Objective
After completing this lesson, you will be able to describe new features and enhancements of Time Management in the 2H 2025 release
Minor Visual Changes in 2H 2025
SAP SuccessFactors made numerous minor visual enhancements in 2H 2025 to Time Management.
What's Changed
How it Looks NowCurrently, the valuation type, Compare Threshold with Comparison Group to Route Input is referred to as Route Input based on Decision.
How it Looked BeforePreviously, the valuation type used to valuate time for time off in lieu (TOIL) payments was called Comparison Threshold with Comparison Group to Route Input.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | KM-19826 |
| Product | Platform Career and Talent Development Succession & Development Performance & Goals Onboarding Compensation Recruiting Time Tracking Employee Central Learning |
| Module | Career Development Goal Management Mobile Applications Reporting Candidate Experience Company Organization Identity and Access Management Onboarding System Management User Experience Variable Pay Time Management Integration and Extension Documents and Storage Employee Data Content Access Content Management Applicant Management Content Discovery Content Delivery Continuous Performance Management Job Requisition SAP Business AI |
| Feature | Applicable to All |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Automatically on |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | Changed |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-17 |
New Transactional Use Case Available in Joule
Use Case Enhancement
The use case "View time off instructions" has been converted from Navigational to Transactional, and is now available in mobile apps.
| Product | Use Case | Description | Important Notes | Capability Type | Sample Prompts | On Mobile App? |
|---|
| Employee Central | View time off instructions | Allows users to check time off instructions displayed on the Time Off page. | For how to configure instructional text, refer to the Instructional Text For Time Off Employee Self-Service part in Time Profile. Joule does not support the following Bulletin Board Code (BBCode) formats: - Underline
- Font Size
- Font Color
- Center Text
| Transactional | Show me leave instructions. View time off instructions. I want to check instructions for leave of absence. | Yes |
This enhancement allows users to seamlessly view and act on time off instructions directly in Joule, improving efficiency and making the process more user-friendly.
Configuration Requirements
You've enabled Joule in SAP SuccessFactors.
Use cases in Joule follow the same configurations and permissions as those on the Web. See Related Information for details on how to obtain required access for each use case.
You've refreshed CDM contents.
Role-Based Permission Prerequisites
Users have the User Permissions→General User Permission→Access to Joule permission.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | SFDIS-7105 |
| Product | Platform Employee Central |
| Module | SAP Business AI Time Management |
| Feature | Joule |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Link to Demo | Joule New Use Case Highlights - July 2025 |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | Changed |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 1H 2025 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-07-24 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-07-24 |
Navigation to New Tables for Time from Job Information Table Supported in Story Reports
You can now use the Employee Time Data View and Time Account Snapshot Data related tables from the Job Information table in Story reports.
Role-Based Permission Prerequisites
To view data for Employee Time Data, you must have the User Permissions→Time Management→Object Permissions→Employee Time Data permissions.
To view data for Time Account Snapshot Data, you must have the User Permissions→Time Management→Object Permissions→Time Account Snapshot Data permissions.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowYou can now access Employee Time Data table from Job Information table and create Story reports.
You can now access Time Account Snapshot Data table from Job Information table and create Story reports.
In the previous version, navigation from Job Information table to Employee Data View table and Time Account Snapshot Data table were not supported in Story reports.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | ECT-254613 |
| Product | Employee Central |
| Module | Reporting Time Management |
| Feature | Story Reports Time Off |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Automatically on |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Time Account Snapshot Reportable with Story Reports
You can create Story Reports to get the time account balances as of a date by using the Time Account Snapshot table.
Configuration Requirements
You configure the generation of snapshot calendars.
The Time Account Snapshot calendar run is scheduled to generate the time account snapshot data.
Make sure that the Time Account Snapshot object is set to Secured under Configure Object Definitions.
You can only see this table when you use the Time Account Snapshot Data table.
Role-Based Permission Prerequisites
You have the User→Time Management Object Permissions→Time Account Snapshot→View permission.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowTechnical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-51932 |
| Product | Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management Reporting |
| Feature | Time Off Story Reports |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
New FMLA Dashboard and Integration of SAP SuccessFactors Time Management with FMLA Third-Party Providers for USA
The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a labor law that allows covered employers to provide employees with unpaid leave for certain medical and family reasons. This feature is designed to integrate with third-party providers to automatically generate FMLA-related absences and access them using a new FMLA dashboard.
When an FMLA request is received from the provider, the system checks internal configurations to determine which absences to create based on the FMLA reason and the employee. The system then generates the relevant absences automatically, complying with predefined configurations. We now have a dashboard that lists FMLA requests. You can filter by the employee name, request status, and absences processing status. You can also view the request period for FMLA requests.
Note
- In the case of continuous absences, you can only use this feature for full-day absences. For intermittent absences, you can use this feature for half-day absences.
- Only time account balances based on the FMLA request start date are considered.
We developed this feature to support the integration with third-party providers using an API and the automatic creation of FMLA-related absences. This automation ensures consistency, reduces manual work, improving efficiency when dealing with FMLA requests.
