Describing Key SAP SuccessFactors Platform 1H 2026 Features and Enhancements

The redesigned Growth Portfolio landing page is now automatically on when you enable the latest Career Worksheet and Opportunity Marketplace, regardless of users' permissions.

Users who don't have Career Worksheet or Opportunity Marketplace permission can't see the Roles and Aspirations or Opportunities to Grow section on the Growth Portfolio landing page. Previously, users could see either the legacy or redesigned Growth Portfolio landing page depending on their permissions. If they didn't have one of the permissions, they saw the legacy landing page.

Administrators and users benefit from a streamlined and predictable Growth Portfolio experience.

You've enabled Growth Portfolio, the latest Career Worksheet, and Opportunity Marketplace.

To retain the legacy landing page for change management, you can disable the Enable the redesigned Growth Portfolio landing page switch in the Career Development Planning Feature Settings admin tool.

To see the Roles and Aspirations section, users must have these permissions:

• User Permissions→Career Development Planning→Career Worksheet Access Permission
• User Permissions→Goals→Goal Plan Permissions→<default Career Worksheet template>

To see the Opportunities to Grow section, users must have the User Permissions→Opportunity Marketplace→Opportunity Marketplace Access permission.

Enabling the Growth Portfolio

Enabling Latest Career Worksheet

Enabling Opportunity Marketplace

As an administrator, you can now select specific HRIS fields for transport in Configuration Transport Center, enabling granular control over configuration changes.

In Configuration Transport Center (CTC), you can now expand HRIS elements to select the individual fields for transport. The enhancement enables multiple users to work on different parts of the same HRIS element without conflicts. You can expand an HRIS element to view and select specific fields. The new HRIS Element Details table on the right provides checkboxes for each field, allowing you to include only the items relevant to your change. You can still select the complete HRIS elements or a combination of specific fields and elements, as both individual and mixed selections are supported.

The enhancement enables you to transport only the intended changes, reducing deployment conflicts, audit risk, and rework when multiple teams work on the same HRIS element.

Ensure you've enabled the relevant permissions both in the source and the target tenant, so that you can view, download, and transport the respective module configurations in the SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central configuration area.

You have the following permissions:

• You have theAdministrator Permissions→Metadata Framework→Configure Object Definitionspermission in both source and target instances View, Download, and transport MDF Object Definitions configurations
• You have theAdministrator Permissions→Manage Business Configurationspermission.

In the current version, you can expand an HRIS element in Configuration Transport Center to select fields for transport, with dependency checks, conflict prevention, and detailed import history at the field level.

In the previous version, you could only select and transport entire HRIS elements, which made it difficult to manage parallel projects or provide field-level audit.

SAP SuccessFactors Products and Configuration Types Supported in Configuration Transport Center

As an administrator, you can now set system-wide defaults for user preferences of displaying reports and contingent workers in the Org Chart. The new controls let you define the initial state users see when they open the Org Chart.

We've added the following two new settings in the Org Chart Configuration page:

• Set the default reporting relationships to display: Select an option to display all reports, direct reports only, or matrix reports only for all users. The initial value is set to Direct Reports Only.

• Include contingent workers by default: When selected, the Include Contingent Workers switch in Display Settings is enabled by default for all users.

Administrators can ensure a consistent initial Org Chart view for users, reducing the need for manual adjustments and aligning the Org Chart with company policy.

You have the Administrator Permissions→Manage System Properties→Org Chart Configuration permission.

In the current version, you can set the default preferences for displaying reports and contingent workers for all users in your system.

In the previous version, you couldn’t control the default values for these Org Chart user preferences, and users had to adjust their preferences themselves.

Setting Default User Preferences for Org Chart Display

The redesigned data viewing experience of Full Profile is now universally available for all customers. We've also added several enhancements to the data viewing experience with Full Profile cards.

What's Changed	Description
UI text on the Pending Approvals popover	Previously, on the Pending Approvals popover for non-effective-dated entities, the UI text that indicates when a request was created was "Initiated as of". We have changed the UI text to "Created on" to improve clarity.
Messages displayed when there's no data	We have improved the messages and illustrations for the following scenarios. This enhancement is from a customer idea 342973. Scenario: No data is available in a card in your profile, and you do not have permission to add data. Scenario: No data is available in a card in your profile, and you have permission to add data. Scenario: You don't have permission to view cards in a category of another user's profile but you have permission to access the category.
Enhanced no permission error page for Full Profile	When users without the required permissions attempt to access a Full Profile page, the system now displays a new error page with the message "You don't have permissions to access the profile content." Administrators can customize this message and the accompanying guidance text "If you think you should have access, contact your system administrator," by using the Manage Languages tool. This enhancement replaces the previous technical error code display with a user-friendly notification, reducing confusion for end users. This enhancement is from a customer idea 342687.
Onboarding New Hire indicator	The hiring status indicator, Onboarding New Hire, is updated and a supporting information icon to describe the hiring status is introduced. For more information on the hiring status indicator for different hiring states, see Enhanced Hiring Status Indicator on Latest People Profile.

This update will help you manage data more efficiently, make informed decisions, and increase productivity.

