H2 2022 SAP SuccessFactors
Release Analysis
We’ve broken down the major SAP SuccessFactors® H2 2022 updates to help you easily digest the latest changes. In this post, we’ll look at what’s new in Employee Central.
Updates to Hire Date Correction Tool
Customers shared feedback and SAP listened!
Previously, staff could only use the Hire Date Correction Tool to correct a hire date if it was in the future.
There are often situations where HR isn’t aware of potential hire date changes. HR Admins had to update the various effective-dated portlets with the new hire date.
The Hire Date Correction Tool allows for past-dated and future-hire dates to be corrected.
Due to Centralized Services updates, this will not be the only way to correct a hire date. SF will no longer allow editing hire dates via Job Information History.
How to turn it on:
This is a universal update but is a permission that must be added – Hire Date Correction under Metadata Framework.
Empty Effective Date Field By Default in Personal Information, Addresses, and Dependents Blocks
In some personal information portlets, when inserting a new row, the effective date will no longer default to the current date. In the past, customers had issues when employees using self-service functions in SuccessFactors didn’t realize the date default. You may need to update training guides or materials or update any other documentation/processes for that date field.
The latest homepage will now display EC Alerts in the For You Today section. The alerts are configured within EC or an MDF object and use the business rules for alerts and workflows. Examples can be an alert for an upcoming expiring Work Permit or an upcoming Contract End date.
These are not the same as the Admin Alerts, which are in the Quick Action section.
How to turn it on:
This is a universal update
Continued Centralized Services Updates
There are Centralized Services updates in this release. The best resource for updates is this Customer Community Page: Employee Central Centralized Services in Second Half 2022 (2H 2022) Release – Innovation Alert
Refer to the table from SAP below on the latest Universal, Opt-Out, and Opt-In schedule. One important thing to note with this release and Centralized Services is that Leave of Absence/Return to Work Job Information rows will no longer be supported via Import/API. Time Off or Time Off for Leave of Absence Only is the only way to have LOA records in Job Information moving forward.
| Release Item | Second Half 2022 Release (2H 2022) Preview/Production | First Half 2023 Release (1H 2023) Preview/Production | Second Half 2023 Release (2H 2023) Preview/Production |
|---|---|---|---|
| Address Edit UI Save | Universal | ||
| Compensation Information History UI Save - Blog | Adm Opt-Out | Universal | |
| Compensation Information Imports | Adm Opt-Out | Universal | |
| Contact Information Edit UI Save - Blog | Adm Opt-Out | Universal | |
| Emergency Contact UI Save and Import / API - Blog | Adm Opt-Out | Universal | |
| Employment Details Edit UI Save | Adm Opt-Out | Universal | |
| Global Assignment Edit UI Save | Adm Opt-Out | Universal | |
| Global Assignment Imports | Universal | ||
| Higher Duties Employment Details Edit UI | Adm Opt-Out | Universal | |
| Integration with EC Compensation | Adm Opt-Out | Adm Opt-Out | Universal |
| Internal Hire in the Manage Pending Hires tool | Adm Opt-Out | Adm Opt-Out (With Position and Absence) | Universal |
| Job Information History UI Save | Universal | ||
| Job Relationship History UI Save | Universal | ||
| Manager Self-Service (MSS) UI Save Change of Job, Job Relationships, and Compensation Info | Adm Opt-Out | Adm Opt-Out (With Position and Absence) | Universal |
| National ID Edit UI Save | Universal | ||
| Non-Recurring Pay Component Information Edit UI Save | Adm Opt-Out | Universal | |
| Pay Component Non-Recurring Imports | Adm Opt-Out | Universal | |
| Pay Component Recurring Imports - Blog | Adm Opt-Out | Universal | |
| Personal and Global Information Edit UI Save | Universal | ||
| Publish Compensation Promotion Data | Adm Opt-In | Adm Opt-Out | Universal |
| Termination Imports (not available for Pension Payout enabled instances) | Adm Opt-Out | Adm Opt-Out (With Pension Payouts) | Universal |
| Termination Information - Manager Self-Service Changes and Details Edit UI Save | Adm Opt-Out | Adm Opt-Out (With Position and Absence) | Universal |
| Work Permit UI Save - Blog | Adm Opt-Out | Universal |
How to turn it on:
See above chart
Deprecation of Monitor Jobs Tool
SAP will delete the Monitor Jobs Tool next year in the 1H 2023 release.
If you haven’t already started using the Scheduled Job Manager, start now. It’s a separate permission to access, but the UI is a tremendous upgrade from Monitor Jobs.
There is a filter capability and an increasing number of jobs that run on the back-end via Provisioning, providing customers with more visibility into their back-end processes. SAP is slowly providing access for customers to run those back-end jobs via Scheduled Job Monitor. Currently, it’s primarily for EC Global Benefit-type jobs.
There are three Employee Central Time off/Timesheet items we want to bring to your attention:
Replacement of the Old Time Sheet UI with the New Time Sheet UI
With the 2H 2022 release, the New Time Sheet UI has become Opt-Out, meaning it’s deleted in the 1H 2023 release. If you haven’t upgraded to the new UI, do it now. It’ll be a change for your end users – remember to update any related training materials. Be sure you are prepared before next year!
How to turn it on:
This is an opt-out feature
Download the Calendar File in an Employee Self-Service Scenario for Time Off
Customers have long wanted integration between Time Off and Outlook or other email calendars. With this release, an employee can download an .ics file after submitting an absence request.
The employee then can import this into their calendar. Note – employees will have to delete unapproved or canceled requests from their calendars.
How to turn it on:
This is a universal update
Early Adopter – Effective Dated Time Profile
We don’t usually cover early adopter features in SuccessFactors releases, but we’re excited about this one.
Time Profiles will be effective dated (finally)!
If you have ever had changes to your Time Off policies, the process has been cumbersome and confusing. If you needed to change or remove an unused Time Type, you had to either “ignore” them or create all brand new Time Profiles. If you created new profiles, you had to update the impacted employee’s Job Information, business rule, etc.
With this enhancement, you can add effective dates to Time Profiles like other Foundational Object type data.
How to turn it on:
You will need to reach out to the Time Management Product team via this Community link: Early Adoption for basic Effective dating for the Time Profile object – H2 2022