Configuration Requirements
- You must be using SAP SuccessFactors Time Off.
- You must have configured the API authorization using the Identity Authentication Service tenant tool.
- You've created an API user in the SAP SuccessFactors system.
Role-Based Permission Prerequisites
You have the relevant FMLA permissions under User Permissions→Miscellaneous Permissions and under User Permissions→Time Management Object Permissions. Under Administrator Permissions, you must also assign the Manage Family and Medical Leave Act permissions to have access to the dashboard.
What's Changed
You can now create an FMLA reason and FMLA configuration objects to allow the automatic creation of absence types. Below is a screenshot of the dashboard displaying detailed information about FMLA requests.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-40324 |
| Product | Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Off Country/Region Specifics |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Automatically on |
| Link to Demo | Setting Up FMLA Time Off and Using the FMLA Dashboard |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Major |
| Business Process Variant | Hire to Retire |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Support Absences in Weeks
You can now manage leave accruals and deductions in weeks to comply with legal requirements in Australia.
This functionality is available in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Time Off. You can access it by configuring leave types to support accruals and deductions in weeks. The system displays balances, replicates data, and handles leave payouts, manual adjustments, and termination payouts in weeks, while employees continue to request absences in days or hours.
This enhancement ensures compliance with legal requirements for leave management in Australia, where leave must be calculated in weeks.
Configuration Requirements
You have enabled Time Off.
Your Time Account Type unit must be set to weeks.
You must activate the Deduction field.
Note
The unit 'weeks' is only supported with permanent time accounts for Australia.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowIn the current version, leave accruals and deductions can be managed in weeks for Australia, ensuring compliance with legal requirements.
In the previous version, leave accruals and deductions were typically managed in days or hours, which did not meet compliance standards for employees in Australia.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-46179 |
| 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 | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Related Information
Deduction Field on Requested Time Off UI
Customized Tokens for Time Off Alerts
As a system administrator, you can configure enhanced Time Off alert notifications using the Document Generation framework that supports additional tokens such that you can provide more contextual and dynamic alert messages on the home page to-do card and alert notifications.
Configuration Requirements
You need to use the onPostSave rule trigger on the Employee Time object to create the alerts as well as the Trigger Employee Time Alert Event() or Trigger MDF Alert Event() rule functions. Please note that you need to use the template mapping using document generation to customize the alert message.
What's Changed
You can now add the expected return date and the number of days of an absence as tokens.
Before the change, only these tokens were available for time off alerts:
Subject user: [[SUBJECT_USER]]
Time off start date: [[START_DATE]]
Time off end date: [[END_DATE]]
Time off type: [[TIME_OFF_TYPE]]
Time off status: [[TIME_OFF_STATUS]]
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-52595 |
| Product | Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Off |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | Changed |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Related Information
Customer Community Idea 200763
Enable Yearly View in Team Absence Calendar
You can now enable the yearly view for the Team Absence Calendar on your own.
Before this enhancement, the enablement of team absence calendar required a support ticket to SAP SuccessFactors. All existing customers using the yearly view will have the new configuration setting enabled by default.
This change makes it easier for admins to enable this feature.
Configuration Requirements
Go to Manage Data→Time Management Configuration and set Enable Yearly Team Absence Calendar to Yes.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowHow It Looked BeforeTechnical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-49715 |
| Product | Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Off |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | Changed |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Enhanced Global Assignment Support in Workforce Availability
We've enhanced the Global Assignment functionality in the Workforce Availability feature. The delta load now includes new Global Assignment entries to ensure accurate replication of availability data in Consolidated Time Recording in S/4HANA.
The availability information is replicated for the following Global Assignment events:
Add Global Assignment: Whenever a new Global Assignment is added, a new event is created to replicate the availability data for host assignment period and update the records for home assignment accordingly.
Edit Global Assignment: If the Global Assignment end date changes, a new event is created to replicate the availability data for each of the changed dates.
End/Obsolete Global Assignment: If the Global Assignment ends, the workforce availability data stops replication of host assignment data after the end date of Global Assignment. If a Global Assignment is deleted, then the workforce availability data is also deleted for host assignment.
Configuration Requirements
Note
The OData V2 API for Workforce Availability is not publicly available for outside consumption.
Global Assignments are enabled in the system.
Go to Manage Data, and create a Global Assignment Configuration object.
Go to Admin Center→Tools→Time Management→Configure Workforce Availability and add or update the company codes for both Home and Host assignments for which you want to replicate the data.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowThe host assignment user has the availability data for the period August 10 to August 20 when the user is on a Global Assignment.
How It Looked Before
The host assignment did not have any records for the period August 10 to August 20 when the user was on a Global Assignment.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-42082 |
| Product | Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Off |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | Changed |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Suppression of Cancellation Email Notification on Editing Pending Absences
We have streamlined the email notification process to ensure that managers receive accurate information about absence modifications.
