3119552 - Deprecation of Job Information Data Model Fields - ECT-175639 - 2H 2021

The 2H 2021 Release, several fields were announced for Deprecation of Job Information Data Model Fields

What's New Viewer: ECT-175639 - Deprecation of Job Information Data Model Fields

Our Engineering Product Manager has created the following Customer Community Blog Post on this Topic: Deprecation of Job Information Data Model Fields

This KBA is aimed to provide links to the relevant information for this enhancement along with some additional context.

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Just as we add new fields for new features when required, we also ensure that we remove fields that no longer serve their purpose well enough, for example, if a feature is deprecated or replaced. By removing fields and the associated code when they are no longer used and supported, we ensure that the application remains stable and maintainable. For the Job Information entity, we plan to delete several fields that have been deprecated for a while and accordingly communicated in our guides.

NOTE:  Since we have heard major concerns about the deletion of the field PAY GROUP  in Job Information, we decided not to delete this field. If you use Employee Central Compensation, we continue to strongly recommend using the pay group field in the Compensation Information entity. If you do not use Employee Central Compensation Information, you can continue to use the pay group field in Job Information – however you cannot expect any field -specific logic, validations, or any kind of maintenance (bug fixes or patches). Please also do not expect any enhancements here. Note that this field has been marked as not to be used since Q1/2017.

The What's New Viewer is in the process of being updated to not the Pay Group will no longer be included.

The following table gives all the details about these fields, their original purpose, their replacement, and the release with which they are planned to be deleted. 

Table 1: Deprecated fields and their replacements 

What you need to know 

If you still use one of the fields above, please plan for the migration of the field to the replacement object/field or a custom field. Therefore, please extract the data from Job Information and import this data to the target field(s).  

FAQ:

Q: Are there any public documents that are explaining the deprecated data model field in job information? 
A: Yes, please review the following:
     - What's New Viewer: ECT-175639 - Deprecation of Job Information Data Model Fields
     - Customer Community Blog Post: Deprecation of Job Information Data Model Fields

Q: Regarding the manager field listed, is this filed the same with manager-id(Supervision)?
A: No, these fields are not the same. The “manager” field is a legacy field, Not used in current version of Employee Central (EC V2).
    The standard “manager-id” is not included in this depreciation and should be used as a standard field to store a direct supervisor of an employee (line manager) in Job History.

Q: What is required if I am actively using one of these fields?
A: If you still use one of the fields above, please plan for the migration of the field to the replacement object/field or a custom field. Therefore, please extract the data from Job Information and import this data to the target field(s).
     2092850 - How to make changes to Employee Data on mass via Import - Employee Central

• What's New Viewer: ECT-175639 - Deprecation of Job Information Data Model Fields
• Customer Community Blog Post: Deprecation of Job Information Data Model Fields

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