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SAP Knowledge Base Article - PublicSymptom
This is a HUB KBA for release related content, where all important enhancements for Employee Central and Employee Profile for 2H2024 release are listed.
Environment
- SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
- SAP SuccessFactors People Profile
Resolution
The following documentation can be also found on the SAP Help Portal under SAP SuccessFactors Release Information:
- SAP SuccessFactors What's New Viewer
- SAP SuccessFactors Notable Fixed Issues
- SAP SuccessFactors Known Issues
- SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Product Page - Employee Central & other related SuccessFactors Handbooks
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 2H2024 release. All of the features listed below also include links to related information that will provide additional details regarding that specific feature.
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Feature Area |
Feature Name |
Description |
Reference Number |
Related Information |
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Action Search, Organizational Management |
Enhancements in My Team Positions |
We made a few enhancements related to the My Team Positions page to improve the manager experience. |
ECT-230255 | |
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Business Configuration, Country/Region Specifics |
Enhancements in Business Configuration and Foundation Objects |
We've introduced new validations and general enhancements to improve the consistency in Business Configuration and Foundation Objects. |
ECT-241403 | |
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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-233421 | |
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Contingent Workforce Management |
Enable Permission to Use Add Assignment UI for Contingent Workers |
The new Add Assignment permission setting for contingent workers is now required. |
ECT-240321 | |
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Country/Region Specifics |
New National ID Information with Validity Period |
To support tracking lifelong changes to your national ID information, we haved added the validity fields, Valid From and Valid To for each National ID records in National ID Information. |
ECT-176715 | |
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Country/Region Specifics |
Supporting Digital Signature in Document Generation Using DocuSign |
You can now digitally sign generated PDF documents using DocuSign in Document Generation. This feature provides a convenient option for adding digital signatures to your documents. |
ECT-46822 | |
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Country/Region Specifics |
Localized Enhancements for Multiple Countries/Regions |
In this overview, you get information about the country/region-specific enhancements in Employee Central for the countries/regions: Belgium, Sweden, Ireland, Singapore, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, Italy, and the Netherlands. |
ECT-232728 | |
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Country/Region Specifics, Time Off |
Short-Term Disability USA - No Limit for Number of Linked Absences |
When linking absences for short-term disability USA, there is no longer a restriction of ten absences for each group. You can now link more than ten absences. |
TIM-43925 | |
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Data Import and Export |
Prevention of Entity Data Import After Purge |
Now, after DRTM Master Data Purge, you can no longer import data for an inactive user that has been purged. |
ECT-236133 | |
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Diagnostic Tool |
New View and Enhancements to the Diagnostic Tool |
With the new Rule Execution View in the Diagnostic Tool, you can now understand transaction details of records and rules that are excluded as well as rules that are executed for HRIS elements using Centralized services. Rule execution details are available for onSave rules only. For workflow transactions, you can now see the timestamp and the email address directly in the search results. |
ECT-240292 | |
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Employee Central Compensation |
Enhancements to the HRIS PayComponentGroup Sums Sync Job |
Inactive users are now excluded from the HRIS PayComponentGroup Sums Sync job type in Scheduled Job Manager. |
ECT-223633 | |
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Employee Central Compensation |
Enhancements to Non-Recurring Pay Component Imports |
We've changed the import behavior in the Full Purge mode and added a validation for the Incremental Load mode for non-recurring pay component imports. |
ECT-231067 | |
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Employee Central Compensation |
Deprecation of Pay Scale Picklist Fields |
Support for pay scale picklists of the Job Information fields Pay Scale Type and Pay Scale Area will reach End of Maintenance on November 17, 2023 and will be Deleted on November 20, 2026. |
ECT-203910 | |
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Employee Central Compensation, Job Information |
Enhancements to Forward Propagation for Effective-Dated HRIS Entities |
Forward propagation now considers parent-child associations and validates field values when changes are made to future records of HRIS entities (parent and child as a group). |
ECT-228939 | |
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Global Benefits |
Latest Benefits Overview Page for Employees to Manage Their Benefits |
A new Benefits Overview page has been added for the employees to view and manage their benefits and benefit plans within the latest Benefits enrollment experience. |
BEN-16546 | |
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Global Benefits |
Addition of the Benefit Enrollment Action Card on the Home Page |
The Benefit Enrollment action card has been added to the For You Today section of the SAP SuccessFactors home page. |
BEN-14670 | |
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Global Benefits |
Manage Beneficiaries on the Pension Enrollment UI |
Beneficiaries can now be added and managed for the pension benefit. This update allows employees to easily manage their pension beneficiaries, improving the overall user experience and efficiency in pension benefit management. |
BEN-15444 | |