Whenever a pending absence was edited by an employee, there were two email notifications sent to their managers. One of the notifications indicated a cancellation of the original request and the other was about the edited corrections. This led to unnecessary confusion, as the original request was not actually canceled but merely adjusted. With the recent improvement, the cancellation email notification has been suppressed. Now, only one email regarding the corrections is sent, thus simplifying the communication and ensuring that managers receive accurate information about absence modifications.
Configuration Requirements
No configuration changes are required. The cancellation email notification is automatically suppressed.
What's Changed
Previously, two email notifications were sent. Now, only one email notification is sent when a pending absence is edited by an employee.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-5561 |
| Product | Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Off |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Automatically on |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | Changed |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
TLMTriggerTasks Job Available in Scheduled Job Manager
The TLMTriggerTasks job has been added to the Scheduled Job Manager.
The TLMTriggerTasks job triggers, for example, scheduled and automatic calendar runs, recalculation, and Time Sheet jobs. This change will help administrators to make sure the job is running successfully by checking the details with the Scheduled Job Manager. Previously, the TLMTriggerTasks job was not supported in the instance for either monitoring or scheduling. However, the system now supports monitoring of the TLMTriggerTasks job directly by using Scheduled Job Manager→Job Monitor. This allows users to track the status of the job without requiring access to Provisioning.
Note
Scheduling the TLMTriggerTasks job still requires access to the Provisioning system, and scheduling through the instance is not supported.
This is part of an ongoing effort to make Scheduled Job Manager the central self-service tool for managing and monitoring scheduled jobs.
Configuration Requirements
The TLMTriggerTasks job is available automatically in the Scheduled Job Manager.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowPreviously, you could only access the TLMTriggerTasks job in Provisioning.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-53242 |
| Product | Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Off |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Automatically on |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | Changed |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Automatic Recalculation for Changes in Holiday Calendar
You can now activate automatic recalculations to be triggered for changes within the Holiday Calendar object.
If you activate recalculation in the Time Management Configuration object, you also have the option to activate Automatic Recalculation after Holiday Calendar Changes. For each change within the Holiday Calendar object, a Time Management Recalculation Event will be created, which recalculates all time data for all employees with this Holiday Calendar assigned.
This feature ensures data consistency and reduces manual effort.
Configuration Requirements
In the Time Management Configuration object, set Automatic Recalculation after Holiday Calendar Changes to Yes.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-21485 |
| Product | Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Off Time Sheet |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | Changed |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Replication of Employee Central Time Unit Weeks to SAP Payroll Infotypes/Tables Is Supported
You can now replicate time accounts in weeks to relevant infotypes and tables in an SAP payroll system.
Previously, absences were replicated only in unit days and hours to an SAP payroll system because Employee Central Time didn't support time accounts in weeks. According to legal requirements, Australia Long Service Leave is calculated in unit weeks. This change ensures compliance and provides a standardized approach for calculating leave entitlements.
Configuration Requirements
To use this feature, ensure you've configured the settings in Employee Central Time.
You must have installed the relevant support package in your Employee Central Payroll system:
- SAP S/4HANA HCM (S4HCM 101): support package 27
- SAP ERP HCM (EA-HR EHP8): support package F1
Please note that you can't use the feature as a whole until the support package mentioned has been released. The full documentation will be made available then too.
What's Changed
In the current version, you can create time accounts with the unit of weeks.
In the previous version, this feature wasn’t available.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | PAY-31907 |
| Product | Employee Central Payroll Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management Integration and Extension Localization |
| Feature | Time Data Replication ERP Integration Country/Region Specifics |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Major |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Replication of Permanent Time Accounts Supported in an SAP Payroll System
You can now replicate permanent time accounts from Employee Central Time to an SAP payroll system.
Previously, you could replicate only ad hoc and recurring time accounts. Now, you can replicate all time accounts available in Employee Central Time to an SAP payroll system. This enhancement improves compliance and streamlines payroll processes by enabling the replication of all time accounts to an SAP payroll system.
Configuration Requirements
You must have installed the relevant support package in your Employee Central Payroll system:
- SAP S/4HANA HCM (S4HCM 101): support package 27
- SAP ERP HCM (EA-HR EHP8): support package F1
What's Changed
Choose Yes in Include Permanent Time Accounts to replicate permanent time accounts.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | PAY-32157 |
| Product | Employee Central Payroll Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management Integration and Extension |
| Feature | Time Data Replication ERP Integration |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Automatically on |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Major |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Support Recording of Time in Days on the Mobile Time Sheet
You can now display planned working times and record working times in unit days instead of hours on the Mobile Time Sheet.
The Mobile Time Sheet supported time recording only in unit hours for the duration users. With the new implementation, you can view the planned working time and record working time in unit days. The Approvals section on the Mobile Time Sheet UI shows time in days for both Planned Working Time and Recorded Time. Also, the time sheet summary shows the Planned Time and Recorded Time in days.
We're closing a functionality gap with this feature.
Configuration Requirements
- Ensure that SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking is enabled.
- The Time Recording Variant is set to Duration in the Time Recording Profile.