The redesigned data viewing experience of Full Profile is now universally available for all customers. We've removed the admin setting that controls this feature. You can migrate legacy People Profile configurations to the latest Full Profile to avoid setting up the same options again in the new experience.

For required permissions to access a specific Full Profile card, see the prerequisites listed in the "Full Profile Cards" table and the help documentation: Role-Based Permissions for Latest People Profile.

Full Profile of the Latest People Profile

You can now create, manage, and monitor Delta Live Profile Export jobs directly inAdmin Center→Scheduled Job Manager .

Delta Live Profile Export jobs are used to export changed records of personal information, background information, or trend information. By supporting this job in Admin Center, we aim to add up your self-service capability and to streamline your routine job maintenance, reducing the need to submit support cases.

You have the following permissions:

• Administrator Permissions→Admin Center Permissions→Monitor Scheduled Jobs
• Administrator Permissions→Admin Center Permissions→Manage Scheduled Jobs

Managing Scheduled Jobs in Admin Center

We've updated the default settings of certain MDF objects. Previously, the Access to non-secured objects permission was necessary to update the records of the object. All users who had the Access to non-secured objects permission could add and delete objects.

MDF Configurations for Latest People Profile

Document Generation MDF Object Permissions

Permissions for Income Tax Declaration

What's Changed	Description
Onboarding New Hire Indicator	The hiring status indicator, Onboarding New Hire, is updated, and a supporting information icon to describe the hiring status is introduced. For more information on the hiring status indicator for different hiring states, see Enhanced Hiring Status Indicator on Latest People Profile.
Default Background Image for All Users	Administrators can now apply a default background image to all users' profile pages, overriding individual user uploads. Use the new Apply default background image to all employees switch in the Configure Latest People Profile General Settings admin tool. By default, this switch is off. To enable it, first set a default background image. To set a default image for the first time, you must select the option Assign the default image. When the Apply default background image to all employees switch is on: The system displays the default image on all employees' profile pages. Users cannot update their background image. All other background image settings are hidden in the admin tool. Administrators can still manage the image library but cannot enable an image for employees to choose. The Photo OData API (photoType=14) returns the default image only for the login user if no user is specified in the query. This ensures optimal performance. If you disable the switch, the system restores the previous settings and applies users' previous background images again. The Photo OData API (photoType=14) returns specified users' images or all users' images if no user is specified. This update allows administrators to enforce a consistent company visual identity by applying a single background image across all profiles, while retaining flexibility to revert to user-managed images as needed.
Actions Button Moved to the Top of Profile Preview	On the Profile Preview, you can now find an icon for Actions at the top, next to the employee's display name. The button opens the Actions list, which contains all available actionable options and links. The Actions button previously located at the bottom of the Profile Preview is no longer available. All actions remain accessible and function as before, but are now easier to find and use. This enhancement is from a Customer Idea.
Open Full Profile and Org Chart In New Tab	You can now open Full Profile and Org Chart from the Profile Preview in a new tab or window by right-clicking the respective icons. This enhancement allows you to keep the underlying page open while viewing profiles or organizational charts. This enhancement is from customer idea 343636 published on SAP site and 346918 published on SAP site.
New Chart for Skills Card in Spotlight	In the Skills Spotlight card, you can now switch between a bar chart and a pie chart to display skills and their ratings. Before, you could only view skills in a pie chart. The bar chart shows the complete rating names, which may be shortened in a pie chart if the names are long.

These enhancements give you more flexibility in configuration and expand the range of employee data shown on the public view of People Profile.

Profile Preview and Spotlight are available on all systems and are not controlled by admin settings.

Refer to Role-Based Permissions for Latest People Profile..

Profile Preview of the Latest People Profile

Spotlight of the Latest People Profile

Administrators can now manage access control for People Profile categories using Role-Based Permissions (RBP). This replaces the previous use of target role assignments on the latest People Profile admin page. This enhancement changes how you control category visibility. It does not change how card or field permissions work.

Categories are containers for cards where data fields of entities are displayed. In the Configure Latest People Profile admin tool, you manage category access by selecting one of two options:

• Everyone: Make the category visible to all users. No role-based permission is available for the category. This setting does not grant access to any cards or fields inside the category. This is the default state when you create a category.
• Role-Based Permissions: Restrict category visibility to users using RBP. When you enable this setting, a permission for the category is added to a new permission list User Permissions→Employee Views→People Profile Categories in the Manage Permission Roles tool.

When you add or delete categories, or remove RBP control in Full Profile, the corresponding permission items are automatically created or removed in the People Profile Categories permission group. Changes to role assignments in RBP apply to the Full Profile page. This ensures that category visibility stays consistent with role-based permissions.

This enhancement centralizes permission management, making it easier for administrators to control category access and generate reports on role-based permissions.

Starting with the 1H 2026 release, the Full Profile is available for all customers. You no longer need to enable it with a setting.

If you are an existing customer, you don't need to set up category access controls from the beginning. Starting with 1H 2026 release, the system automatically migrates your category-level access configurations and generates permission items for those categories with target roles assigned, including their role assignments in the People Profile Categories permission list. Permissions are not generated for categories that were visible to everyone.

No changes are made to any existing card or field permissions, and these permission configurations remain the same after migration.

