2017 SuccessFactors EC Enhancements
Q1 Enhancements 2017
- Rehire creating a New Employment from ‘New Hire’ via ‘Use this match’ (Admin opt-in)
What It Means:
- The re-hire variant which creates a new employment is now also available in ‘Match Pop-Up’.
It is protected by a separate new RBP.
Prerequisites:
- People Profile 3
2.Rule Function to provide the expiry date of a specific work permit (Universal)
What It Means:
- Now we can set expiry date of a specific work permit by using Rule Function.
- The Rule Function can be used to create validations or admin alerts in case a work permit expires.
Prerequisites:
– Appropriate rule to use function.
- Complete Attachment enabling for all personal information portlets.
(Admin opt-in)
What It Means:
- Now we can enable attachment for all personal information portlets.
- Documents can be attached now to every portlets personal information.
Ex. Biographical Information, Work permit, Address Information, Dependents etc.
Prerequisites:
– Activate in the data model (Business Configuration UI)
- Trigger onInit rule during an ‘update workflow request’ for a new hire or saved draft for the new hire. (Universal)
Importance:
- OnInit rules are often used to suppress fields on the UI. This did not work when new hires were picked-up from Save Draft or new hire workflow were updated.
Prerequisites:
– Appropriate onInit business rule
5. Company Structure Overview (Beta) (Provisioning opt-in)
What It Means:
Now Customers able to see their company Structure/s based on MDF objects in a company chart by providing different views.
Prerequisites:
- Enable in Provisioning for testing purpose
- Not allowed to used in any productive or sales Demo Instance due to potential incompatible changes
Note: No fixes in b1702
6. Usage of FIORI icons (Universal)
What It Means:
– Usage of FIORI icons in Position Org Chart and slight change of header section (toolbar)
Importance:
– For UI Consistency reasons
7. Another check in Check Tool (Universal)
What It Means:
- Add another Check in Check Tool of Position Management available in Admin Center Position2JobInfo Sync
Importance:
– To perform checks regarding the set-up of the position to JobInfo synchronization.
8. Workflow details page – Position Management (Universal)
What It Means:
– The workflow details page displays values of transient (calculated) fields
Importance:
- To support transient field in workflow processes e.g. display pay range for approval
- New option to approve workflow requests on the new homepage (Provisioning Opt-in)
What It Means:
- New option to manage workflow requests from the new homepage including
- sorting of workflow requests
- filtering out certain workflow requests and
- mass- approval to approve several requests at once
Importance:
– It allows managers and HR admins a more efficient way of managing workflows.
Prerequisites:
– Use of the new Homepage
10. EC Alerts on New Home Page (Universal)
What It Means:
- EC alerts are now available on the new home page. If a manager or a HR professional is informed about a HR event via EC alerts, a separate tile called Take Action appears in the To Do section showing the EC alerts.
- Example, we can define that the HR Admin is notified 10 days before an employee’s contract ends or remind the manager that an employee returns from paternity leave.
Prerequisites:
– Use of the new homepage
- Search Added on Manage workflow Groups
- Now Search option is added on Manage workflow Groups to search easier and find workflow groups.
12.Localization – New country version is added (Admin opt-in)
What It Mean:
– New country Version EI salvador.
Importance:
- This is a baseline country version and to maintain country specific employee data (e.g. National ID, Personal Information, home Address and Corporate Address, Personal Document Types, Job Information )
13. Localization – South Africa Address changes for SARS (Admin opt-in)
What It Mean:
– Enhancements for mailing address and postal code validations, available via business rule
Importance:
– South Africa Legal Requirement
- Input Validations for time sheet – Time Off and Attendance Management (Admin opt-in)
What It Means:
- Raises an error upon time recording in the time sheet. Business Rules can be used to flexibly define error- constellations. Error message text is configurable.
15. Mobile IoS Time Sheet
What It Means:
– Allows attendance time recording (Time Sheet) in a moblie IoS device.
Importance:
– Employee can record his working time anywhere, anytime.
Prerequisites:
- A mobile Ios Device
- Approval workflow for leave requests initiated via Mange Time off or time administrator workbench (Admin Opt-in)
What It Means:
- Triggers a workflow for leave request when manager or time admin request leave on behalf of employee.
- Hide Time Account Balance in Employee Leave Request (Admin opt-
In)
What It Means:
– Hides the time account balances in employee leave request User interface.
18. Shown declined absences for employees (Admin opt-in)
What It Means:
- Declined absence requests are shown in the employees absence history.
19.Additional filter in Time Administration workbench (Admin opt-in)
What It Means:
– Most filters are provided in the Time Admin Workbench list.
20.Additional country versions for portugal (admin opt-in) – EC Payroll
What It means:
- Portugal was added to the family of supported countries. With this ECP now supports 41 countries.
Importance:
- Country-specific fields for Portugal get replicated
- UI Mash Ups relevant for payroll processing for Portugal are available on payroll information page.
