SAP and HCM

  Which SAP course provides a Functional Overview of SuccessFactors Solution?  It's HRSF1 - SAP SuccessFactors Overview What does it teach? It describes how Jobs are posted and Candidates are selected, New Joiners are Onboarded and their Data is maintained,  Targets are set for Employees and their Performance is Evaluated, Employee Learning and Development Needs are managed, and High Performers are Promoted and Rewarded.   Which modules does the course cover? In terms of modules, it covers following components: Recruiting Marketing and Recruiting Management Onboarding Employee Central (EC) Performance and Goal Management (PMGM) Learning Management Career Development Planning (CDP) Succession Management Compensation People Analytics Does it have any prerequisite(s)? None. However, it's highly recommended to attend  An Introduction to Human Experience Management (HXM) - an openSAP course with the following content.  Defining Employee E...

  You want to learn a specific SAP SuccessFactors module. As you start exploring the details, you get to know the course has a prerequisite i.e. THR80.  Looking at the contents of the course , you are still unsure what exactly you'll learn in the course as all of the terms are new to you.  You want to know more. You ask google and it tells you it's taught through self-guided learning, check-in meetings, and hands-on exercises.  Finally you find An Introduction of the (Platform) Introduction Training .  The blog answers some of the training  FAQs about the course.   I am completely new to SAP SuccessFactors. Should I start with the SAP SuccessFactors Platform Introduction Academy Training? It's better if you attend another course - An Introduction to Human Experience Management , available free of cost at open SAP, to first have an understanding of the context of SAP SuccessFactors Solutions.  The next, highly recommended, course is HRSF...

  The best thing about learning the LMS is you can relate all of your learning experiences to each of the topics covered within the THR88 course.  Want to know what to learn, and how? Well, here in this blog I have described the 'Learning Strategy' briefly.  The course is available in SAP Learning Hub and can be completed in 80 hours / 10 days.  Broadly, we can classify the content in following 4 categories; Roles:  Admin, User, Supervisor, and Instructor Elements:  Items, Curricula, and Programs etc. Processes:  Content & Class Management, Assessments, and other System:  Configuration, Customization, Security, and Integration The course first introduces different Interfaces , such as of a typical learner. Later on, it explains each of the elements, providing details, such as  What it is? and How it can be configured? How it is used in learning context? For example, searching an existing Item or creating a new one. You also learn the d...

  Have you explored the Presentations Feature within SAP SuccessFactors ? It allows HR users creating LIVE slides out of Talent Data, without having a need to create & run a report and then to download & format data to use in a presentation.  Here are the steps: 1) Access the feature from the main navigation menu i.e. Home > Presentations .  2) Click on + icon on top right side of the Presentations screen.  3) Give your presentation a name and choose OK . 4) You may Hide Instructions by clicking on the link. 5) Click on the Presentation Menu on top right side of the screen, and choose an action, such as Add a Live Slide . 6) Select an option to create a live slide of your choice.  7) Enter a user name and select/deselect Include Matrix Reports , as requried. Click Add Live Slide . 8) Create other slides, as/if needed, and select any of the options on top right side of the screen to View Slide Sorter or Timeline , or to Start Presentation Mode...

  Each of the main functional areas in SAP SuccessFactors Learning provides a very powerful search feature, which allows an Administrator to use different operators to get the required results.  Search Operators Exact: It's used when you are looking for ONE value, exactly as you type. For instance, First Name: Faisal.  Any:  It's used when there could be different spellings for your search. For example, Last Name: Iqbal or Eqbal Starts With: It's used for searches which start with specific word(s), such as User ID: f may return FAISAL, FIQBAL. Contains: It's used to look for specific words which may exist anywhere within the description. For example, AL may produce faisAL and iqbAL. Does Not Contain: It's used for reverse lookup. For example, First Name: Faisal using Exact Operator and User ID: FIQBAL using Does Not Contain will return Faisal who has user ID other than FIQBAL.  Search After specifying the search criteria, if you click on Search:  it'll...

  What does an Employee, a Manager, or an Administrator see when s/he logs on to SAP SuccessFactors is determined by set of permissions assigned to his/her role.  Permission Roles are defined through Manage Permission Roles tool. Here you can modify existing roles and also Create new .  In Permission Settings , you can select/deselect the permissions. Depending on the modules enabled within your instance, User and Administrator Permissions can be set up.  Here's an example of  Admin Center Permissions . After defining the permissions, you can grant the role to relevant Permission Group, from Grant this role to... You can select an already defined Permission Group for such an assignment.  Don't you think setting up Permission Roles is also very easy? Happy learning!

  SAP SuccessFactors users who need to have similar permissions to access system can be dynamically grouped.  For instance , you can group people based in a particular location, or working in a specific department or division. The benefit of doing so is you don't need to manually assign permissions when there's a change in organizational structure. Anyone who meets the criteria, you have defined, is automatically granted the permission(s).  A Security Administrator who has access to Manage Permission Groups tool can create a new group or modify an existing one.  By choosing Create New , you go to Permission Group screen where you can define your criteria to include people, for instance, people from a particular country . At the bottom of the same screen, you can also exclude people from the list - who should not be selected, for instance, a city .  Here's an example; Your company has a subsidiary in Indonesia. It has offices in different cities and its Jak...

From the Org Chart in your SAP SuccessFactors Instance, you can access various Insights to see Headcount by Gender,  for instance.  Did you know you can add more tiles, or even remove which you don't need, not only here but also in other modules too. It's via Manage Insights tool.  When you select a module, it shows the Enabled and Availabl e tiles, which you can remove or add. After saving a tile, you can see it when you click on Insights button on the top right corner of a module. What do you think of the tool?

Did you know you can (now) download Succession (and Country-Specific) Data Model(s) from the Admin Center? You don't necessarily need Provisioning to do so, where you would use Succession Management > Import/Export Data Model AND Import/Export Country/Region Specific XML for Succession Data Model .  The tool is called Export Data Model . You can enable this through RBP using Admininstrator Permissions > Admin Center Permissions .  Once enabled, you can use the tool to download the XML files. Easy to use tool, isn't it?

Have you used Admin Alerts 2.0 functionality within SAP SuccessFactors? If not, you may like to. It's used for monitoring and managing HR Data Issues.  The Tile can be seen in the  NextGen Admin Center, You can also access it from the Home Page.  To be able to use it, you have to have necessary permissions.  You can use it for Workflows, Pending Hires, and HR Data Issues. Its legacy version is soon going to be depreciated.  What do you think about it? Isn't it a great tool, for Administrators to see all the pending items?