- The Time Recording Method is Positive in the Time Recording Profile.
- Under Configure Object Definitions→Object Definition→Time Profile, the visibility of the timeSheetDayRecordingEnabled field is set to Editable. From Manage data→Time Profile, set the Allow Time Recording in Days field to Yes for the relevant Time Profile.
What's Changed
Creating a new recording in days using the Mobile Time Sheet.
In the previous version, you would get an error message on the screen when you tried recording time in days using the Mobile Time Sheet.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | MOB-99927 |
| Product | Time Tracking |
| Module | Time Management Mobile Applications |
| Feature | Time Sheet |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Major |
| Business Process Variant | Hire to Retire |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Automatic Synchronization of Clock In Clock Out Employees Supported for Leave of Absence
When an employee goes on a Leave of Absence (LOA) or returns from a LOA, it is no longer needed to perform a manual employee synchronization for Clock In Clock Out users.
When you create a LOA, the Job Information of the employee is updated with the appropriate employee status. When a Clock In Clock Out employee goes on a LOA or when the employee returns from a LOA, the Clock In Clock Out employee synchronization is now automatically triggered.
In the existing implementation, any change in the Job Information of employees triggered an automatic employee synchronization except for Clock In Clock Out employees going on or returning from a LOA. With the new implementation, Clock In Clock Out employees are automatically synchronized when they go for or return from a LOA.
What's Changed
The Job Information of an employee where the employee is going on a LOA starting on June 22nd and rejoining work on July 4th.
In the current version a Clock In Clock Out employee can't clock time when on a LOA as the employee synchronization is automatically triggered when there is a change in the Job Information record of the employee. For example, an employee who went on a LOA on June 22nd and tries to clock time between June 22nd and July 4th will get an error message as shown in the preceding example.
In the current version, on return from a LOA, the Clock In Clock Out employee is able to view all the assigned time event types because the employee synchronization is automatically triggered.
In the previous version, when an employee went on a LOA, a manual employee synchronization was required, and the clock time options weren't available to the employee. When the employee returned from a LOA, the clock time options were made available to the employee only after manual synchronization. For example, a manual employee synchronization wasn't performed when the employee returned from a LOA on July 4th. As a result, the clock time options weren’t visible.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-49175 |
| Product | Time Tracking |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Clock In Clock Out |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Automatically on |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | Changed |
| Major or Minor | Major |
| Business Process Variant | Hire to Retire |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Geofencing for Clock Time
A geofence is a virtual perimeter for a real-world geographic area. You can use a geofence to ensure that employees clock time using a mobile device only when they're within the desired location.
By enabling geofencing, an organization can prevent employees from recording time when they aren't within the desired location. The geofence capabilities for various roles can be explained as follows:
- Administrator: As an administrator, you can:
- Create, copy, modify, delete, activate, and deactivate geofences using the Manage Geofences page. A geofence can be of a circular or polygonal shape with a defined boundary. For more details, refer to the Related Information section.
- Assign geofences to employees using the Create Clock In Clock Out Group page. You can assign multiple geofences to different Clock In Clock Out groups.
- Ensure that employees are allowed to clock time only when they're within an assigned geofence.
- Specify the type of time event types that require geofence validation. For example, clock in, clock out, and so on.
- Define time event types that you can record outside the geofence.
- Get the geofence details for every clock time action, so that you can view from the Manage Clock In Clock Out page and the Time Sheet UI. The geofence details allow for better traceability.
- Employee: As an employee, you can:
- Clock time using a mobile device only when within the assigned geofence.
- View the distance from your current location to the nearest geofence.
Note
We are currently using Google Maps to render the maps shown in the application. If Google Maps isn't supported in your country/region, then you won't be able to use the Geofencing feature.
In the existing implementation, we only have an option to perform a location capture which provides the geographical coordinates of an employee's location when a time event is recorded. A manager has to then use these coordinates to cross-verify if the employee had recorded time when within the desired location. It was necessary to prevent employees from recording time when they weren't within the desired location.
Configuration Requirements
- Admin Center→Manage Geofences to create, copy, modify, activate, deactivate, or delete geofences.
- Admin Center→Configure Clock In Clock Out to assign one or more geofences to specific time event types.
- Employees must enable the Precise Location setting in their SAP SuccessFactors mobile application.
Role-Based Permission Prerequisites
- You have the View, Create, Edit, and Assign Geofence Access by Feature Area for Clock In Clock Out permissions under Administrator→Manage Geofences.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowThe Manage Geofences page lists all the available geofences and you can edit, activate, and copy the geofences which are made of different shapes and sizes. You can also deactivate and delete geofences using this page.
The Configure Clock In Clock Out Group page allows you to assign geofences to different time event types.
Using a mobile device, you are allowed to clock time only when you're within the boundary of your assigned geofence. Also, you can see the distance from the nearest geofence. This distance is always the radial distance and not the actual distance.
