2484708 - Compensation & Variable Pay - Use of executiveRuleViolation and Executive Review flags

What is the standard column executiveRuleViolation used for within Compensation & Variable Pay?

What do these flags mean within the exported file?

Can the flag column be hidden?

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• SAP SuccessFactors Compensation
• SAP SuccessFactors Variable Pay

What is executiveRuleViolation

Within the template xml you will see there is a standard column labelled "Flags" with column ID "executiveRuleViolation".

This is used in executive review to indicate employee records which are falling outside guidelines.

In the UI you will see the column "Flags" as shown below.

Export file

Within the Executive review export, you will see this column as well with S, H etc.

Variable Pay and Compensation

For Variable Pay and Compensation templates the colour of flags will be as follows in Executive Review exports.

• Yellow = S In the export for Soft Stop
• Red = H In the export for Hard Stop

If the employee is flagged, it means they are violating the Hard Limit or the High/Low Action of the Guidelines (merit, lumpsum, etc), or even the threshold rule configured for your template - if you have it configured.

The letter 'S' in the Executive Review is just a symbol to inform a specific employee is flagged.

Additionally, if you look at the Executive Review, you will notice the employees with an 'S' under the column 'Flags' in the export file, have a flag displaying under the first column 'Flags' as well.

Can this be hidden?

Yes, the flags from the UI and export can be hidden by updating the below section of code to "false".

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