The end user role within SAP SuccessFactors typically holds center stage for Career Development Planning. Unlike other modules where the functionality revolves around the management or leadership team, Career Development Planning truly focuses on empowering the employee to utilize the development plan, career worksheet, and career path to obtain the necessary goals and competencies for future roles. To access these Career Development Tools, go to Admin Center→Set User Permissions→Manage Permission Roles. Select the end user or employee role and then select Edit and Next to access the Career Development Planning permissions.
| Permission Name | Area of Control |
|---|---|
| Mentoring Programs Access Permission | It grants access to the role to utilize or participate in Mentoring programs |
| Career Development Plan Access Permission | It gives users access to the Development module (Home→Development). Additional permissions are required for viewing development plans within the Development tab. |
| Career Worksheet Access Permission | It gives access to the Career Worksheet tab within Development. Additional permissions are required for Worksheets as well. |
| Career Worksheet Suggested Roles Access Permission | It gives access to the Suggested Role feature of CDP. |
| Recommended Successors | It grants the ability to see recommended or suggested successors within Succession. You must utilize the competencies and career worksheet for the feature to populate. |
| Team View: Summary | Allows roles to access the Summary tab on the Team View page in Growth Portfolio. |
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Unless you have the Succession module activated by your Professional Services consultant, you will not see the Recommended Successors.
Permissions for Goal Plans
Once the main Career Worksheet permissions are enabled, access to the Career Worksheet template must be granted under Goals.
Under the Goals section of User Permissions within Manage Permission Roles, if the Goal Plan Permissions is not set to ALL make sure the Career Worksheet template is also selected.
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Recommended Successors
If Career Development Planning is fully integrated with Succession Management, utilizing the Career Worksheet, and capturing data via the Metadata Framework (MDF), the Recommended Successors permission controls the display of Suggested Successors within the Succession Org Chart v12 as seen below:
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There are also other end-user permissions that are defined in the back end and that are not defined in RBP. These permissions are coded in the template by the consultants and at this stage are not available in Admin Center. This includes, for example, the permission to create or delete a development goal and the permission to make a role public from the Career Worksheet to the profile.