How It Looked BeforeIn the previous version, we didn't have the Geofencing feature for Clock Time.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-43890 |
| Product | Time Tracking |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Sheet Clock In Clock Out |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Major |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Periodic Time Account Updates with Payout
The periodic time account update process now allows you to make multiple payouts with different pay components. This enhancement enables admins to pay out any remaining balances for working time accounts or time off in lieu accounts at the end of a period such as a year or month, which avoids manual payouts.
The configuration of payouts using business rules offers the flexibility to calculate the payouts using certain thresholds and distribute the balances across different pay components. The pay components are mapped to the wage types with different payment rates in Employee Central Payroll.
Configuration Requirements
You have an SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking license.
You set up this feature by going to Manage Data→Periodic Time Account Update Profile and setting Update Type to Payout. You then configure the business rule for payout by using the plus icon next to the Update Rule with Payout field and assigning the rule to the field.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowWith this new feature, you can automatically make multiple payouts at the end of a defined period as part of the periodic time account update process. In the example shown in the screenshot, if the balance is above 40, it can be paid out with a flexible pay component that you can select.
How It Looked BeforePreviously, you could only cap or reset balances with the periodic time account update process. In the example shown in the screenshot, if the balance is above 40, anything above 40 is capped and a periodic update posting is created with the remaining balance.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-14321 |
| Product | Time Tracking |
| 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 | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Enhanced Absence Recording in Consolidated Time Recording
Employees can now request absences using the Consolidated Time Recording UI in the SAP S/4 HANA Private Cloud solution.
The workflow approval process for both absences and attendances is handled in the SAP S/4 HANA system. The absences recorded in the SAP S/4HANA system are replicated in real-time to the SAP SuccessFactors system. These include the absences that are approved and the ones that are pending approval. You can record the absences for each day in the SAP S/4 HANA Time Sheet UI. You can only enter the duration or start time and end time of an absence. Any additional absence data such as attachment or custom fields can't be recorded from the SAP S/4 HANA Time Sheet UI.
Employees had to open two different browsers for requesting absences and attendances leading to a poor user experience. This solution provides a seamless user experience where employees can record both absences and attendances using a single screen.
Configuration Requirements
- Ensure you have SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking enabled.
- Ensure that you've enabled Consolidated Time Recording under Admin Center→Manage Employee Central Settings.
- Go to Configure Object Definitions and set the field Absence Source to Editable for the Time Type object.
Note
The Absence Source field is editable only if Consolidated Time Recording is enabled.
- Go to Manage Data and configure the Time Type by setting the Absence Source field as Consolidated Time Recording.
- Assign the Consolidated Time Recording Absence time types to a time profile.
- Assign this time profile to an employee who has an External Time Recording group assigned in Job Information.
Role-Based Permission Prerequisites
- To create an External Time Recording Group, ensure you have the View, Edit, and Import/Export permissions for User→Time Management Object Permissions→External Time Recording Group.
- You have the User Permissions→Time Management Object Permissions→Employee Time permission. You also have the permission to view and edit the Employee Time item.
- SAP SuccessFactors Time External Time Recording Group users have to access the SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Edition 'My Timesheet' to create, update, and delete their SAP SuccessFactors Time Sheet and Absence data. The relevant authorization and permissions for the SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Edition 'My Timesheet' will be considered for accessing, creating, updating, and deleting the Attendance and Absence data of External Time Recording Group users.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowIf you create a time type with Absence Source as Consolidated Time Recording, then those time types show under the Absence tab of the My TimeSheet UI in the SAP S/4 HANA system.
In the current version, employees can now request absences using the Consolidated Time Recording UI in the SAP S/4 HANA Private Cloud solution.
How It Looked BeforePreviously, there was no option to create absences using the Consolidated Time Recording UI in the SAP S/4 HANA Private Cloud solution.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-49962 |
| Product | Time Tracking |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Sheet 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 | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Enhanced Time Valuation - Counting Records in a Time Type Group
You can now count the number of times an event occurs during a day.
We can now count the number of records in a time type group. For example, counting on-call duty for paying a flat rate depending on the number of occurrences in a day. The Create Time Record valuation type has access to several attributes of a time type group. For example, attributes that allow you to determine the rest period. This Create Time Record valuation type has been enhanced to determine the number of records in a time type group. Also, it is now possible to directly create a counted value. The result of this valuation type is provided as a time type group of category Counted Events and can be eventually replicated for payroll purposes. For more details, refer to the Related Information section.
In the previous versions, it was possible to count only the number of days an event occurred. There was a requirement to count the number of time records created during a day.
Configuration Requirements
In the Time Recording Profile, add a new time valuation of type Create Time Record.
In this newly created time valuation, set the Time Record Type to Counter Record.
The Counter Type must be set to Time Type Group.
Also, in Counter Record, the Time Type Group must be set to the Time Type Group for which you want to determine the number of records. For example, On-Call Time. The Time Type Group Attribute is set automatically to Number of Records.
Role-Based Permission Prerequisites
You have the User Time Management Object Permissions→Time Valuation.Counter Record permission.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowThe Counter Record showing the selection of Counter Record in the Time Record Type that allows you to count the number of times an event occurs in a day.
