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3327294 - Employee Central Release Hub - First Half 2023 (1H 2023)

Symptom

This is a HUB KBA for release related content, where all important enhancements of the 1H 2023 release are listed.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Resolution

The following documentation can be also found on the SAP Help Portal under SAP SuccessFactors Release Information:

Release Related Blog Posts

Must Know New Features for Employee Central

We have consolidated a list of features that are “Must Know” items for Employee Central Core, Time Off, and Global Benefits in 1H 2023 release. All of the features listed below will also include links to related information that will provide additional details regarding that specific feature.

Important Features in Employee Central 1H 2023 Release 

Feature Area

Feature Name

Reference Number

Configuration Type

Links

Centralized Services

Universal Support for Centralized Services Entities

ECT-210246

Universal

What’s New Viewer

Centralized Services

Centralized Services Support Termination Details Imports

ECT-163307

Admin Opt-Out

What’s New Viewer

Centralized Services

Centralized Services Support Integration with Employee Central Compensation

ECT-194595

Admin Opt-Out

What’s New Viewer

Centralized Services

Centralized Services Support Manager Self-Service (MSS) Changes to Job Information and Job Relationships

ECT-192712

Admin Opt-Out

What’s New Viewer

Centralized Services

Centralized Services Support Manager Self-Service (MSS) Changes to Compensation Information

ECT-194534

Admin Opt-Out

What’s New Viewer

Centralized Services

Centralized Services Support for Internal Hire in the Manage Pending Hires Tool

ECT-194359

Admin Opt-Out

What’s New Viewer

Centralized Services

Centralized Services Support Saving Changes on Editing UI for Dependents and Importing Person Relationships

ECT-206169

Admin Opt-Out

What’s New Viewer

Centralized Services

Position Validation for Publishing Compensation Promotion Data and Hire Date Corrections

ECT-210816

Admin Opt-In

What’s New Viewer

Centralized Services

Centralized Services Support Manager Self-Service Changes for Concurrent Employment

ECT-194645

Admin Opt-In

What’s New Viewer

Position Management

Event-Based (Asynchronous) Position Follow-Up Processes

ECT-212057

Admin Opt-In

What’s New Viewer

Position Management

Changes to Position Follow-Up Processes on Centralized Services

ECT-206961

Admin Opt-In

What’s New Viewer

Data Import & Export

Enhancements to Recurring Pay Component Imports

ECT-190481

Universal

What’s New Viewer

Concurrent Employment

Configurable Concurrent Employment

ECT-202037

Universal

What’s New Viewer

Manage Business Configuration

Synchronize Business Configuration Job Availability in Scheduled Job Manager

ECT-209082

Universal

What’s New Viewer

Manage Business Configuration

More Employee Central Jobs on Job Scheduler in Scheduled Job Manager

ECT-207756

Universal

What’s New Viewer

Admin Alerts

Enhancements to Alerts for HR Data Issues for Employee Central Compensation

ECT-203980

Universal

What’s New Viewer

Business Rules

Short Rule Trace

RUL-419

Universal

What’s New Viewer

Time Off

Effective-Dated Time Profile – General Availability

TIM-29244

Admin Opt-In

What’s New Viewer

Time Off

Support of Regular Work on Holidays using Holiday Work Pattern

TIM-31767

Universal

What’s New Viewer

Time Off

Deprecation of Time Account Type Eligibility Status Object

TIM-32779

Universal

What’s New Viewer

 

 

New Validations

Feature Area 

Feature Name 

Description 

Reference Number 

Links 

Mass Changes 

Association Validation During Employee Data Import and OData API 

Non-effective dated entities are validated for their field criteria associations when importing employee data using Employee Data Import and OData API

ECT-205906 

What’s New Viewer 

Manage Business Configuration 

Ensure Consistency while Uploading Data Models in Business Configuration 

We’ve improved the validations to check the consistency of uploading and synchronization of the Succession Data Model and the Country/Region Specific Succession Data Model to prevent data issues and the locking of the Manage Business Configuration page.

ECT-212385 

What’s New Viewer 

 

Manage Business Configuration 

Validations for Already Deprecated Elements in Business Configuration 

We’ve introduced validations to inform you about deprecated elements, actions, and fields in Business Configuration.

ECT-206710 

What’s New Viewer 

 

Manage Business Configuration 

Business Configuration Validations 

Administrators can now validate and identify configuration issues in the Manage Business Configuration page and take corrective actions.

You can correct the validation errors based on the Results in the Check Tool.

ECT-212409 

What’s New Viewer 

 

Manage Business Configuration 

Updates in Business Configuration 

We’ve introduced new validations and general enhancements to improve the consistency of the Business Configuration UI.

ECT-215462 

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Time Off 

Validation Error on Assigning Rules with Basic Rule Scenario in Time Off 

We’ve converted the existing warning message into an error message that appears when new rules with the Basic rule scenario are assigned in Time Account Type and Time Type objects.

TIM-34234 

What’s New Viewer 

 

See Also

  • 3252862 - Employee Central Release FAQ - Second Half 2022 (2H 2022)
  • 3169863 - Employee Central Release FAQ - First Half 2022 (1H 2022)

Keywords

EC, Employee Central, 2305, b2305, 1H 2023, ECT-210246, ECT-163307, ECT-194595, ECT-192712, ECT-194534, ECT-194359, ECT-206169, ECT-210816, ECT-194645, ECT-212057, ECT-206961, ECT-190481, ECT-202037, ECT-202037, ECT-202037, ECT-203980, RUL-419, TIM-29244, TIM-31767, TIM-32779 , KBA , LOD-SF-EC , Employee Central , How To

Product

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