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Global Benefits |
Adding Benefits With Different Currencies in the Latest Benefits Enrollment Process |
To support benefits with different currencies in the same enrollment process, we have added the new Benefits with Different Currencies field to the Configure Benefit Enrollment Process object. |
BEN-17677 | |
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Global Benefits |
Redesign of Benefits Permissions to Introduce a Separate User Permissions Category |
A new permission location Benefits Management has been added to Manage Permission Roles to manage the employee actions on the benefits/benefit programs. It displays user permissions previously grouped with administrator permissions. Use it to easily manage and assign specific permissions for benefits management. |
BEN-16513 | |
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Global Benefits |
Managing the Availability of the Opt Out Button During the Benefit Selection Process |
In the latest Benefits Enrollment experience, you can now enable or disable the Opt Out button during the benefit selection process for your employees, using a new setting. |
BEN-17684 | |
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Global Benefits |
Replacement of Benefits Auto Enrollment Job with New Tracker-Based Jobs |
Benefits Auto Enrollment Job will reach End of Development on May 20, 2022 and will be Deleted on November 17, 2023. |
KM-14239 | |
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Global Benefits |
Access the Benefits Master Data Job Through Scheduled Job Manager |
You can now access the Create or Update Benefit Enrollments for Benefit Master Data Changes job through Admin Center Scheduled Job Manager. |
BEN-16901 | |
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Global Benefits |
Deprecation of Pension Related Fields |
The Pension related fields in benefit objects have reached End of Development on May 17, 2024 and will be Deleted on May 16 2025. After May 16 2025, the Story reports, APIs, Business Rules, and Integrations that refer to such fields will stop working. We have moved these fields into new benefit objects. |
BEN-14310 | |
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Hire, Rehire, and Termination, Onboarding |
Enhancements to Automatic Hire and Manage Pending Hires |
We've introduced a few enhancements to improve the automatic hire process in the Manage Pending Hires tool. |
ECT-231946 | |
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Home Page, Organizational Management, Quickcards |
New Use Cases for Employee Central Quick Actions for Position |
You can define more Quick Actions for Employee Central Quick Actions for Position using templates for commonly used actions. |
ECT-234132 | |
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Job Information |
Enhancements in Employee Central Quick Actions |
We've introduced a few enhancements to improve the Employee Central Quick Actions. |
ECT-238124 | |
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Job Information, People Profile |
Enhancements to Spotlight of the Latest People Profile |
We've made several enhancements to the Organization and Work Experience cards on the Spotlight. |
SFEDU-19667 | |
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Job Information, Work Tech |
New Task Entries for Employee Central Quick Actions in Microsoft Teams |
With the integration of SAP SuccessFactors and Microsoft 365, we introduced several new task entries under the Manage My Data and Manage My Team quick actions in Microsoft Teams. |
WRK-1614 | |
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Job Information, Work Zone Content |
New Employee Central Quick Actions Available in SAP SuccessFactors Work Zone |
We introduced four new Employee Central Quick Actions to SAP SuccessFactors Work Zone. |
SFSWZ-6962 | |
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Metadata Framework, Time Sheet, Work Tech |
More Notification Cards Available in Microsoft Teams |
With the integration of SAP SuccessFactors and Microsoft 365, more notification cards are available to remind users of their HR tasks in Microsoft Teams. |
WRK-1616 | |
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Not Applicable |
General Display Name Automatically Enabled for All Customers |
General Display Name is now automatically enabled for all customers. |
ECT-230003 | |
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Organizational Management |
Synchronize Job Relationships for Vacant Matrix Positions Setting |
Decide if and how the system synchronizes the matrix relationships and job relationships of your employees in the event of vacant matrix positions. |
ECT-229370 | |
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Organizational Management |
Access Company Structure Overview Using Deep Link |
You can now use a deep link (/sf/orgchart?type=entity) to access the Company Structure Overview (CSO) page. |
ECT-234935 | |
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Organizational Management |
Deprecation of TriggerMatrixRelationSync Field |
The TriggerMatrixRelationSync field will reach end of development on November 15, 2024 and will be deleted on May 16, 2025. |
ECT-239096 | |
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Organizational Management, Picklists |
Enhancements to the Picklist Setup for Matrix Relationships |
Previously Position Management customers needed to have picklists for Matrix Relationships and Job Relationships where the entries were required to be kept in sync. It is now possible for customers to have only 1 picklist with entries to be used for both Matrix Relationships and Job Relationships. |
ECT-234715 | |
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People Profile |
Full Profile of the Latest People Profile |
The latest People Profile now comes with Full Profile, a revamped data hub that consolidates all kinds of data for an employee in one single place. |
WEF-136653 | |
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People Profile |
Enhancements to Employee Central on the Latest People Profile |
We've introduced many enhancements to Employee Central when the latest People Profile is enabled. |
ECT-228941 | |
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People Profile |
New Admin Tool for the Latest People Profile |
As an administrator, you can now use the new Configure People Profile admin tool to configure the latest People Profile, including general settings, content of both the Spotlight and Full Profile. |