How It Looked BeforeThe Time Record Type with the default option of Clock Time Record.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-43391 |
| Product | Time Tracking |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Sheet |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Automatically on |
| Link to Demo | |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Enhancements to Consolidated Time Recording
We've made enhancements to the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition ‘My Timesheet’ and SAP SuccessFactors Time Management Consolidated Time Recording solution.
We now support the following features in the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition and SAP SuccessFactors Time Management Consolidated Time Recording solution:
- Access the SAP SuccessFactors Time Statement from the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition ‘My Timesheet’.
- Time recording for Global Assignments from the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition ‘My Timesheet’.
As an employee, you can now access the SAP SuccessFactors Time Statement from the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition ‘My Timesheet’ to know the details of your recorded times, absences, and time valuation results, such as overtime hours and premiums for a selected week. For more details on the SAP SuccessFactors Time Statement, refer to the Related Information section.
As an employee, you can also record time for your multiple global assignments from the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition ‘My Timesheet’.
Configuration Requirements
- Ensure that you have a valid SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking license and it's enabled.
- Ensure that the Workforce Availability data replication is completed for global assignments. For more details on Workforce Availability data replication for global assignments, refer to the Related Information section.
Role-Based Permission Prerequisites
Ensure you have the following permissions to access the Time Statement:
- To access the Generate Time Forms link in the People Profile, you must have Manage Permission Roles→Time Management User Permissions→Generate Time Forms permission.
- To view the Time Statement Configuration, you must have the view permission for Manage Permission Roles→Time Management Object Permissions→Time Statement Configuration permission.
- You must have the view permission for Manage Permission Roles→Time Management Object Permissions→Time Statement Configuration.Placeholder Configurations (PlaceholderConfiguration)permission.
- To view the Time Statement, you must have the view permission for Manage Permission Roles→Time Management Object Permissions→Time Statement.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowYou can now view the Time Statement for an employee by going to the Time Statement tab of an employee's time sheet.
When you select the Time Statement tab on your timesheet, you can view the Generate Time Forms page in the People Profile.
Employee can now use the Select Employment button and choose between their different global assignments on the S/4HANA Timesheet UI. All the time data including the planned working time, absences, holidays, and recorded attendances relevant for the selected assignment are displayed on the Timesheet UI. Employees can also record their attendances and absences for each Global assignment.
How It Looked BeforeIn the previous version, there was no option to view the Time Statement from the SAP S/4HANA Timesheet UI.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-49795 |
| Product | Time Tracking |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Sheet |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Major |
| Business Process Variant | Hire to Retire |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Time Sheet Change Audit Document for an Employee Self-Service Scenario
Employees can now generate a Time Sheet Change Audit Document using the Time Sheet UI and review the updates made to their time sheet.
As an employee, you can access the Change Audit Document if you have the relevant permissions. You can create and view the change audit data for your own time sheet. As a manager or administrator, you can create and view the change audit data for your target population. At any point in time, a single user can generate only one Change Audit Document for one time sheet period. The Change Audit document will be available for download for up to 7 days, after which it will be deleted.
Note
In cases where the document generation is only partially successful, you can continue to download the document or generate a new document after a while.
The Time Sheet Change Audit document serves to track and document manual changes in an easy manner to ensure transparency and accountability for payroll and time inquiries, investigations, or any audit needs. For example, an employee may have forgotten to update the time sheet due to some reason and the employee's manager may have changed the employee's time sheet to record time on behalf of the employee. Using the Time Sheet Change Audit document, the employee can review who made the updates to the time sheet and when. This feature helps organizations to be compliant with regulations such as section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), the US FLSA, and the US Federal DCAA timekeeping requirements.
Configuration Requirements
- Ensure that you have a valid SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking license and it's enabled.
- Time Management is based on the Metadata Framework (MDF), which provides standard audit capabilities. You can use them to create the Time Sheet Change Audit document for your Time Management data. You must enable logging for the following MDF objects to be able to create the Time Sheet Change Audit document:
- Employee Time Sheet
- Employee Time Sheet Entry
- Time Recording
- Allowance
- Allowance Recording
- Employee Time
- To enable logging:
- Go to Admin Center→Configure Object Definitions→Object Definitions and select the object for which you want to create the change logs
- Set the MDF Version History field to Complete History.
Role-Based Permission Prerequisites
- You have the User Time Management Object Permissions→Time Recording Change Document permission. To generate the document, you must have permission to View and Edit the Time Recording Change Document.
- You have the Administrator Manage Clock In Clock Out→View Time Events permission to view the audit data for the time events.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowAs an employee, you can select the Change Audit button on your time sheet to open the Generate Change Audit dialog. Selecting Generate creates the Time Sheet Change Audit document.
The preceding dialog box is visible when the Time Sheet Change Audit document is being generated. You can leave this screen and once generated, you can view the document by selecting the Change Audit button on the Time Sheet UI.
