Describing Key SAP SuccessFactors Platform 1H 2024 Features and Enhancements

On the Configuration Activities tab, we've removed the OptimisticLockingConfiguration option from the Employee Central → Configure Person and Employment Data → Company Settings → MDF Object Definitions section.

We've made these changes as part of the transition fromInstance Synchronization Tool to Configuration Transport Center.

Ensure that you have the necessary role-based permissions for Integration Center and Compensation.

For Integration Center: You have the Administrator → Manage Integration Tools → Access to Integration Center permission.

For Compensation: You have the Administrator → Manage Permission Roles → Manage Compensation → Compensation Management Permission permission. You also have the permission to edit the Compensation Management Permission item.

Viewing SAP SuccessFactors Application Configurations Using Configuration Transport Center

Exporting SAP SuccessFactors Application Configurations Using Configuration Transport Center

Downloading SAP SuccessFactors Application Configurations Using Configuration Transport Center

Prerequisites for Using Configuration Transport Center

The latest Org Chart introduces a fresh design and an enhanced user experience for navigating your organization's structure.

Key features of the latest Org Chart include:

• An intuitive and engaging design with the same look and feel of the Horizon visual theme, and a unified experience across web and mobile.

• Key information is clear at a glance, including reporting relationships, job information, number or reports, employment type, out-of-office information, and so on.

• Seamless employee information experience between the latest org chart and the latest People Profile. You can easily access an individual's key information in the new Profile Preview from the latest Org Chart and navigate to the latest People Profile for more details.

• Two distinct view modes for users with different needs: a focused mode for casual users looking for quick insights, and a standard mode for regular users who want to explore more details of their organization hierarchy.

• Universal People Search allows you to search for people by their job title, location, department, and so on.

• Export the org chart to a PDF document or JPEG image for offline view.

• Standard SAP Companion content including page help and a guided tour.

If you have enabled the legacy Org Chart previously, the latest Org Chart is enabled by default. To opt out, you have the following options:

• The system administrator can disable the latest Org Chart for the instance by deselecting the Enable the latest Org Chart option in Admin Center → Company System and Logo Settings .

• Users can switch back to the legacy Org Chart by turning off the new experience in their account navigation menu on the page header under Settings → New Experiences.

After the 1H 2024 Preview and Production releases, we'll run background jobs to migrate all instances to the latest Org Chart. For more information about the migration schedule and status, see KBA 3448357 and SAP Community blog Latest Organizational Chart Available in First Half 2024 Release.

Here's what the latest Org Chart chart looks like:

We developed this feature to offer new and improved experience of browsing your organization structure.

Latest Org Chart

New Experience for Org Chart in SAP SuccessFactors Mobile

Standard Content in SAP Companion

New Experience for People Profile

You can now search for actions in the global header or in the Tools section of Admin Center using English search terms, even if you log on SAP SuccessFactors with non-English language.

Previously, if you logged on to the system with non-English language but tried to search actions in the global header search box or in Admin Center using English search terms, no results were returned. Some roles using non-English languages find this previous behavior limiting, especially when they need to test or demo functions using English terms, or when the localized translation of their systems is not accurate enough, etc. So, as of 1H 2024, administrators can grant a new permission named Allow non-English language users to search in English for Action Search (Including the Tools section of Admin Center) to certain employees and allow them to do the cross-language lookup. After non-English language employees enter the English search terms with this permission turned on, any returned actions are displayed in their login languages.

This new feature enables you to search actions in English even if you log on with other languages.

You have the Administrator Permissions → Manage Action Search → Allow non-English language users to search in English for Action Search (Including the Tools section of Admin Center) permission.

In the current version, administrators can select a new permission titled Allow non-English language users to search in English for Action Search (Including the Tools section of Admin Center) to grant the cross-language lookup functionality to certain employees.

Enabling Cross-Language Lookup for Action Search

You can now add a picklist to a transport bundle in the Picklist Center, allowing it to be transported to another tenant using the Configuration Transport Center.