SFEDU-19643 | |
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People Profile |
Deprecation of Legacy People Profile |
The legacy People Profile will reach End of Maintenance on November 15, 2025 and will be Deleted on November 15, 2025. |
KM-18640 | |
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People Profile, Workflows |
Access Pending Approvals and Future Changes in Latest People Profile |
The latest People Profile introduces an improved way to access pending approvals and future changes. |
ECT-227657 | |
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Personal Information |
Import Address Data Without Overwriting Existing Values of Standard Fields |
When importing employee address data, you can now enter the value &&NO_OVERWRITE&& for standard fields to keep their existing values. |
ECT-147144 | |
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Public Sector Management |
Centralized Services Support for Adding the Delegation Only Type for a Higher Duty or Temporary Assignment |
Centralized services now support adding a higher duty or temporary assignment of type Delegation Only for an existing employee. |
ECT-240901 | |
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Story Reports, Time Off |
Planned Working Time Reporting Configuration and Reporting of Future Data |
We've made enhancements to the Time Management Configuration object to provide you with the flexibility of generating planned working time data for custom duration not only in the past but also in the future. |
TIM-44067 | |
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Time Off |
My Calendar UI as Employee Self-Service |
We now offer a monthly calendar UI that employees can use to get an overview of their planned working times, including temporary changes and holidays. |
TIM-41962 | |
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Time Off |
Access Time Forms Using Deep Link |
You can now use the deep links /sf/timeForms#/essScreen and /sf/timeForms to access the Time Forms Employee Self-Service page and the Time Forms Admin Workbench page. |
TIM-45220 | |
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Time Off |
Enhancements to Out of Office Indicator on the Latest People Profile and Org Chart |
We've made some enhancements to the out-of-office indicator in the latest People Profile |
TIM-42855 | |
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Time Off |
Deprecation of Accrual Posting Method "Classic" |
The Accrual Recalculation Posting Method Classic will reach the End of Development in May 2025 and will reach the End of Maintenance and be Deleted in December 2025. |
TIM-35667 | |
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Time Off |
Deprecation of Time Type Configuration for Short-Term Disability USA |
The time type configuration for short-term disability USA will reach end of maintenance on May 1, 2024 and will also be deleted on May 1, 2024. |
KM-17268 | |
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Time Off, Time Sheet |
Changes to the Earliest Possible Recalculation Date |
The earliest possible recalculation date is now regularly updated by the system and can never be more than 84 months, that is, 7 years into the past. |
TIM-41341 | |
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Time Off, Time Sheet |
Time Management Field Help Moved to Help Portal |
We moved long strings of field help from Time Management objects to SAP Help Portal for a better experience. We link to the SAP Help Portal help from the field help. |
KM-19537 | |
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Time Off, Work Tech |
Sync Upcoming Time Off to Microsoft Teams Calendar |
With the integration of SAP SuccessFactors and Microsoft 365, two new quick actions, Sync Absences to Calendar and Sync Holidays to Calendar, are available for users in Microsoft Teams. |
WRK-1618 | |
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Time Off, Work Tech |
Request Time Off Quick Action and Related Notification Card in Microsoft Teams |
With the integration of SAP SuccessFactors and Microsoft 365, users now have a new quick action, Request Time Off, to apply for annual leave, sick leave, or other types of leave in Microsoft Teams. |
WRK-1610 | |
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Time Sheet |
Conditional Custom Fields in Mobile Time Sheet |
We now support conditional custom fields in the mobile time sheet. |
MOB-84126 | |
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Time Sheet |
Supporting Information and Warning Messages in Mobile Time Sheet |
We now support information and warning messages in the mobile time sheet. |
MOB-82606 | |
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Time Sheet |
Custom Fields for Allowances in Mobile Time Sheet |
Custom fields for allowances are now supported in the mobile time sheet UI. |
MOB-84126 | |
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Time Sheet |
Weekly and Monthly Payroll Time Containers in a Monthly Time Sheet |
You can now set up time containers that replicate weekly and monthly time results to payroll for time sheets with a monthly approval period. |
TIM-42591 | |
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Work Tech, Workflows |
Delegate My Workflows Quick Action and Related Notification Cards in Microsoft Teams |
With the integration of SAP SuccessFactors and Microsoft 365, users now have a new quick action, Delegate My Workflows, in Microsoft Teams to request co-workers to process their workflows during a specified period. |
WRK-1605 | |
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Workflows |
Updates to the Pending Workflows Page |
The new Pending Workflows page has been enhanced and now officially replaces the legacy Pending Requests page. |
ECT-235567 | |
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Workflows |
The Pending Requests Page is Deleted |
The Pending Requests page in Employee Central Workflows is deleted as of November 15, 2024. |
ECT-229705 | |
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Workflows |
Deprecation of XML File (YouCalc Rules) Based Workflow Triggering |
The feature of triggering workflows through XML files (YouCalc rules) will reach the End of Development on November 17, 2023 and be deleted on November 17, 2025. |
ECT-219827 |
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