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3287845 - List of Transient Fields in Employee Central

Symptom

This is a list of the transient fields found in Employee Central.

Transient means that the content of the field isn't saved to the database, but is calculated on-the-fly. 

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Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Cause

 "Transient" means that the content of the field is not saved to the database, but is calculated on-the-fly.

Resolution

We want to give you some more information about specific fields in Employee Central. Transient means that the content of the field is not saved to the database, but is calculated on-the-fly.

For : Job Information

The TimeIn calculation determines the number of years/months/days an employee has worked on a job, position, company, location, department, or pay scale level. This calculation is based on approximate values, because not all months have the same number of days. These values are transient and not saved to the database.

Changes to the base fields also trigger the calculation of the TimeIn fields:

Entity/Object

Field

Job Information

Country of Company

Job Information

Time in Company

Job Information

Time in Department

Job Information

Time in Job

Job Information

Time in Location

Job Information

Time in Pay Scale Level

Job Information

Time in Position

For : Compensation Information

  • Annual Salary (compensationInformation);
  • Compa Ratio (compensationInformation);
  • Range Penetration (compensationInformation);
  • Benefits Rate (compensationInformation);

For : employment Information

  • Is Rehire (employmentInfo);
  • Primary Employment Date (employmentInfo);
  • Employee First Employment (employmentInfo);
  • Is Primary (employmentInfo);
  • Company  (employmentInfo);
  • Attachment ID (employmentInfo);
  • Person ID External (employmentInfo);
  • Is Secondary All SF Processes (employmentInfo);

Also

  • No Changes Until This Date (payComponentRecurring);

  • Formatted Address (addressInformation);
  • Pay Range (within Position)

Note:

FAQ - Additional Information

Q) Where can I get information on this from the Guide?

A) Guide: Data Model Field Information for Employee Central

     Chapter:  Job Information

     Guide: Setting Up Data Models and Managing Configuration Chapter: Entry Dates, Event-Based Dates, and TimeIn Calculation for Job Information TimeIn Calculations

      Chapter: Transient Fields

A) Guide: SAP SuccessFactors Data Model Reference Guide

     Chapter:  Entry Dates, Event-Based Dates, and TimeIn Calculation for Job Information

See Also

  • Transient Fields
  • Data Objects Table
  • 2277199 - How to configure HRIS Sync for Transient field Pay Component Group values (like Annualized Salary) using Business Rules
  • 2686340 - How to create calculated column for "Annualized Salary" field in Advance Reporting (Realms)
  • 2594470 - How to configure and initialize the Entry Date fields in Job Information to determine the TimeIn calculation (Company, Position, Job, Department, Location, Pay Scale Level)

Keywords

Transient Fields, Transient, Calculated, System Calculated Fields, Not Saved to the DB, Not Saved in the Database, Calculated on-the-fly , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-BCI , Manage Business Configuration (BCUI) & Data Models (XML) , LOD-SF-EC-POS-OBJ , Object Configuration & Rules , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions