matching, 0<=F<=1
o M: (Theoretical) Value if the qualification is not met; 0<=M<=1 (taken from the "Define Basic Settings for Qualification Matching" IMG activity)
o L: Amount of skill level (L is a natural number)
o A: Difference from required skill level (A is a natural number;
0<=A<=L)
• If the qualification does not meet the requirement, the system calculates the value for non-fulfillment or the value 0 if the corresponding indicator is set, based on the Customizing settings.
• If a qualification is marked as obligatory in the requirements profile, the system calculates the results in the same way as with a non-obligatory qualification. It also sets the indicator in the obligatory qualifications are fulfilled column in the results display.
Adjacent-Level Matching: Including Neighboring Hierarchy Levels in Qualification Matching for Structured Qualifications
You can use adjacent-level matching to increase the number of potential hits in the employee or demand search. To do so, you interpret the qualifications required as qualifications that are:
• On higher hierarchy levels
• One hierarchy level lower
• Adjacent on the same hierarchy level
You can combine any number of adjacent qualifications in the search. The system then searches the corresponding qualification catalog levels of the primary and secondary dimension of the qualification matrix. If it finds several qualifications on one level, it first determines the qualification with the maximum skill level. Using the skill level, the system then calculates F in each case using the formula above. It then evaluates the results of the adjacent levels using the corresponding rating factors from the
qualification catalogs. If two dimensions are combined in the search and the system finds the required combination in an adjacent level, it multiplies the two rating factors from Customizing.
Note
The following combinations are not included in adjacent level matching:
• Adjacent qualifications of one dimension combined with lower or higher-level qualifications of the other dimension
• Adjacent nodes of the higher-level or lower-level nodes within one dimension See also:
Example of Adjacent Level Matching
Extended Search with Adjacent Level Matching
Degree of Suitability Relating to Structured Qualifications
If the system has to compare more than one structured qualification, it calculates the mean value of the partial results for each qualification. This value is the degree of suitability relating to structured qualifications and is shown in the results display in a separate column.
Overall Result of Qualification Matching
The system calculates the overall result of qualification matching from the results for structured and unstructured qualifications, as well as additional criteria. To do so, it uses the following formula:
( RF1 + ( 1 - RF1 ) * PR1 ) * .... * ( RFn + ( 1 - RFn ) * PRn ) n = partial results
PR = partial result (criterion)
RF = rating factor of partial results from Customizing
As additional criteria, you can define a factor for weighing obligatory qualifications or availability, for example.