# SuccessFactors Time Management 1H 2026

- Link: https://www.lorenzo-datasolutions.com/successfactors-time-management-1h-2026/
- Published: 2026-04-15T09:08:32+00:00
- Author: Anipe Abraham

The **SAP SuccessFactors Time Management 1H 2026 release** introduces targeted enhancements
that strengthen accuracy, usability, compliance, and integration across time‑related
processes.

 SuccessFactors Time Management 1H 2026 updates help [HR](https://www.lorenzo-datasolutions.com/successfactors-time-management-2h-2025/)
and payroll teams reduce manual effort, improve employee self‑service, and ensure
reliable downstream payroll processing.

| **Release** | **Preview** | **Production** | 
| 1H 2026 | April 13, 2026 | May 15–16, 2026 |

## 1. Access Time Statement from Time Sheet and Time Sheet Approval Center

To improve transparency and streamline time‑related reviews, [SAP](https://www.lorenzo-datasolutions.com/self-paced-videos-of-sap-successfactors/)
SuccessFactors Time Management now allows **direct access to the Time Statement 
from both the employee Time Sheet and the Manager Time Sheet Approval Center**.

### What’s New

Employees and managers can open the **Time [Statement](https://www.youtube.com/LorenzoDataSolutions)**
directly while working on time entry or approvals—without navigating away to separate
pages or reports.

### How It Works

 * **From Time Sheet (Employee Self‑Service):**
   Employees can open their Time Statement
   while reviewing or entering time, enabling quick validation of payable time, 
   absences, and balances before submission.
 * **From Time Sheet Approval Center (Manager Self‑Service):**
   Managers can access
   the employee’s Time Statement during approval to better understand calculated
   time results, exceptions, and totals before approving or rejecting entries.

### Key Benefits

 * **Greater transparency:** Real‑time visibility into processed time results
 * **Faster approvals:** Managers no longer need to switch contexts to validate 
   time data
 * **Fewer errors and rework:** Issues can be identified and corrected earlier
 * **Improved employee confidence:** Employees can verify how entered time translates
   into payable time

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### How It Looked Before

In earlier releases, **Time Statement generation and access were limited and fragmented**:

 * Time Statements were generated **only after the Time Sheet was fully approved**
 * Employees and managers **could not view Time Statements during time entry or 
   [approval](https://www.lorenzo-datasolutions.com/successfactors-time-management-2h-2025/)**
 * Access to Time Statements was restricted to:
    - **Admin Workbench**, or
    - **People Profile → Time Forms** section
 * Managers frequently had to **leave the approval flow** to verify payable time
   details
 * Employees lacked upfront visibility into how entered time translated into calculated
   results

### Technical Details

| Attribute | Value | 
| **Reference Number** | TIM‑53794 | 
| **Document ID** | HCM‑95B5‑42CC | 
| **Product** | Time Tracking | 
| **Module** | Time Management | 
| **Feature** | Time Sheet | 
| **Action** | Info only | 
| **Enablement** | Customer configured | 
| **Lifecycle** | General Availability | 
| **Type** | New | 
| **Major / Minor** | Major | 
| **Business Process Variant** | Hire to Retire | 
| **Software Version** | 1H 2026 |

## 2. Automated Update of Labels for Temporary Time Information To‑Do Cards

**SuccessFactors Time Management 1H 2026** , SAP SuccessFactors introduces **automatic
label updates for Temporary Time Information To‑Do cards** on the Home Page. When
administrators customize standard labels using **Manage Languages**, the updated
translations are now reflected automatically—without requiring any manual job execution.

### How It Looks Now

In the current version, **any label changes made via Manage Languages are automatically
applied** to Temporary Time Information To‑Do cards.

**Example:**

 * The label **“Holiday Calendar”** is updated to **“Public Holiday Schedule”**
 * The updated label appears automatically on the Home Page To‑Do card after a short
   delay
 * No background job or technical intervention is required

> **Note:**
> After updating labels, changes may take a few minutes to appear due 
> to cache refresh timing.