As an administrator, you can review the migration results, such as which target roles were assigned to which categories before the migration. To do this, view the run details for the job "Migrate People Profile Category Permissions to RBP" in the Scheduled Job Manager→Job Monitor admin tool.

If you are a new customer, permission items are generated automatically when you restrict category visibility using RBP on the Configure Latest People Profile page.

In the current version, you manage category access on the Configure Latest People Profile page by selecting either Everyone or Role-Based Permissions when you edit or add a category. If you select Role-Based Permissions, then a permission item is generated for that category. You configure the permission and assign roles as needed using RBP tools.

In the previous version, you did not manage category-level access directly through the RBP tools. Instead, you assigned permission roles for Full Profile categories on the latest People Profile admin page. Permission items for categories were not available.

Managing Access Control for Full Profile Categories

RBP Reports

You can now create custom UI Integration cards for the Spotlight view on the latest People Profile. As an administrator, you have more flexibility to present relevant information when an employee views another user profile, especially in cases where minimal full profile data is visible.

You can use the latest People Profile Admin page to create one or multiple custom UI Integration cards for the Spotlight view. The custom cards appear when employees view profiles of other employees who aren't their direct reports. The UI Integration cards support various data sources, allowing you to combine standard delivered data with custom data fields.

This enhancement provides flexibility in presenting relevant employee data while managing access to the Full Profile view of the latest People Profile.

• Ensure you've designed the integration card in SAP Business Application Studio and generated the manifest file.
• Ensure you've configured the API endpoint in the SAP Business Technology Platform Application.
• Ensure you've specified the resource name in Identity Authentication Service (IAS). Upload the manifest file by using UI Config.
• Refer to the Configuration requirements in Extensibility Support for UI Integration Card and Custom Process in SAP SuccessFactors topic in the Related Information section.

Refer to the role-based permission prerequisites in Extensibility Support for UI Integration Card and Custom Process in SAP SuccessFactors topic in the Related Information section.

In the current version, administrators can create custom UI Integration cards on the Spotlight view using the latest People Profile Admin page. These cards display relevant employee information in a list format, and administrators can control Full Profile access permissions independently from the Spotlight view access.

In the previous version, when employees opened profiles of colleagues who weren't their direct reports, they had limited visibility in the Full Profile view. There was no option to add custom UI Integration cards to the Spotlight view, and administrators couldn't provide additional relevant information without granting full profile access.

Spotlight of the Latest People Profile

Extensibility Support for UI Integration Card and Custom Process in the Latest People Profile

Creating a UI Integration Card for SAP SuccessFactors

SAP SuccessFactors prebuilt content is now available in the WalkMe Solutions Gallery. Customers who purchase a license that enables them to create custom content can download the prebuilt content as a template and edit the content to fit their business needs.

Previously, when customers purchased a license to build custom WalkMe content, they lost access to the prebuilt content. Now customers can purchase a license, go to the Solutions Gallery, filter to find SAP SuccessFactors prebuilt content, download it, and use it as a starting point to develop their custom content. Read more about the Solutions Gallery from WalkMe.

SAP SuccessFactors created the content and we want license holders to use it as a template. For example you might want to start with the prebuilt walk-through of the new home page but add your own information. Maybe you have a custom card that you want to mention to employees.You can now download the home page walkthrough, edit it to call attention to the custom tile, and publish it to your employees as custom content.

You must have a license to build custom WalkMe content, both to access the prebuilt content in the Solutions Gallery and to create the custom content. To learn more about the Solution Gallery, customers with a license can sign in to the WalkMe Help Center and go to Using Prebuilt Content From the Solution Gallery.

In some cases, SAP SuccessFactors won't release prebuilt content. For example, if content is temporary, like a deprecation shout-out, or it is administrator-focused, we can decline to offer it in the Solutions Gallery.

You can now see prebuilt content in the WalkMe Solutions Gallery.

Previously, prebuilt content wasn't available in the Solutions Gallery.

With Growth Portfolio enabled, you can now allow users to search for employees by skills, attributes, and proficiency levels in the enhanced People Search experience.

The enhanced People Search now supports searching for individuals based on skills, attributes, and proficiency levels from their Growth Portfolio in the Advanced Search widget. For Advanced Search, skill-based search currently applies only to Directory Search. Here are the highlights:

• On the search criteria page, users can select multiple skills in a single search and specify different proficiency levels for each skill. In Directory Search, a Skills and Attributes section appears where users can find employees with the skills they need.

  

• On the search results page, the Skill and Attribute column displays the number of matched attributes for each person. If users don't search for employees with skills, this column isn't shown. By default, searches return people at all proficiency levels for a skill, including unrated. However, when users select specific proficiency levels without explicitly including unrated, the system excludes people who have the skill but no assigned proficiency level.

  

The search returns results that match any of the selected skills. The same logic applies to other criteria within the Keyword Search and Employee Information sections. Results may match any selected option within each criterion. When multiple criteria are included in a search, the results must match at least one selected option from each criterion, such as any selected skill and any selected option from the other specified criteria.

Users with appropriate permissions can find people with specific skills and proficiency levels, improving talent discovery and workforce planning.

