Explain briefly the process/functionality and the distinction between ESS and MSS.
ESS - Employee Self Service is an web enabled tool used to update their own datas by the employee itself.
MSS- Manager Self Service is an web enabled tool used for Managers to take report or update the datas of subordinate.
This will give you a comprehensive idea:
To implement LEAVE REQUEST &APPROVAKL, both ESS and MSS are not mandatory. But ESS is required.However this functionality is developed to be avaialable in MSS also if a client wants have both ESS and MSS. Without MSS, the business flow of Leave request would be in ESS is like this:
1. An employee wants to take two weeks of leave. He or she accesses the Leave Request Web application. He or she sees in the Team Calendar that other team members also have leave at the same time. Nonetheless, he or she requests leave for the planned period.
2. The leave requires approval. The system automatically determines the approver responsible and lists the name in the Web application. If required, the employee can overwrite the name of the approver.
1. The employee's request is stored in the database of leave requestswith the status Sent.
2. Once a day, the RPTARQEMAIL report (Leave Requests: Send E-Mails) is run in the background. The system sends an e-mail to the appropriate approver for the requests with status Sent that require approval. The e-mail notifies the approver of the steps required.
3. The approver accesses the Approve Leave Requests Web application from the Universal Work list.. The application provides the approver with a list of all the leave requests that require his or her approval.
4. The approver selects the employee's leave request. After checking the Team Calendar, the approver realizes that the employee's leave request cannot be approved since it would mean there would not be enough team members at work for the period in question.
5. The approver writes a note in which he or she