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### How It Looked Before

Previously, label updates for **Temporary Time Information workflow To‑Do cards**
did **not refresh automatically**:

 * Administrators updated labels using **Manage Languages**
 * The new labels did **not appear immediately**
 * A **task definition job** had to be manually executed to refresh the cache
 * This job execution required **SAP Technical Support involvement**
 * If the job was not run, outdated labels remained visible, often leading to customer
   incidents

**Example:**

 * Even after updating the label, **“Holiday Calendar”** continued to display until
   the manual job was completed

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### Business Benefits

 * ✅ Eliminates manual job execution and support dependency
 * ✅ Reduces incidents caused by outdated Home Page labels
 * ✅ Ensures consistent and timely localization updates
 * ✅ Improves administrator efficiency
 * ✅ Provides a consistent experience across Time, Attendance, and Time Off To‑Do
   cards

### Role‑Based Permission Prerequisites

To access and maintain labels using **Manage Languages**, the following permission
is required:

 * **Administrator → Manage System Properties → Text Replacement**

### Technical Details

| Attribute | Value | 
| **Reference Number** | TIM‑53197 | 
| **Document ID** | HCM‑45E3‑B992 | 
| **Product** | Employee Central | 
| **Module** | Time Management | 
| **Feature** | Time Off – Home Page | 
| **Action** | Info only | 
| **Enablement** | Automatically on | 
| **Lifecycle** | General Availability | 
| **Type** | Changed | 
| **Major / Minor** | Minor | 
| **Business Process Variant** | Hire to Retire | 
| **Software Version** | 1H 2026 |

## 3. Get Completed Months of Time for Time Types

The **SuccessFactors Time Management 1H 2026** introduces a new **business rule 
function**—**Get Completed Months of Time for a Time Type**—in **SAP SuccessFactors
Employee Central Time Off**. This function enables organizations to **accurately
determine the number of full months an employee is continuously absent** for selected
absence time types, using a flexible “month of time” definition rather than strict
calendar months.

### How It Looks Now

Administrators can now use the **Get Completed Months of Time for a Time Type** 
rule function within **accrual or entitlement transfer rules** to:

 * Identify the number of **completed months of continuous absence**
 * Use flexible month definitions (for example, **May 14 – June 13**) instead of
   fixed calendar months
 * Automate **reduction or proration of accruals**, such as vacation or paid time
   off
 * Support **country‑, region‑, or industry‑specific collective labor agreements**
   requiring full‑month absence logic

This logic improves precision when calculating accrual impacts for extended absences
such as **leave without pay** or long‑term leave scenarios.

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### How It Looked Before

 * There was **no dedicated rule function** to calculate completed months of absence
 * Administrators had to rely on:
    - Custom logic
    - Calendar‑month approximations
    - Manual calculations
 * These approaches often failed to meet **legal or collective agreement requirements**,
   especially where absence periods started or ended mid‑month

### How the Rule Function Works

 * A **month of time** is calculated as a continuous period that:
    - Starts on any day of the month
    - Ends the day before the same day in the subsequent month (for example, **26
      Sept – 25 Oct**)
 * Only **absence time types** are supported
 * Gaps between absences break continuity
 * Partial‑day absences do **not** count toward a completed month
 * Mixed or overlapping time types are evaluated **separately**
 * The maximum evaluation period is **24 months**; exceeding this raises an exception

### Business Benefits

 * ✅ Accurate compliance with collective labor agreements
 * ✅ Automated accrual reduction and proration logic
 * ✅ Elimination of manual month calculations
 * ✅ Greater consistency across time off rules
 * ✅ Reduced risk of over‑ or under‑accruals

### Configuration Requirements

 * **Employee Central Time Off** must be enabled
 * Rule function can be used in:
    - Accrual rules
    - Entitled‑as‑transferred scenarios
 * Applicable only to **absence‑category time types**

### Example Use Case

An organization needs to **reduce annual vacation accrual** after an employee completes**
three full months of Leave Without Pay (LWOP)**.
Using the new rule function, the
system automatically counts only **completed absence months**, even if the leave
begins or ends mid‑month, ensuring correct proration.

### Technical Details

| Attribute | Value | 
| **Reference Number** | TIM‑52241 | 
| **Document ID** | HCM‑BD03‑9E9A | 
| **Product** | Employee Central Platform | 
| **Module** | Time Management | 
| **Feature** | Time Off – Business Rules | 
| **Action** | Info only | 
| **Enablement** | Customer configured | 
| **Lifecycle** | General Availability | 
| **Type** | New | 
| **Major / Minor** | Major | 
| **Software Version** | 1H 2026 |

## 4. Replication Activation Switch for Third‑Party Payroll

With the **1H 2026 release**, SAP SuccessFactors introduces a **Replication Activation
Switch for Third‑Party Payroll**. This new switch enables customers to **explicitly
activate time data replication from SAP SuccessFactors Time Management to third‑
party payroll systems** using a simplified, centralized configuration in **Manage
Employee Central Settings**.

The enhancement provides clearer control over when and how time data is replicated,
improving governance, reducing configuration complexity, and supporting global payroll
integration scenarios.