You've enabled the enhanced People Search. After 1H 2026, we're progressively activating the enhanced People Search across our data centers. If you haven't enabled the Enable Solr People Search (requires Role-based Permission) option before, your organization isn't impacted. For the current planned timeline, see 0003728404 . If you want to use the enhanced experience before your scheduled date, you can enable the enhanced People Search manually:

The Enable Solr People Search (requires Role-based Permission) option is enabled in Provisioning.

You've enabled the Enable Company Onboarding for Enhanced People Search and Enable Enhanced People Search options under Admin Center→Company System and Logo Settings to activate the enhanced People Search for your organization.

You've enabled the User Directory option under Admin Center→Platform Feature Settings to allow users to search for employees in the global header.

You've enabled Growth Portfolio based on Enabling the Growth Portfolio .

To use the skill-based search capability in Directory Search, make sure that you've met the following prerequisites:

• Directory Search is enabled by default for your organization.
• You've selected the Skill and Attribute search criteria under Admin Center→Company System and Logo Settings→Enable Enhanced People Search→Enable Certain Search Fields for Directory Search.

To deactivate the enhanced People Search, deselect the Enable Enhanced People Search option. The system then reverts to the legacy People Search.

To allow the skill-based search for Enhanced People Search, you should enable the following:

• Users have the User Permissions→Growth Portfolio→Growth Portfolio→Actions: View permission to search for employees with skills and attributes.
• Users have the User Permissions→Growth Portfolio→Proficiency Level Scale→Actions: View permission to find employees by proficiency levels.

Experiences that Run on SAP SuccessFactors People Search

Permissions for Configuring People Search

Directory Search

The enhanced People Search is now available in more areas, providing a modern and consistent search experience across SAP SuccessFactors.

Enhanced People Search functions as a module-tailored search solution designed for various SAP SuccessFactors products. It requires specific switches to be enabled. When you enable the enhanced People Search, both the enhanced Autocomplete Search and Advanced Search activate automatically if corresponding product pages have integrated the UI components.

After adoption in the global header and Directory Search, the enhanced People Search is available in more areas in this release. The following product areas aren't currently supported:

• The latest People Profile
• Proxy Now
• The Mobile Experience (only Organization Chart, Reward and Recognition, Time Sheet, and the global header search are adopted)
• Certain Recruiting pages that adopt the UI component of the enhanced Autocomplete Search or Advanced Search
• Certain Onboarding pages, including MDF Custom Task

The core functions of the enhanced People Search resemble those of the legacy People Search. When you enable the enhanced version, you get a modern and advanced search experience with more search criteria. Moreover, the enhanced People Search provides a new option in SAP Job Scheduling Service to let you rebuild the company index for your organization.

This feature applies to the global header and single module search boxes. In this release, users can search for employees using inactive or active as search terms.

This feature uses a modern, consistent search widget with filters. In Directory Search, a filter panel offers additional ways to narrow down results. Users can locate employees using criteria such as National ID, Company, and more.

To learn more about the feature details of the enhanced People Search, read the relevant topics nested under Experiences that Run on SAP SuccessFactors People Search. Look for topics with wording like People Search and Enhanced People Search. Avoid topics labeled Legacy People Search.

After most areas adopt the enhanced People Search, users benefit from a modern, fast, and filter-enhanced search experience across the organization.

To use the enhanced People Search in different products, first enable the required products based on module requirements.

You've enabled the enhanced People Search. After 1H 2026, we're progressively activating the enhanced People Search across our data centers. If you haven't enabled the Enable Solr People Search (requires Role-based Permission) option before, your organization isn't impacted. For the current planned timeline, see 0003728404. If you want to use the enhanced experience before your scheduled date, you can enable the enhanced People Search manually:

The Enable Solr People Search (requires Role-based Permission) option is enabled in Provisioning.

You've enabled the Enable Company Onboarding for Enhanced People Search and Enable Enhanced People Search options under Admin Center→Company System and Logo Settings to activate the enhanced People Search for your organization.

You've enabled the User Directory option under Admin Center→Platform Feature Settings to allow users to search for employees in the global header.

To deactivate the enhanced People Search, deselect the Enable Enhanced People Search option. The system then reverts to the legacy People Search.

You have the User Permissions→General User Permission→User Search permission.

Prerequisites and Permissions for Enabling Enhanced People Search

Supported Modules for Enhanced People Search

Improvements to Enhanced People Search

Skill-Based Search Available in Enhanced People Search

The enhanced People Search includes additional capabilities that improve the search experience.

• For both Autocomplete Search and Advanced Search:

  • German and Korean are now available for the Enable Alternative Language for People Search Index option. This provides more accurate search results for these two languages. After you enable this option for German, the following enhancements are available:

    • For users with German as their system language, the search treats "ä", "ö", and "ü" as equivalent to "ae", "oe", and "ue".
    • The search also integrates a German de-compounder to improve the handling of compound words and special characters, which enhances search accuracy and relevance.
    • Searching for Geschäft or Führer returns employees who are "Geschäftsführer".
    • Searching for Information Sicherheit returns employees who belong to '"Informationssicherheit".
    • Searching for nehmen returns employees who are "Unternehmensberater".