After the Change Audit document is generated, you can view the document by selecting the Change Audit button on the Time Sheet UI. To regenerate the document, select Generate and the existing document will be replaced with the newly generated Change Audit document.
How It Looked BeforeIn the previous version, the employee was unable to create the Time Sheet Change Audit document. The Time Sheet Change Audit document was only available to administrators.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-49835 |
| Product | Time Tracking |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Sheet |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | Changed |
| Major or Minor | Major |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-11-14 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-10-03 |
Enhancement to View Leave Balance
Enhancement to "View Leave Balance" Use Case
We've made the following enhancement to the "View leave balance" use case:
| Use Case | Enhancement | Important Notes | Sample Prompts | On Mobile App? |
|---|
| View leave balance | Users can now check their own leave balance by specific time types, such as annual leave or sick leave, in the time type view. Previously, users could only receive leave balance information for all time types without the ability to filter. | | How many days of annual leave do I have left? What’s my sick leave balance right now? How much maternity leave do I still have available? | Yes |
This enhancement addresses user needs for more targeted information regarding their leave balances.
Configuration Requirements
You've enabled Joule in SAP SuccessFactors.
Use cases in Joule follow the same configurations and permissions as those on the Web. See Related Information for details on how to obtain required access for each use case.
You've refreshed CDM contents.
Role-Based Permission Prerequisites
Users have the User Permissions→General User Permission→Access to Joule permission.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | SFDIS-9340 |
| Product | Platform Employee Central |
| Module | SAP Business AI Time Management |
| Feature | Joule |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Link to Demo | Enhancement to View Leave Balance in Joule |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | Changed |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 1H 2025 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-09-24 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-09-24 |
Enhancement to Create Time Off
Use Case Enhancement
We've made the following enhancement to the "Create time off" use case.
| Use Case | Enhancement | Important Notes | Sample Prompts | On Mobile App? |
|---|
| Create time off | Half-day absence is now supported. Clock-time users can request the first or second half of a day when creating an absence request without having to enter the start and end times. | You need to configure half-day absence for clock-time users. | I need to take a half-day off on May 10th afternoon. I have a dentist appointment. Can I take sick leave for half the day tomorrow morning? I’d like to take a half-day unpaid leave on March 3rd in the afternoon. | Yes |
This enhancement was made to better meet customers' needs for this use case and improve overall experience.
Configuration Requirements
You've enabled Joule in SAP SuccessFactors.
Use cases in Joule follow the same configurations and permissions as those on the Web. See Related Information for details on how to obtain required access for each use case.
You've refreshed CDM contents.
Role-Based Permission Prerequisites
Users have the User Permissions→General User Permission→Access to Joule permission.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | SFDIS-9088 |
| Product | Platform Employee Central |
| Module | SAP Business AI Time Management |
| Feature | Joule |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Link to Demo | Creating Half-Day Leave Requests in Joule |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | Changed |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 1H 2025 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-08-20 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-08-20 |
Field Criteria and Conditional Fields in Mobile Time Sheet
You can now configure field criteria and conditional fields in Mobile Time Sheet. Field criteria limit the available options in a dropdown list and conditional fields control the conditions of which fields are displayed.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowIn the current version, when you choose the field criteria for AddressType, the list of countries get filtered based on the configuration.
How It Looked BeforeIn the previous version, choosing the field criteria for AddressType didn't filter the country list.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | MOB-101332 |
| Product | Time Tracking |
| Module | Time Management Mobile Applications |
| Feature | Time Sheet |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Automatically on |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 1H 2025 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-09-03 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-08-29 |
Half-Day Absences for Clock-Time Users in Mobile Time Off
In Mobile Time Off, clock-time users can now select the first or second half of a day when creating an absence request without having to enter the start time and end times.
Configuration Requirements
This feature is only available for clock-time users and for customers with an SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking license.
You configure this feature by setting both the requestingWithAbsenceDayClassification field in the Time Type object definition and the absenceDayClassification field in the Employee Time object definition to Editable. You then go to the time types for which you want to allow half-day absences and set Requesting With Absence Day Classification to Half-Day Classification Possible.
If you only allow full day recording for a time type, the Absence Duration field becomes read-only and shows theFull Day value. Previously, the Full Day checkbox was hidden for time types that only allowed full day recording.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowHow It Looked BeforeTechnical Details
| Reference Number | MOB-76770 |
| Product | Time Tracking |
| Module | Time Management Mobile Applications |
| Feature | Time Off |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Major |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 1H 2025 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-07-08 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-07-04 |
Copy and Paste in Mobile Time Sheet
Employees can now copy and paste time sheets in Mobile Time Sheet.
Configuration Requirements
To set up the feature, go to the Admin Center and choose Manage Data→Time Profile→Available Time Type→Details and set the Is Copyable in Time Sheet UI field to Yes. Do the same for the available allowance types.
Note
- Imported time recordings, generated time recordings, and attachments are never copied.
