How to Upload Employee Photo in SAP HCM:

Purpose:
The purpose of this document is to explain the step by step procedure to
upload the employee photo in the SAP HCM. The document will also give you
the details about the configuration requirements to setup to upload the
employee photo in the SAP system.
Overview:
Human Resources Department has to identify the person when a transaction
is executed on the employee similarly the managers also have the
requirement to view the employee photo by the MSS and the Employee to
view the photo via the ESS. The integration with Nakisa and other
organizational publishing tools is also possible. SAP provides a central
repository storage system where the HR department can specifically locate
the HR documents in the centralized electronic area from SAP HCM Employee
Master Data
Step By Step Procedure
Step 1
To establish the storage location. The storage location can be content server
or any or 3rd party SAP certified source or SAP data base. If the number of
employee are more and the growth of the organization is more than the SAP
database option will not the correct one.
Go to Transaction SICF
Under the Default Host -- SAP -- bc(basis tree) --- Content Server
Crete the content server link with the content server login details.
This step is required if you use the Content server within the ECC.
Step 2
Crete the Number range for the Employee photo in the Transaction OANR
Keep the number range as internal.
Step 3
Creation of document type in transaction OAC2
Document type - HRICOLFOTO
Description - Color Photo

Document Class - JPG

Step 4
Document type setting should be done in the table V_T585O via the
Transaction code SM30.
Object type - PREL
Document type - HRICOLOFOTO
Infotype - 0002
Step 5
Creation of Content Repository via the transaction OAC0
Choose a two character name can use Zx (where x is a number) if you wish
to use the customer namespace
Choose the relevant description
Set DocArea to be Archive Link
Storage type set to R/3 Database
Protocol leave blank
Choose Version no. 0046 (or the latest one that is available)
Contents table set this to ZSDOKCONT1 ( copy of the SDOKCONT1 )
Basic Path this should be set to where the photos are all held
Archive Path -- this is the area from where the photos are retrieved
Output Device can leave blank
Step 6
Setting up of link for the document type and the content server repository
via Transaction code OAC3
Object type - PREL
Document type - HRICOLFOTO
Content rep id - Zx ( one which is created above)
Link - TOAHR
Step 7
Linking employee photo to Personnel Number via the transaction code OAAD

Business Object - PREL

Document Type - HRICOLFOTO
Click Create button
Personnel Number - Give the employee number
Infotype - 0002
Click enter.
Step 8
The Photo is successfully stored against the employee in the content server.