2087940 - User Roles in SuccessFactors Recruiting and Talent Modules

Symptom

This KB article provides information on role names commonly used in Recruiting and Talent Modules

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Career Development Planning
SAP SuccessFactors Compensation
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting
SAP SuccessFactors Performance Management
SAP SuccessFactors Goal Management
SAP SuccessFactors 360 Multi-Rater

Resolution

Roles By Module

Recruiting: Setting Up and Maintaining SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting - Role Operators and Setting Up and Maintaining SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting - Relational Operators
Goal Management: Implementing and Managing Goal Management - Roles in Goal Plans
Career Development Planning: Implementing and Managing Career Development Planning - Roles in Goal Plans
360 Multi-Rater: Implementing and Managing 360 Reviews - Roles
Performance Management: Implementing and Managing Performance Management - Roles

Employee/Owner Relative Roles

"E" may be followed by any combination of "M", "D", and "H" with optional modifiers "+", "*", "?" to specify complex employee relative roles.

M = employee's manager
D = employee's direct report
H = employee's HR representative

On the below scenario, "X" is one of "M", "D", or "H", as defined above:

X? = X is optional (zero or one of X)
X* = zero or more of X
X+ = one or more of X

As an example, here are a few common roles:

EM = employee's manager
EX = employee's matrix manager
EA = employee's 2nd manager
ED = employee's direct report
EB = employee 2nd manager's direct report
EH = employee's HR rep
EM+ = employee's manager, manager's manager, etc...
ED+ = employee's direct and indirect reports
EMM = employee's manager's manager (only)
EMD = employee's manager's direct reports (coworkers) including the employee

Please note that modifiers aren't valid in route maps, you will not be able to save with EM+ or EM*. The maximum limit of number of M is 7. (the total limit is 8 including E). EMMMMMMM(length=8) is the last valid custom role you can add. The Compensation worksheet job will fail if you have EMMMMMMMM (length=9).

Note:

Although using more than one modifier in a role name is supported, performance issues will occur with each modifier added.The time it takes to resolve a role is relative to it's length. As a dynamic software application these complex relationships and calculations are happening at extremely fast rates, but every variable increases complexity and time to resolve.
The modifiers can drastically increase the time to resolve an access right. For every page viewed the system has to evaluate who you are, then resolve the permissions set at the data model level + template/field level + admin tools + RBP, to determine what your role is allowed to see. Multiply that x number of users in system.

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Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions