3391138 - Employee Central Release Hub - Second Half 2023 (2H 2023)

Symptom

This is a HUB KBA for release related content, where all important enhancements of the 2H 2023 release are listed.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

Cause

Resolution

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Release Related Blog Posts

Important Features in Employee Central 2H 2023 Release

Feature Area	Feature Name	Description	Reference Number	Related Information
Employee Central Quick Actions	Employee Central Quick Actions for Employee and Manager Self-Services	You can now define Employee Central Quick Actions using templates for commonly used Employee Self-Service and Manager Self-Services. Using the templates, you can tailor use cases for your company and country/region-specific requirements.	ECT-216101	What’s New Viewer Link
Employee Central Quick Actions	Employee Central Quick Actions in Microsoft Teams	With the integration of SAP SuccessFactors and Microsoft 365, Manage My Data and Manage My Team are available for users as quick actions for tailored employee self-service (ESS) and manager self-service (MSS) in Microsoft Teams.	WRK-333	What's New Viewer Link
Employee Central Quick Actions	Employee Central Quick Actions Available in SAP SuccessFactors Work Zone Cards	We introduced employee and manager self-services for two cards of SAP SuccessFactors Work Zone.	SWZ-5718	What's New Viewer Link
Business Rule Enhancements	Enhancements to Employee Central Rules	We’ve made a few changes to working with rules in Employee Central.	ECT-217858	What’s New Viewer Link
Business Rule Enhancements	Additional Application-Specific Rule Scenarios	We are delivering additional application-specific rule scenarios for various modules in the SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite: Trigger Rules for Off Cycle Event Batch	VRP-13476	What’s New Viewer Link
Business Rule Enhancements	Warning Message When Creating a Rule for the Basic Rule Scenario	When you select the Basic rule scenario to create a business rule, you now receive the warning that the Basic rule will be deprecated and that you should choose an application-specific scenario instead. You should only continue with the Basic scenario in cases where none of the application-specific scenarios meet your needs.	RUL-10100	What’s New Viewer Link
Business Rule Enhancements	Deprecation of Basic Rule Creation	The possibility to create new rules using the ‘Basic’ scenario will reach the end of maintenance on November 17, 2023 and will be deleted on June 2, 2024.	RUL-9869	What’s New Viewer Link
Business Rule Enhancements	Enhanced Rule Handling for Event Reason Derivation and Workflow Derivation Rules	We have updated the order in which the system processes the event reason derivation rules and workflow derivation rules that are created from their specific rule scenarios.	ECT-221576	What’s New Viewer Link
Business Rule Enhancements	Person Relationship Import Supports Business Rules	All onChange and onSave business rules configured for the HRIS element personRelationshipInfo now work for the data import and OData API operations of person relationship information.	ECT-217194	What’s New Viewer Link
Business Rule Enhancements	Association Between Rules and Used Message Definitions	Message definitions that are used in a rule are now stored as associations called Used Message Definitions in the Business Rule configuration.	RUL-6550	What’s New Viewer Link
Schedule Job Manager	More Employee Central Jobs on Job Scheduler in Scheduled Job Manager	You can now create, manage, and monitor more types of scheduled jobs for Employee Central in the Scheduled Job Manager admin tool. These jobs are now available only in the Admin Center and are no longer available in Provisioning.	ECT-219021	What’s New Viewer Link
Time Off Enhancements	Update to Effective-Dated Time Profile	We’ve made some updates to the effective-dated time profile.	TIM-39466	What’s New Viewer Link
Time Off Enhancements	Conditional Custom Fields Supported in Mobile Time Off	Conditional custom fields are now supported in the Mobile Time Off app so that users can use the mobile app to apply for time off.	MOB-63232	What’s New Viewer Link
Time Off Enhancements	New Methods to Create Temporary Change in the Planned Working Time Tab and Permission Changes	The Planned Working Time tab in the Time Workbench now includes new methods for making temporary changes to an employee’s work schedule.	TIM-36814	What’s New Viewer Link
Time Off Enhancements	Time Forms Generation	It is now possible to generate forms using templates based on Time Management data stored in the system.	TIM-38235	What’s New Viewer Link
Employee Central Compensation	New Compensation Structure Object	In SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, we are working to improve setting up and managing complex pay structures. This allows companies to specify pay structures for different locations, legal entities, as well as for different types of workers.	ECT-208195	What’s New Viewer Link
Pension Payouts	Enhanced Pension Handling Using Job Information with Same Employment	Former employees who are entitled a company paid pension are called pensioners. When a pensioner starts retirement, they have an inactive employment with the Retired employee status. On the event of their death, their status is changed to Terminated.	ECT-218237	What’s New Viewer Link
Pension Payouts	Deletion of Pension Payouts Settings	The Pension Payouts setting in Provisioning and the Admin Center of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central will be deleted on November 17, 2023.	ECT-219350	What’s New Viewer Link
Check Tool Enhancements	Additional Filter in Check Tool UI	It’s now possible to filter your selection by Area when you execute a Check Tool run.	TLS-26383	What’s New Viewer Link
Check Tool Enhancements	Deprecation of Old Check Tool UI	The old Check Tool UI reached End of Maintenance on November 17, 2023, and will be Deleted on June 2, 2024.	TLS-27108	What’s New Viewer Link
UI Changes	Minor Visual Changes in 2H 2023	SAP SuccessFactors made numerous minor visual enhancements in 2H 2023. Please use the What’s New Viewer Link (to the right) to review the list of documented enhancements.	KM-16542	What’s New Viewer Link
Centralized Services	Universal Updates for Centralized Services	We have introduced universal support for some of the Centralized services entities. These entities are no longer governed by the configuration option	ECT-216114	What’s New Viewer Link
Centralized Services	Centralized Services Support for Hire and Rehire Including Fixed Term Contract	Centralized services now support Hire and Rehire of an employee including Fixed Term Contract (FTC).	ECT-214694	What’s New Viewer Link
Centralized Services	Centralized Services Support Termination Details Imports with Pension Payouts	Centralized services support Termination Details data imports in Full Purge mode. These services are applicable to data imports initiated from the Import Employee Data page or OData APIs.	ECT-214692	What’s New Viewer Link
Centralized Services	Centralized Services Support Saving Changes on History UI for Dependents	Centralized services are enabled by default to support saving changes on the History UI for dependents.	ECT-206931	What’s New Viewer Link
Centralized Services	Centralized Services Support Final Approval of Workflows for Dependents	When users modify dependents’ information on the Editing UI and the triggered workflow is finally approved, data changes to the record are now saved on Centralized services.	ECT-214171	What’s New Viewer Link
Centralized Services	Centralized Services Support Manager Self-Service Changes for Global Assignments	Centralized services now support changes made to an employee’s global assignment when changes are made in the Manager Self-Service (MSS) Take Action menu.	ECT-214690	What’s New Viewer Link
Centralized Services	Centralized Services Support Manager Self-Service Changes for Concurrent Employment	Centralized services now support adding a concurrent employment using the Manager Self-Service (MSS) Take Action Add Concurrent Employment menu.	ECT-224568	What’s New Viewer Link
Centralized Services	Centralized Services Support Integrations with Employee Central Compensation	Centralized services now support existing integrations between Employee Central Compensation and Global Benefits as well as Employee Central Compensation and SAP SuccessFactors Compensation.	ECT-194595	What’s New Viewer Link

Keywords

EC, Employee Central, 2311, b2311, 2H 2023, , KBA , LOD-SF-EC , Employee Central , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central 2311