# SAP S/4HANA for Human Resources - Link: https://www.lorenzo-datasolutions.com/sap-s-4hana-innovations-human-resources/ - Published: 2018-01-22T10:47:26+00:00 - Author: Anipe Abraham SAP S/4HANA for Human Resources“SAP S/4HANA is SAP’s next generation business suite designed to help run simple. This new suite is built on SAP’s advanced in-memory platform, SAP HANA and offers a personalised user experience with SAP [**Fiori **](https://lorenzodatasolutions.blogspot.com/)( UI)” There’s been a lot of buzz around S/4HANA lately. At the recently concluded HR2017, we met many customers who are moving to S/4HANA. The HR attendees were especially curious about:  1) What does S/4HANA have for the HR module? and 2) What’s the**** [**future**](https://twitter.com/anipeabraham)** **roadmap? With this blog I have tried to provide answers to some basic questions around S/ 4HANA, including the difference [**between**](https://www.facebook.com/LorenzoDataSolutions/) Enterprise and Cloud editions in relation to the HR module. ## S/4HANA Integration with SAP SaaS Modules SAP’s S/4HANA Business Suite product provides innovative solutions that support end-to-end business processes integration between  core components and SAP SaaS products such as: SAP Ariba, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Fieldglass, Concur, SAP Hybris, SAP [**Cloud**](https://www.lorenzo-datasolutions.com/employee-central-payroll-videos/)**** for Customers, SAP Financial Network, and more. The following figure provides a great visual representation of this integration with other SAP SaaS modules ![S/4HANA Integration with SAP SaaS Modules](data:image/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80% 00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02% 01D%00%3B) ## Deployment options for S/4HANA SAP offers two different deployment options for SAP S/4HANA: **On-Premise edition** **Cloud edition** 1. On-Premise [**Edition**](https://www.lorenzo-datasolutions.com/sap-successfactors-employee-central-h1-2020/) The current available on-premise version for SAP S/4HANA is 1610. ![Deployment options for S/4HANA](data:image/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00% 00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B) As part of 1610’s recent innovations, the following features are available for Human Resources: * **Core Organizational Management** - OM allows you to build, maintain, and reorganize organization structures to: * Create and edit organization plans * View matrix for creating and editing matrix structures * Access expert mode to edit the characteristics of various objects and their relationships via Infotypes * Create, display, or change the organizational structure using the Organization and Staffing (Workflow) views * Assign characteristics to the organizational units. * **Timesheet S/4HANA** - Timesheet enables you to record and manage time data effectively. * Create and update time entries * Time management for concurrent employment * Approve, review, and reject time entries as part of manager self-service * **Employee Integration with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central** (_SAP SuccessFactors is not part of SAP S/4 HANA shipment, it requires an additional product license_) - Employee Central Connectivity enables you to replicate employee, organizational, and cost center data from SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central to SAP S/4HANA system. The following replication services are available as of now: * Employee Master Data from Employee Central to SAP S/4HANA * Organization Data from Employee Central to SAP S/4HANA * Cost Centers from SAP S/4HANA to Employee Central * Contingent Worker data Integration from Employee Central to SAP S/4HANA _“One of the key planned innovations for 2017 for HR is the – Enhanced Integration of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll with SAP S/4HANA for payroll postings including cost center replication.”_ * **Integration Capabilities** - SAP S/4HANA on-premise integration scenario offers integration best practices with SAP’s SaaS Cloud solutions and third-party applications using the following three middle-ware: * SAP PO – Process Orchestration * HCI – SAP HANA Cloud integration * WS – Web Services ## 2. Cloud Edition SAP S/4HANA Cloud edition is designed for enterprises that need standardised cloud integration offerings that cover the core business scenarios and line-of-business cloud solutions. ![Cloud delivery schedule](data:image/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF% FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B) he following offerings are currently available as part of SAP S/4HANA Cloud edition: * **Professional Services Cloud** – for the professional services industry - Time recording for employees - Time recording for contingent worker via a purchase order - Time recording for subcontractor - Approve timesheets - Integration with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central to replicate: employee data and contingent worker data, company code and cost center data from EC to SAP S/4HANA system, employee photo integration from EC to SAP S/4HANA system (_Separate user subscription for SAP SuccessFactors is required)_ * **Enterprise Management Cloud** – for a full ERP scope - Time recording for employees - Time recording for contingent worker via a purchase order - Time recording for subcontractor - Approve timesheets - Integration with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central to replicate: employee data and contingent worker data, company code and cost center data from EC to SAP S/4HANA system, employee photo integration from EC to SAP S/4HANA system (_Separate user subscription for SAP SuccessFactors is required)_ * **Finance Cloud** - Pre-delivered integration with SAP SuccessFactors *  **SAP Hybris Marketing Cloud** - There are various editions available for marketing customers under Hybris, with no integration with SuccessFactors * **Integration Capabilities** - The main integration technologies are SAP HANA Cloud integration and web services SAP S/4HANA for Human Resources ![SAP S/4HANA Cloud edition](data:image/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00% FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B) Thanks & Regards, [Anipe Abraham,SAP HCM / SuccessFactors Consultant / Employee Central / Employee Central Payroll / Payroll Control Center /Corporate Trainer. **Note:** the purpose of the blogs that i write on my personal website is in order to help the consultants and students who are trying to learn new things .i write it as per my personal interest , hope all my blogs are helpful and its just for learning use .to help you with most up to date content in SAP SuccessFactors . By [ Anipe Abraham](https://twitter.com/anipeabraham)