  • When users select a person in the search results, the system opens either the Profile Preview or the Full Profile. Selecting the profile icon opens the Profile Preview. Selecting any other area opens the Full Profile if users have the required permission. If users do not have Full Profile permission, the system opens the Profile Preview regardless of where they select. Users can switch their assignments in either the Profile Preview or the Full Profile.

• For Autocomplete Search (including the Keyword Search in Directory):

  • The search now supports filtering results by user status using keywords. You can display only active or inactive users as needed. To filter, enter keywords such as inactive John, Active john or John ACTIVE in the search box.

  • • Searching for "John" with no active or inactive keyword returns employees with both statuses.
    • Searching for "John" with both active and inactive keywords returns no employees.
    • The search only supports exact matches. Searching for acti John returns no employees.
    • You can only type active or inactive in English. For example, if you system locale is Chinese, only keywords like active 王明 work.

• Employees are now returned with their general display names and login names.

• For Advanced Search:

  • The National ID and Company search criteria are now supported. You can enter the asterisk (*) as a wildcard in the National ID field to search for employees using partial National ID patterns, such as birth date segments. The asterisk must be at the beginning, and users must enter at least four characters after it. For example, you can search for "123456789" by entering *6789.
  • The Include Inactive Users option is renamed to Active Users Only and is turned on by default.
  • Previously, if users didn't have permissions to view certain employee information, such as location, the column appeared in the search results with no data. Now, the column is hidden.

• Changes to search-related switches in this release:

  • We renamed the Enable Enhanced people search for the Global Header and Directory option to Enable Enhanced people search because more product areas have integrated the enhanced People Search.

  • We added "legacy" wording to the switches that only apply to the legacy People Search. These switches are:

    • Show inactive user in people search (requires Role-based Permissions) is now Show Inactive Users in Legacy People Search.
    • Hide External Users from search results is now Hide External Users in Legacy People Search.
    • Hide job title in People Search and org charts (Company Org Chart, Calibration Org Chart, and Succession Org Chart) is now Hide job title in legacy People Search and org charts (Company Org Chart, Calibration Org Chart, and Succession Org Chart).

• When the enhanced People Search is enabled in your system, the Show Inactive Users in Legacy People Search and Hide External Users in Legacy People Search options are grayed out by default. Only companies that revert to the legacy People Search can reactivate them.

These enhancements increase search accuracy and expand the available criteria, resulting in a better search experience.

• You've enabled the enhanced People Search. After 1H 2026, we're progressively activating the enhanced People Search across our data centers. If you haven't enabled theEnable Solr People Search (requires Role-based Permission) option before, your organization isn't impacted. For the current planned timeline, see 0003728404. If you want to use the enhanced experience before your scheduled date, you can enable the enhanced People Search manually:

  • The Enable Solr People Search (requires Role-based Permission)option is enabled in Provisioning.As a customer, you don't have access to Provisioning. To complete tasks in Provisioning, contact your implementation partner or Account Executive. For any non-implementation tasks, contact Technical Support.

  • You've enabled the Enable Company Onboarding for Enhanced People Search and Enable Enhanced People Search options under Admin Center→Company System and Logo Settings to activate the enhanced People Search for your organization.

    Note

    The onboarding process can take several hours, depending on the size of your workforce. Once the onboarding process is complete, the system automatically activates the Enable Enhanced People Search option for your company.

  • You've enabled the User Directory option under Admin Center→Platform Feature Settings to allow users to search for employees in the global header.

• To use the enhanced People Search in different product areas, first enable the required products based on module requirements.

• Directory Search is enabled by default for your organization.

• To use National ID with higher performance in the enhanced People Search:

  • You've enabled the Enable National ID for Enhanced People Search Index option under Admin Center→Company System and Logo Settings to allow users to search for employees using their National ID.
  • You've selected the National ID search criteria under Admin Center→Company System and Logo Settings→Enable Enhanced People Search→Enable Certain Search Fields for Directory Search to allow users to search for employees using their National ID in Directory Search.

• To deactivate the enhanced People Search, deselect theEnable Enhanced People Search option. The system then reverts to the legacy People Search.

• Users have the User Permissions→Employee Data→HR Information→National Id Information permission.
• Users have theUser Permissions→Employee Data→Global Assignment Details→Company permission.

Experiences that Run on SAP SuccessFactors People Search

Prerequisites and Permissions for Enabling Enhanced People Search

Showing Accurate Results for Language Queries in People Search

Permissions for Configuring People Search

Directory Search

We've improved the user experience for managing custom MDF objects within the Full Profile of the latest People Profile. The enhancement provide a more streamlined way to handle record creation, updates, and historical tracking without impacting existing configurations.

Key enhancements include:

• New Editing UI and History UI Experience: A UI switch allows administrators to enable the latest People Profile experience for editing and history view for MDF-based cards. This is specifically designed for the latest People Profile and does not impact pages such as Manage Data or workflow pages.
• Metadata Rules: We have introduced Metadata Rules that are applicable only when the latest People Profile experience is enabled. The metadata rules allow to set field visibility and required attributes for fields and associations. If you've already enabled the latest People Profile, the existing cards and Configuration UI rules continue to function without impact.
• The latest People Profile experience supports MDF configurations that allow multiple records to be created for a single user.
• Improved History UI: The History panel now allows users to view specific time periods and difference between the current and previous records at both the field and composite levels.

