Ready for SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central? First, master the Employee Central workforce admin functionality for hiring, time sheets, benefits, payments, and termination. Next, learn to configure permissions, implement mass changes, and set up workflows, company structures, and business rules. Finally, explore integration with SAP and third-party applications to get the most out of your HR setup. From implementation to operations, this Employee Central book has it all!

Highlights include:

1. Time sheets
2. Benefits management
3. Payment
4. Time management
5. Workforce management
6. Mass changes
7. Implementation and integration
8. Reporting
9. Data import and migration
10. SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
11. Intelligent services

Explore integration options for a connected HR system

Autorentext
Brandon Toombs is a full-time Employee Central consultant with more than 20 implementations completed to date. He formerly published Employee Central Intelligence, an Employee Central newsletter with more than 800 subscribers. He also has a YouTube channel covering Employee Central. He has more than six years of experience with SAP SuccessFactors software and more than 20 years of experience in HR technology.

Inhalt
**... Foreword ... 23**

... Introduction ... 25

... Business Drivers for HR in the Cloud ... 27

... SAP SuccessFactors Strategy and Roadmap ... 28

... Licensing and Release Cycle ... 29

... Summary ... 30

PART I ... Foundations ... 31

1 ... SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Basics ... 33

1.1 ... Benefits of Employee Central ... 33

1.2 ... People Profile ... 36

1.3 ... Position Management ... 39

1.4 ... Workflows ... 40

1.5 ... Other Capabilities ... 41

1.6 ... Foundation Objects ... 43

1.7 ... Summary ... 46

2 ... Implementation Steps and Considerations ... 47

2.1 ... Deployment Models ... 47

2.2 ... Implementation Considerations ... 50

2.3 ... Setting Up Employee Central ... 60

2.4 ... Post-Implementation and Ongoing Administration ... 66

2.5 ... Implementation Resources ... 68

2.6 ... Summary ... 72

3 ... Role-Based Permissions ... 73

3.1 ... Overview ... 73

3.2 ... Scenarios for Creating Roles ... 76

3.3 ... Creating Groups and Roles ... 77

3.4 ... Permissions ... 83

3.5 ... Summary ... 95

4 ... Events and Workflows ... 97

4.1 ... Employee Status ... 97

4.2 ... Events and Event Reasons ... 99

4.3 ... Workflows ... 109

4.4 ... Summary ... 153

5 ... Extensibility ... 155

5.1 ... Metadata Framework ... 156

5.2 ... Extension Center ... 158

5.3 ... Creating Extensions in Extension Center ... 163

5.4 ... Maintaining Extension Data ... 187

5.5 ... SAP Business Technology Platform ... 188

5.6 ... Summary ... 190

6 ... Business Rules ... 191

6.1 ... How Business Rules Work ... 192

6.2 ... Managing Business Rules ... 204

6.3 ... Creating a Business Rule ... 207

6.4 ... Off Cycle Event Batch ... 213

6.5 ... Business Rule Execution Log ... 217

6.6 ... Summary ... 218

7 ... Foundation Objects ... 219

7.1 ... Basics ... 219

7.2 ... Categories ... 222

7.3 ... Associations and Propagation ... 228

7.4 ... Configuration ... 231

7.5 ... Creating Foundation Object Data ... 238

7.6 ... Extending Foundation Objects ... 245

7.7 ... Company Structure Overview ... 246

7.8 ... Summary ... 249

8 ... Data Imports and Data Migration ... 251

8.1 ... Importing Data ... 252

8.2 ... Exporting Data ... 285

8.3 ... Mass Deleting Generic Object Data via Import ... 287

8.4 ... Permissioning Imports and Exports ... 288

8.5 ... Data Migration from SAP ERP Human Capital Management ... 291

8.6 ... Summary ... 292

PART II ... Features and Functionality ... 293

9 ... Position Management ... 295

9.1 ... Implicit Position Management ... 296

9.2 ... Positions Overview ... 297

9.3 ... Setting Up Position Management ... 304

9.4 ... Position Management in Other SAP SuccessFactors Applications ... 313

9.5 ... Company Structure Overview ... 314

9.6 ... Summary ... 317

10 ... Employee Data ... 319

10.1 ... Views ... 319

10.2 ... History and Audit Trail ... 339

10.3 ... Self-Services ... 342

10.4 ... Transactions ... 347

10.5 ... Configuration ... 351

10.6 ... Summary ... 357

11 ... Payments ... 359

11.1 ... Compensation Information ... 359

11.2 ... Pay Scale Structure ... 360

11.3 ... Location-Based Payments ... 364

11.4 ... Advances ... 365

11.5 ... Deductions ... 375

11.6 ... Alternative Cost Distribution ... 381

11.7 ... Summary ... 384

12 ... Time Management ... 385

12.1 ... Time Management Overview ... 385

12.2 ... Time Off ... 391

12.3 ... Summary ... 405

13 ... Benefits ... 407

13.1 ... Global Benefits ... 407

13.2 ... Configuration ... 408

13.3 ... Using Global Benefits ... 410

13.4 ... Country-Specific Benefits ... 414

13.5 ... US-Specific Benefits ... 416

13.6 ... Summary ... 418

14 ... Additional Employments ... 419

14.1 ... Basic Concepts ... 419

14.2 ... Global Assignments ... 420

14.3 ... Concurrent Employment ... 431

14.4 ... Higher Duty or Temporary Assignments ... 437

14.5 ... Using SAP SuccessFactors with Additional Employments ... 448

14.6 ... Summary ... 453

15 ... Contingent Workforce Management ... 455

15.1 ... Fundamentals of Contingent Workforce Management ... 456

15.2 ... Configuration ... 457

15.3 ... Contingent Workforce Permissions ... 461

15.4 ... Maintaining Contingent Workers ... 462

15.5 ... Viewing a Contingent Worker ... 464

15.6 ... SAP Fieldglass Integration ... 465

15.7 ... Summary ... 467

16 ... Mass Changes ... 469

16.1 ... Types of Mass Changes ... 469

16.2 ... Employment Data Mass Changes ... 470

16.3 ... Compensation Mass Changes ... 477

16.4 ... Position Mass Changes ... 479

16.5 ... Summary ... 483

17 ... Apprentice Management ... 485

17.1 ... Apprentice Management Setup ... 485

17.2 ... Working with Apprentice Management ... 487

17.3 ... Apprentice Reporting ... 492

17.4 ... Summary ... 492

18 ... Document Generation ... 493

18.1 ... Creating a Document Template ... 494

18.2 ... Creating Email Settings for a Document Template ... 496

18.3 ... Mapping Fields ... 498

18.4 ... Generating a Document ... 501

18.5 ... Summary ... 506

19 ... Reporting ... 507

19.1 ... The Current Status of Reporting ... 507

19.2 ... Report Center ... 508

19.3 ... Stories in SAP SuccessFactors People Analytics ... 509

19.4 ... Legacy Reporting Tools ... 518

19.5 ... Ad Hoc Reporting ... 521

19.6 ... Online Report Designer ... 522

19.7 ... Employee Central Advanced Reporting ... 526

19.8 ... Creating Reports ... 529

19.9 ... Scheduling Reports ... 536

19.10 ... Summary ... 538

20 ... Mobile ... 539

20.1 ... Enabling Features ... 540

20.2 ... Activation and Deactivation ... 542

20.3 ... Managing Mobile Devices ... 543

20.4 ... Using SAP SuccessFactors Mobile ... 545

20.5 ... Summary ... 5…