- The Is Copyable in Time Sheet UI field cannot be set to Yes in absence time types.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowHow It Looked BeforeTechnical Details
| Reference Number | MOB-78087 |
| Product | Time Tracking |
| Module | Time Management Mobile Applications |
| Feature | Time Sheet |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Minor |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 1H 2025 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-07-08 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-07-04 |
Flexible Time Sheet Approval Periods in Mobile Time Sheet
You can now configure time sheets with flexible approval periods in Mobile Time Sheet. In addition to weekly and monthly time sheets, you can now define approval periods of 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and half a month.
Configuration Requirements
You've configured flexible approval periods.
Role-Based Permission Prerequisites
You have the User→Time Management Object Permissions→Allowance Recording permission.
You have the User→Time Management Object Permissions→Time Recording permission.
What's Changed
How It Looks NowHow It Looked BeforeTechnical Details
| Reference Number | MOB-78091 |
| Product | Time Tracking |
| Module | Time Management Mobile Applications |
| Feature | Time Sheet |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Customer configured |
| Lifecycle | General Availability |
| Type | New |
| Major or Minor | Major |
| Business Process Variant | Not Applicable |
| Software Version | 1H 2025 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-07-08 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-07-04 |
Deprecation of Accrual Posting Method Classic
Accrual Recalculation Posting Method Classic Deprecation
The Accrual Recalculation Posting Method Classic will reach the End of Development in May 2025 and will reach the End of Maintenance and be Deleted in December 2025.
Key Dates
Future dates are subject to change.
| Milestone | Date | Definition |
|---|
| End of Development | May 2025 | The deprecation milestone after which SAP stops enhancing a product or part of a product. You can continue to use the software, but you should begin planning for a time when it will no longer be available for use. We still fix high-priority bugs. |
| End of Maintenance | Dec 2025 | The deprecation milestone after which SAP does not fix bugs or deliver patches for the software. SAP continues to answer your how-to questions. We strongly encourage you to adopt an alternative method for your business scenario. |
| Deleted | Dec 2026 | The deprecation milestone when a feature is no longer available for productive use. You should now be using an alternative method for your business scenario. |
Deprecation Details
We are making this change because No Recalculation Postings has these advantages over the Classic accrual recalculation posting method:
- Less data volume, especially for daily accruals.
- There are no longer any issues if you have duplicate accruals. If you use the No Recalculation Postings method, duplicate accrual postings are cleaned up automatically.
- If the accrual posting method is changed during recalculation, the date change is considered as well. The Classic method only considers quantity changes.
The Accrual Recalculation Posting Method Classic will be removed from the Time Account Type with the 1H 2025 release, and all Time Account Types will be migrated to No Recalculation Postings.
A validation check is added with the 1H 2023 release to block saving a Time Account Type with the Accrual Recalculation Posting Method Classic.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | TIM-35667 |
| Product | Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Off |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Automatically on |
| Link to Demo | Not Applicable |
| Lifecycle | Deprecated |
| Type | Changed |
| Major or Minor | N/A |
| Business Process Variant | Hire to Retire |
| Software Version | 2H 2023 1H 2024 2H 2024 1H 2025 2H 2025 1H 2026 |
| Valid as Of | 2026-05-15 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-05-09 |
Deprecation of Time Type Configuration for Short-Term Disability USA
Time Type Configuration for Short-Term Disability USA Deprecation
The time type configuration for short-term disability USA will reach End of Maintenance on May 1, 2024, and will also be Deleted on May 1, 2025. The configuration and data created by this functionality will not be affected by the deletion of the time type configuration.
Key Dates
Future dates are subject to change.
| Milestone | Date | Definition |
|---|
| End of Development | May 1, 2023 | The deprecation milestone after which SAP stops enhancing a product or part of a product. You can continue to use the software, but you should begin planning for a time when it will no longer be available for use. We still fix high-priority bugs. |
| End of Maintenance | May 1, 2024 | The deprecation milestone after which SAP does not fix bugs or deliver patches for the software. SAP continues to answer your how-to questions. We strongly encourage you to adopt an alternative method for your business scenario. |
| Deleted | May 1, 2025 | The deprecation milestone when a feature is no longer available for productive use. You should now be using an alternative method for your business scenario. |
Deprecation Details
We're replacing the old time type configuration for short-term disability USA with the new configuration based on an absence pay scheme and absence pay policy.
Instead of creating one time type for each absence pay policy, you can now associate a time type with an absence pay scheme, and then assign both to the absence pay policy. This absence pay policy is then assigned to the relevant employee in the Job Information. The new process reduces the effort of creating one time type for each absence pay policy.
Technical Details
| Reference Number | KM-17268 |
| Product | Employee Central |
| Module | Time Management |
| Feature | Time Off |
| Action | Info only |
| Enablement | Automatically on |
| Link to Demo | Not Applicable |
| Lifecycle | Deprecated |
| Type | Changed |
| Major or Minor | N/A |
| Business Process Variant | Hire to Retire |
| Software Version | 1H 2023 2H 2023 1H 2024 2H 2024 2H 2025 |
| Valid as Of | 2025-05-01 |
| Latest Revision | 2025-02-14 |