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### Business Benefits

 * ✅ Explicit control over third‑party payroll replication
 * ✅ Simplified and safer payroll integration setup
 * ✅ Reduced risk of unintended data replication
 * ✅ Support for customers without Employee Central Payroll
 * ✅ Improved handling of retroactive time changes
 * ✅ Better readiness for global and hybrid payroll landscapes

### Technical Details

| Attribute | Value | 
| **Product** | Employee Central | 
| **Module** | Time Management | 
| **Feature** | Time Data Replication | 
| **Action** | Info only | 
| **Enablement** | Customer configured | 
| **Lifecycle** | General Availability | 
| **Type** | New | 
| **Business Process Variant** | Hire to Retire | 
| **Software Version** | 1H 2026 |

## 5. New Parameter for Absence Counting Rules

With the **1H 2026 release**, SAP SuccessFactors introduces a **new parameter in
Absence Counting Rules** called **Planned Hours Excluding Holidays**.
This enhancement
further extends **Absence Counting Rules 2.0**, giving organizations **greater precision
and flexibility** in how absence hours and deduction quantities are calculated—especially
in scenarios involving **public holidays**.

### How It Looks Now

A new parameter, **Planned Hours Excluding Holidays**, is available within **Absence
Counting Rules**. When enabled:

 * Absence calculation is based on **original planned working hours**, **excluding
   public holidays**
 * Public holidays are ignored when determining planned hours for absence deduction
   logic
 * Organizations can comply more accurately with:
    - Legal requirements
    - Collective bargaining agreements
    - Company‑specific absence policies

This parameter is particularly useful when absence deductions must reflect **true
working time**, rather than default schedule‑based hours that include holidays.

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### How It Looked Before

 * Absence counting relied on **planned working hours**, which could include holidays
   depending on configuration
 * Organizations had limited control when:
    - Absences spanned public holidays
    - Deduction rules required excluding holidays from the calculation
 * Administrators often had to build **complex workaround logic** or accept less
   accurate results

The introduction of this parameter removes ambiguity and significantly improves 
policy accuracy.

### Where This Fits: Absence Counting Rules 2.0

Absence Counting Rules 2.0—introduced earlier to provide rule‑based, intelligent
absence calculations—are now further enhanced with this parameter.

Absence Counting Rules can already:

 * Treat holidays and non‑working days differently
 * Apply deduction factors by weekday
 * Count absences independent of work schedules

The new **Planned Hours Excluding Holidays** parameter strengthens these capabilities
by adding **holiday‑aware hour precision** to the calculation logic.

### Business Benefits

 * ✅ Accurate absence calculations across public holidays
 * ✅ Stronger compliance with statutory and union agreements
 * ✅ Reduced manual adjustments and exceptions
 * ✅ Improved consistency in deduction quantities
 * ✅ Greater flexibility for complex working patterns

### Example Use Case

An employee is on leave across a period that includes a **public holiday**.

 * **Before 1H 2026:**
   Absence hours may have been calculated including planned 
   hours on the holiday, depending on the work schedule.
 * **With the new parameter:**
   Absence counting excludes holiday hours, ensuring
   deductions reflect only actual working time—fully aligned with policy.

### Configuration Considerations

 * Available in **Absence Counting Rules** configuration
 * Works with **Absence Counting Configuration** assigned to Time Types
 * Requires appropriate **Time Management object permissions** to configure rules

For detailed configuration steps, see the Absence Counting Rules and configuration
documentation.

### Technical Context

| Attribute | Value | 
| **Product** | Employee Central | 
| **Module** | Time Management | 
| **Feature** | Time Off – Absence Counting Rules | 
| **Enhancement Type** | Parameter addition | 
| **Enablement** | Customer configured | 
| **Lifecycle** | General Availability | 
| **Type** | Changed | 
| **Major / Minor** | Minor | 
| **Business Process Variant** | Hire to Retire | 
| **Software Version** | 1H 2026 |

## Key Takeaways

 * The SuccessFactors Time Management 1H 2026 release enhances accuracy, usability,
   and compliance across time‑related processes.
 * Key features include direct access to time statements from employee time sheets
   and faster approvals for managers.
 * Automated label updates for Temporary Time Information To-Do cards eliminate 
   manual job execution.
 * A new business rule function allows tracking completed months of absence, improving
   compliance with labor agreements.
 * The replication activation switch simplifies time data management for third-party
   payroll integration.

**Thanks & Regards,[Anipe Abraham](https://twitter.com/anipeabraham)
[Sr. #SAP #SuccessFactors Consultant | Employee Central | Employee Central Payroll | Recruitment Management l Onboarding | PMGM | Sap Hcm | Corporate Trainer.](https://www.youtube.com/c/AnipeAbraham/featured)

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