We've made these changes as part of the transition from Instance Synchronization Tool to Configuration Transport Center.

• You've created a transport bundle in the Configuration Transport Center.

• To access Picklist Center, ensure that you've selected Configure Object Definitions under Metadata Framework.

You have theAdministrator Permissions → Manage Permission Roles → Configuration Transport Center → Access to transport configurations permission.

To add the picklist to an existing bundle, you can select the Add to Transport Bundle icon from the Picklist Center overview page, as shown here.

In the current version, the Add to Transport Bundle option is available in both the Picklist Center Overview page and the Picklist Details page as shown here.

In the previous version, the Add to Transport Bundle option wasn't available in Picklist Center.

Adding Picklists to a Bundle for Transportation

Legacy Role-Based Permissions will reach End of Development on November 15th, 2024. It will reach End of Maintenance and be deleted on May 16th, 2025.

Future dates are subject to change.

We're transitioning from legacy Role-Based Permissions to the latest Role-Based Permissions because the latest version includes the key features that are available in legacy Role-Based Permissions, but with a user experience that is consistent with the SAP Fiori standards.

The latest Role-Based Permissions is now the default permission role configuration tool. However, you can still switch back to the legacy Role-Based Permissions through the Switch back to legacy Role-Based Permissions hyperlink.

The Latest Role-Based Permissions

As a Role-Based Permissions administrator, when you choose Manage Permission Roles in Admin Center, you will be directed to the latest Role-Based Permissions instead of the legacy Role-Based Permissions admin page.

You can still switch back to the legacy Role-Based Permissions through the Switch back to legacy Role-Based Permissions hyperlink.

We want to encourage you to leverage the new RBP experience.

The Latest Role-Based Permissions

As a Role-Based Permissions administrator, you can compare two versions of a permission role to check which permissions were added or removed. Now, we added two new buttons to display comparison results: Show All and Show Difference.

Here are the details:

• Choose Show All to see all the permission details, changed or not.
• Choose Show Difference to see only the changed permissions.

We want to provide you a simplified page of permission role changes with Show Difference. You can quickly view all the differences without scanning through a long list of permission details.

After you select Show All, all the permissions of the role, including the highlighted changes, display.

After you select Show Difference, only the changed permissions display.

Comparing Two Change History Records of a Permission Role

As a Role-Based Permissions administrator, you can now configure MDF permissions using the latest Role-Based Permissions.

We made the enhancement to close the gaps between the latest Role-Based Permissions and the legacy Role-Based Permissions. RBP administrators who need to configure MDF permissions can now also leverage the new RBP experience.

The Latest Role-Based Permissions

Role-Based Permissions (RBP) administrators can now configure four people pools when creating a dynamic permission group in Role-Based Permissions. Previously, they can only configure up to three people pools.

RBP administrators can add up to four people pools in both the Choose Group Members: and the Exclude these people from the group: sections in the Permission Group popup.

We want to provide more flexibility in creating a dynamic permission group for Role-Based Permissions administrators, so that you can leverage people pools and reduce the number of permission groups you have to manage.

• We recommend that you review your currently permission groups and leverage the four people pools to reduce the number of permission groups that you need to manage.
• We enhanced only permission groups. Other types of dynamic groups, for example, Settings → My Group , aren’t affected.

Previously, you could configure up to three people pools.

Creating Dynamic Permission Groups

As a Role-Based Permissions administrator, you can now configure data blocking when you create a role assignment. Previously, you could only edit data blocking but couldn't configure data blocking during role assignment creation phase.

Previously, you could edit data blocking through Admin Center → Manage Permission Roles → Switch to the Latest Role-Based Permissions → [choose a permission role] → Assignments → Actions → Data Blocking. Now, you can edit data blocking directly in the main role assignment wizard.

We made the enhancement to streamline your configuration experience using the latest Role-Based Permissions.

You've configured permissions that require configuring data blocking.

You can now configure data blocking directly in the role assignment creation wizard.

After you click Data Blocking, the popup displays. The data blocking information in the popup is view-only.