This enhancement streamlines the management of MDF objects in the latest People Profile.

You've enabled the Enable the latest Viewing, Editing, and History UI on Full Profile (With Non-Configurable UI) checkbox on the custom MDF cards in Admin Center→Configure Latest People Profile.

You have the Administrator Permissions Manage System Properties→Configure People Profile permission.

In the current version the following:

• Enable a redesigned and intuitive UI for specific MDF-based cards on the Full Profile using the Enable the latest Viewing, Editing, and History UI on Full Profile (With Non-Configurable UI) option.

• Use metadata rules to set values for visibility and required attributes.
• A detailed view highlights the changes at both the field level and composite child level to find relevant changes quickly.

Summary card view:

In the previous version:

• All custom MDF objects used the legacy design for editing and history UI.
• UI logic and rules were primarily managed through the Configuration UI rules, which occasionally caused performance overhead.
• Attempting to save a record on an existing effective date would often trigger an error message, requiring manual navigation to the History UI to make changes.
• The History view provided a list of records, but identifying specific changes between versions required manual comparison.

MDF Configurations for Latest People Profile

In the mobile app, you can now generate your self-description for your profile using AI. The generation is based on your input and your existing background information, such as education, certifications, and work experience.

When you edit your self-description, select the Generate button. You can choose from a list of keywords related to your background information and add any additional information you want to include. The AI generates your self-introduction based on the input. See how it looks:

This enhancement streamlines the process for you to create a personalized self-introduction. It saves you time and ensures consistency by leveraging generative AI. Administrators benefit from improved user engagement and more complete profiles.

• You've purchased the AI unitslicense. For more information about AI unitslicense, please contact your Account Executive.
• You've enabled the setting Assisted Self-Description on People Profile→AI Services Administration.
• As a user, you consent to the AI Usage Acknowledgment Statement. This statement appears the first time you select Generate.
• If you want to choose from a list of keywords related to your background information, your profile needs data for education, certifications, or work experience. If this data is not available, the keywords section does not appear.

To enable AI-Assisted Self-Description on People Profile, you have the Administrator Permissions Manage AI Capabilities→AI Services Administration permission.

To use this feature, you have the User Permissions→AI Access→Assisted Self-Description on People Profile

Profile Preview of the Latest People Profile

Enabling AI-Generated Self-Description for Mobile Profiles

Users can now use an AI-translated locale in their SAP SuccessFactors Mobile apps.

An extended AI locale contains UI labels translated by generative AI from U.S. English into a target language. Administrators can create, enable, customize, and maintain these locales using the Manage Languages tool in the web SAP SuccessFactors system. Once enabled, an extended AI locale works as a built-in locale across the system.

Extended AI locales are now supported in SAP SuccessFactors Mobile apps, alongside built-in locales. When an extended AI locale is enabled in the web system, users can select it in the Settings screen of the mobile app, in the same way they select a built-in locale. All extended AI locales currently supported in the web system are now also available in mobile, including the following:

• Albanian (sq_AL)
• Azerbaijani (az_AZ)
• Basque (eu_ES)
• Bosnian (bs_Latn_BA)
• Kazakh (kk_KZ)
• Mongolian (mn_MN)
• Spanish (Colombia) (es_CO)

New locales will be automatically supported in mobile as they come to the web system. For the complete list of supported extended AI locales, see the reference linked below.

Supporting extended AI locales in mobile allows organizations to roll out new languages more quickly and provide a consistent multilingual experience across web and mobile platforms for their workforce.

To allow their users to switch to an extended AI locale, administrators must first create and enable the locale in the web system.

Users select and apply Azerbaijani, an extended AI locale, in their mobile app.

Extended AI Locales

AI-assisted writing is now available in the mobile apps.

The following modules and features make AI-assisted writing available in different places based on how the feature is used in each business process:

• Performance Goals: Use the AI-assisted writing tool when adding or editing performance goals to improve content that users have permission to edit, such as the goal name, description, and other content provided in goal fields of text and textarea types.
• Development Goals: Use the AI-assisted writing tool when adding or editing development goals to improve content that users have permission to edit, such as the goal name, description, and other content provided in goal fields of text and textarea types.
• Continuous Feedback: Use AI-assisted writing when you provide feedback, request feedback, or respond to a feedback request. An additional action, Make Feedback Actionable, is available specifically when you enter answers to feedback questions. This action helps turn your answers into clearer, action-oriented guidance.
• Latest People Profile: Use AI-assisted writing when you edit your self-description on Profile Preview.

We've made this update to bring AI-assisted writing to the mobile app so users can draft, rewrite, and improve content on their mobile devices.

• You've purchased the AI Units License. For more information about the AI units license, please contact your Account Executive.
• You've enabled the AI Services Administration→Assisted Writing option in Admin Center.
• For Translation: You’ve also enabled the AI Services Administration→Assisted Writing Translation option in Admin Center.

• Administrators have the Administrator→Manage AI Capabilities→AI Services Administration permission.
• Employees have the User Permissions→AI Access→Assisted Writing permission.

