SuccessFactors Time Management H1 2024 , Release provides exciting innovations across SAP SuccessFactors Time Management H1 2024 that can help you transform your HR operations, increase employee engagement, and deliver results.
Don’t miss out SuccessFactors Time Management H1 2024 on all the great innovations and enhancements. Here are a few key updates you should consider for SuccessFactors Time Management .
H1 – 2024 Release Schedule
- Preview Release – April 19, 2024
- Production Release – May 17, 2024.
1. Time Forms Employee Self-Service (ESS)
Using employee self-service (ESS), it is now possible to generate forms using templates based on absence data stored in the system.
With the Time Form employee self-service (ESS) scenario, an employee can perform the following tasks:
- Generate and preview the template.
- Download the forms in PDF format.
- Email the forms in a PDF format or as an HTML message.
We’ve made this enhancement to support employee self-service (ESS) for generation of the forms.
Configuration Requirements
Enable the Document Generation and Time Off feature.
The new Time Forms Eligibility configuration object needs to be configured.
Role-Based Permission Prerequisites
- You have the Manage Permission Roles Time Management User Generate Time Forms permission. This provides access to the Generate Time Forms link in the People Profile.
- You have the Manage Permission Roles Manage Time Form Templates.
- You have the Manage Permission Roles Time Management Object Time Forms Eligibility View Current permission.
- You have the Manage Permission Roles Time Management Object Time Forms Eligibility.Available Time Forms (Available Time Form) View permission.
- You have the Manage Permission Roles Time Management Object Time Forms Eligibility.Available Time Forms.Assigned Time Types (Assigned Time Type) View permission.
What’s Changed
How It Looks Now
You now have access to the Generate Time Forms link in the people profile. Select the link to go to the Generate Time Forms page.
You can now add data to all the mandatory fields on the Generate Time Forms page, such as language and template. Once you add the data, the Template Description, Time Period, and Time Type will be displayed.
Select the time period, the time type will be displayed and choose Preview. You can also Download the form in PDF format and email the form in a PDF format or as an HTML message.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-40648 |
| Product | Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Off |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Major |
| Business Process Variant | Hire to Retire |
| Software Version | 1H 2024 |
2. Time Off Enhancements in the New People Profile
The new Profile Preview and Spotlight include out-of-office information for employees when they’re away from work. In addition, the Spotlight shows an Upcoming Absence card to indicate when the employee will be away from work next.
Configuration Requirements
To enable the out-of-office information on the People Profile and Spotlight, you need to enable Show current absence status under Company System and Logo Settings.
Role-Based Permission Prerequisites
For the out-of-office information on the People Profile and Spotlight, in addition to enabling Show current absence status, you need to grant the View permission for the Employee Time object.
To enable the Upcoming Absence card on the Spotlight, you need to grant the View permission for the Employee Time object. This is also required for the out-of-office information.
What’s Changed
How It Looks Now
In the current version, the out of office information considers absences, holidays, and non-working days according to the work schedule. These are used to derive the “Back on” information shown in the People Profile.
The current version also includes an upcoming absence card with information on when the employee will next be absent from work.
Note
We included an improved screenshot that contains more complete information to better illustrate the new upcoming absence card in the People Profile.
How It Looked Before
In the previous version, the out of office information only considered absences.
Note
The legacy People Profile still works as before. The change only affects the new Profile Preview and the Spotlight view.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-41237 |
| Product | Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Off |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Major |
| Business Process Variant | Hire to Retire |
| Software Version | 1H 2024 |
3. Time Type Filter Rule Restriction Removed
We’ve removed the limit on the number of time type filter rules you can add to the time profile.
The change means you can assign as many time type filter rules as you require to the time profile.
Caution
Keep performance in mind. The more rules you assign to a time profile and the more complex those rules are, the longer it will take to load the time type dropdown on the UI.
Note
Don’t use the time type filter rule for time types that have a time account type assigned because time accounts would still be created. In such cases, it is better to use separate time profiles.
Configuration Requirements
A time type filter rule must be assigned to the available time type under the time profile.
To assign a time type filter rule to an available time type with classification as an attendance, break, extra, or on-call time type, SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking needs to be enabled. SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking is not required for absence time types.
What’s Changed
In the current version, there is no restriction on the number of assigned time type filter rules for each time profile.
How It Looked Before
In the previous version, there was a limit of 10 time type filter rules for each time profile. An error message appeared if users tried to enter more than 10 filter rules.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-43213 |
| Product | Employee CentralTime Tracking |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time OffTime Sheet |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | Changed |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Hire to Retire |
| Software Version | 1H 2024 |
4. Validation to Check Duplicate Entitlement Postings in Time Off
We’ve added a new validation to block creation of two or more entitlements on the same day using Manage Data, imports, or using the Calendar run for entitlements.
Here’s what the validation error message looks like:
We added this check because we observed lot of issues with inconsistent data in customer systems, which also results in failed calendar runs and failed recalculation jobs.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-42206 |
| Product | Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Off |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Automatically on |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 1H 2024 |
5. Validation Check on Custom Field Data Types of Employee Time Object
A validation check is now performed on the Data Source and Auto Complete custom fields in the Employee Time object.
The Data Source and Auto Complete fields aren’t supported in absence requesting. We added this check to ensure they aren’t used.
What’s Changed
In the current version, a validation error is raised when you try to use custom fields of the Data Source or Auto Complete data types in the Employee Time object definition.
In the previous version, custom fields of the type Translatable and Enum data types were not supported and a validation error was raised.
No validation error was raised for custom fields of the Data Source and Auto Complete data types.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-41964 |
| Product | Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Off |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Automatically on |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Hire to Retire |
| Software Version | 1H 2024 |
Thanks & Regards,
Anipe Abraham,
Sr. #SAP #SuccessFactors Consultant | Employee Central | Employee Central Payroll | Recruitment Management l Onboarding | PMGM | Sap Hcm | Corporate Trainer.
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