Previously, after you clicked Data Blocking, the data blocking popup displayed. You could also see the Edit icon.

After you clicked the Edit icon, you could edit data blocking settings.

Updating a Role Assignment

We've introduced the option Add to Transport Bundle in the Integration Center.

You can now add integrations to a transport bundle in the My Integrations page in Integration Center, allowing it to be transported to another tenant using the Configuration Transport Center.

We've made these changes so that you can easily add integrations to a transport bundle in Integration Center without having to navigate to Configuration Transport Center.

You've created a transport bundle in Configuration Transport Center.

You have the Administrator Permissions → Manage Permission Roles → Configuration Transport Center → Access to view and download configurations and Access to transport configurations.

In the current version, you can see the Add to Transport Bundle option under the Actions tab in the My Integrations page.

In the previous version, there was no option to add integrations to a transport bundle using the Integration Center.

Adding Integrations to a Transport Bundle in the Integration Center

You can now promote or move the same transport bundle across different target tenants in Configuration Transport Center.

A Promote option is available for the transport bundle in the target tenant after you've successfully imported the bundle. The Promote option doesn't appear for an expired transport bundle. You can select a target tenant, which is already paired to promote the transport bundle. For example, if a configuration bundle is created in A, you can transport the bundle to B. After the bundle is imported successfully to B, you have the option to promote the bundle from B to C and then from C to D without rebuilding the transport bundle in each tenant.

We've introduced this feature for a better user experience. This enhancement allows you to import the transport bundle to multiple target tenants without having to rebuild it for each instance, which previously was time consuming and error prone.

• Ensure you've paired your tenants.

• Ensure you've enabled Access to transport configurations role-based permission.

• Ensure you've enabled the required Role-Based Permissions and other permissions for the respective SAP SuccessFactors Products. Refer to the Prerequisites for Using Configuration Transport Center topic in the Related Links section.

In the current version, the Promote option highlighted in the Configuration Transport Center tool enables you to promote a transport bundle available for import to multiple target tenants.

In the previous version, there was no option to promote a transport bundle to multiple target tenants in Configuration Transport Center

Promoting SAP SuccessFactors Application Configurations Using Configuration Transport Center

Prerequisites for Using Configuration Transport Center

The latest People Profile features a brand-new public view of your profile, consisting of Profile Preview and Spotlight, along with more intuitive user interactions.

Profile Preview greets visitors with an overview of the employee's essential details and allows you to do the following:

• Perform common actions in the Profile Preview of other people, including calling and emailing.
• Personalize your public profile, simple and fast, from updating your profile picture, background picture, to writing your self-description.
• Switch between multiple employment records through a context switcher.
• View or update specific employee data or go to another SAP SuccessFactors application right from the list of Actions.

Spotlight presents dynamic information in cards to enhance self-branding and foster internal connections. The following cards are available:

• About Me Video
• Badges
• Reporting Line
• Organization
• Work Experience
• Upcoming Absence
• Skills
• Competencies
• Target Roles
• Mentoring

Based on user feedback, we redesigned the public view of People Profile, empowering employees to build their personal brand and establish connections with ease.

The Profile Preview and Spotlight of the latest People Profile are enabled by default. A switch that allows users to toggle between the latest and legacy experience is available on the page Settings → New Experiences .

As an administrator, you can hide this new experience switch and opt out of the latest People Profile experience for all users by deselecting the setting Admin Center → Company System and Logo Settings → Enable the latest People Profile .

For more information about the latest People Profile experience in mobile apps, refer to the Related Information section.

To access the latest People Profile, you must have the User Permissions → General User Permission → User Search for the specified target population.

To view data from other SAP SuccessFactors applications in People Profile, you must have the same role-based permissions as those required for the applications. For more information, refer to the Related Information section.

Latest People Profile User Experience

Prerequisites for People Profile

Managing the Latest People Profile

New Experience for People Profile Now in SAP SuccessFactors Mobile

Deprecation of Legacy People Profile