In the current version, you can use AI-assisted writing in the mobile apps to draft, rewrite, and improve text in supported areas of Goals, Continuous Feedback, and Latest People Profile. You can also provide feedback on AI-generated suggestions for edited content.

In the previous version, AI-assisted writing was not available, so users had to rely on manual text entry when working in mobile.

AI-Assisted Writing

Accessing the AI Services Administration Page

Profile Preview of the Latest People Profile

AI-Assisted Writing in Continuous Performance Management

Employees can now view and manage the Growth Portfolio on Android and iOS devices.

You can access the Growth Portfolio on mobile devices to see a comprehensive list of all your attributes in your Growth Portfolio. You can use your Growth Portfolio to add skills, assign proficiency levels, and mark attributes as passionate.

We've made this enhancement to provide a consistent experience for employees across the web and mobile platforms.

To access the Growth Portfolio, ensure you've the User Permissions→Growth Portfolio→Growth Portfolio View role-based permission.

In the current version, the Growth Portfolio page is accessible on mobile platforms.

In the previous version, the Growth Portfolio page was not available on mobile platforms.

SAP SuccessFactors Mobile Features

Assignment owners and co-owners can now provide direct feedback on AI-generated Opportunity Marketplace assignments.

Assignment owners and co-owners can provide feedback on AI-generated content in the following situations:

• The assignment was just created using the AI-Assisted Assignment Creation function.
• The assignment was just updated using the Regenerate AI button.
• The assignment description was updated using AI-assisted writing tools.

Gathering user feedback helps SAP SuccessFactors improve the overall AI-assisted experience, including usability, relevance, and prompt quality, over time. Patterns in ratings and responses provide insights into recurring issues, supporting enhancements to the application and user experience.

For details about how feedback is handled and used, see User Feedback on AI Features in the Related Information section.

• You've purchased the AI unitslicense. For more information about AI unitslicense, please contact your Account Executive.
• You've consented to the AI Usage Acknowledgment Statement.
• You've enabled the AI Services Administration→Assisted Opportunity Marketplace Assignments option.

In the current version, assignment owners and co-owners can provide feedback when reviewing AI-generated assignments.

In the previous version, there was no option to provide direct feedback on AI-generated assignments.

User Feedback on AI Features

Administrators can now set up purge requests using the new purge type Purge Opportunity Marketplace Assignments to purge assignments and all related data.

In Admin Center→Data Retention Management, administrators can define purge criteria based on assignment types, assignment status, and assignment owners. Assignments and all related data that meet the defined purge criteria are permanently deleted.

We built this enhancement so that administrators can remove redundant assignment data from the system.

List of Legacy and Non-DRTM Purge Requests Types

We've added new cards for learning, open job, and assignment recommendations from Opportunity Marketplace that are featured at the top of the latest home page.

New recommendations appear as cards on the latest home page according to the following rules:

• If intelligent opportunity recommendation is enabled, you see these cards when there are new recommendations for learning, open jobs, or assignments.
• If intelligent opportunity recommendation is not enabled, you see these cards when there are new recommendations for learning, open jobs, or assignments, and you haven't visited Opportunity Marketplace for at least two weeks.
• You see only one card for each opportunity type at a time. The system displays the most recent opportunity of each type.
• Each card stays visible for 30 days unless a newer recommendation replaces it within that period.

When you select a card, you go to the opportunity detail page. Administrators can configure the card image in Admin Center→Manage Home Page→Featured Cards→New Recommendations from Opportunity Marketplace. Each recommendation card is specific to a person, instead of an employment. If you bookmark, mark as uninterested, apply, or change the status of the opportunity, the featured card is removed for all employments associated with that person.

An assignment recommendation card looks as follows:

We built this enhancement so that users benefit from timely, visual recommendations, improving engagement with learning, open jobs, and assignments directly from the home page.

You need to enable the latest home page and at least one opportunity type in Opportunity Marketplace.

Opportunity Marketplace on the Home Page

Learning recommendations based on user's skills and attributes are now available in the Learn New Skills section in Opportunity Marketplace, and in the Opportunities to Grow sections in Growth Portfolio and the latest Career Worksheet.

Learning items associated with a greater number of the user's skills are prioritized. Items with a lower level than the user’s current skill level are excluded.

In the Learn New Skills section in Opportunity Marketplace, learning recommendations based on skills and attributes replace personalized recommendations. Admin and peer recommendations continue to be available and are displayed before the skills-and-attributes recommendations.

In the Opportunities to Grow section on the skill detail page in Growth Portfolio, in addition to the general recommendation logic, only learning recommendations associated with that skill are displayed and they are listed before personalized recommendations based on machine learning technology.

In the Opportunities to Grow section on the role detail page in the latest Career Worksheet, in addition to the general recommendation logic, learning recommendations are shown only if they are associated with the skills and attributes required for that role, and the target level of those skills and attributes is higher than the user’s current level.

This enhancement benefits employees by providing personalized learning recommendations that align with their skills and growth areas, facilitating continuous learning and development.

In the current version, learning recommendations based only on user's skills and attributes are available.

In the previous version, only learning recommendations based on machine learning technology were available in the Opportunities to Grow sections.

Opportunities and Recommendation Logic of Sections in Opportunity Marketplace

Opportunity Recommendations in Growth Portfolio and Latest Career Worksheet

You can now search and filter by custom attributes for job role opportunities in Opportunity Marketplace.

You can use custom attributes to search and filter on the following pages:

• In the expanded page of the Explore Career Options section, you can filter job role opportunities by custom attributes.
• In the job role search result page in Opportunity Marketplace, custom attributes are added to the facet filter.
• In the expanded page of the Opportunities to Grow section in the target role details page in the latest Career Worksheet, you can filter all opportunities by custom attributes.

We built this enhancement so you can search for job roles by custom attributes, not just by skills and competencies.

You have enabled Talent Intelligence Hub.

Exploring Career Options with Career Development Planning

Two configurations for Business Process Engine are now available in Admin Center→Platform Feature Settings and all business process to-do tasks now appear in the For You Today section on the home page.

The following two configurations for Business Process Engine are moved from provisioning to Admin Center→Platform Feature Settings:

• BPE: Service Task User Identity along with BPE: User Identity
• Enable BPE in UI

All business process tasks (to-do category: 34) are now available as to-do tasks in the For You Today section on the legacy and in the For You Today category in the Needs Attention section on the latest home page.

We built these enhancements to provide administrators with better user experience.

In the current version, business process tasks appear in the For You Today section on the legacy and in the For You Today category in the Needs Attention section on the latest home page.

In the previous version, business process tasks were only available in the to-do panel.

Onboarding on the Home Page

Validating the Exception Data in the Onboarding Process

Administrators can now access audit logs through the Viewer for SAP Audit Log service and Audit Log Search API.

You can access audit logs from SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite, including read audit, change audit, and general audit, through the Audit Log Search API and the Viewer for SAP Audit Log service. However, the following audit logs are yet not available:

Change audit data for personal data changes in the following functional areas and modules:

• Employee Central: Personal Information, Employment Information, Global Information, Global Benefits, Document Generation, Prior Service, Employee Central Compound Employee API.
• Onboarding: Process Data, Data Collection Extension, and Compliance Forms.
• Learning
• Recruiting
• Instance Refresh and Instance Sync
• Career Development Planning: Mentoring
• Continuous Performance Management
• Reward and Recognition
• External candidates in Succession Management and Recruiting
• Onboardees in Onboarding

Change audit data for configuration data changes in the following cases:

• Feature enablement
• MDF configuration data

Change audit data for business data:

• MDF change history data

We built this enhancement to give administrators faster and less limited access to audit logs.

You have access to the Viewer for SAP Audit Log service and Audit Log Search API.

Accessing Audit Logs Through SAP Audit Log Service

A new attribute Policy ID is added to audit retention policies in Manage Audit Configuration.

The system automatically generates a policy ID when you create an audit retention policy. Existing retention policies also receive system-generated policy IDs. In Manage Audit Configuration→Audit Retention, the table now includes a Policy ID column. This column displays the unique identifier for each retention policy.

Administrators can now easily identify and reference specific retention policies by their policy IDs, improving audit tracking and policy management accuracy.

Audit Data Retention Management

Secondary login sessions now block access to Manage Support Access for support users and implementation partners. As an administrator, you can prevent partners and SAP support from changing support access during secondary login. Also, to reflect the tool name change to the Manage RBP Admin Access tool, we updated the mentions of this tool in message strips in Manage Support Access accordingly.

When a partner, consultant, or SAP support user signs in by secondary login to a customer instance as a support user, the system blocks all entry points to Manage Support Access. The page does not appear in Action Search, the Admin Center tool entry (Admin Center→Manage Support Access) is hidden, direct URLs show an access denied message, and related backend APIs return a 403 response. The restriction applies even if the support user’s role-based permissions include Manage Support Access. Authorized customer administrators who sign in directly to their own instance continue to access Manage Support Access as usual, based on their assigned permissions.

Administrators and security teams can prevent privilege escalation by ensuring support users cannot extend or modify support access during secondary login, protecting tenant governance and compliance.

Support Access with Secondary Login

New Manage RBP Admin Access Tool

You can now access additional configuration change audit logs and general audit logs through the Viewer for SAP Audit Log service and Audit Log Search API.

The following audit logs are available through the Viewer for SAP Audit Log service and Audit Log Search API:

• Change audit logs for configuration data in the following cases:
  • IP Restriction Management: Adding, updating, and deleting API login exceptions
    Note

    Changes to the Maximum password age (in days) field is currently not logged.
  • SSO system configuration change:
    • Changing options
    • Adding, updating, or removing IP addresses
    • Registering new client applications
    • Updating existing application registrations
    • Disabling and enabling applications
    • Deleting existing applications
  • Other configuration changes:
    • Creating geofences
    • Deleting geofences
    • Activating or deactivating geofences
    • Updating geofence names
    • Updating geofence coordinates
• Change audit logs in the new Manage Super Admin Access and Manage RBP Admin Access tools: adding, deleting, and updating RBP admin users and user permissions.
• General audit logs for the following types:
  • Document activities
  • Media activities
  • Data export: export account
• Change audit logs for all system configurations

We built this enhancement to give administrators faster and less limited access to audit logs.

You have access to the Viewer for SAP Audit Log service and Audit Log Search API.

Accessing Audit Logs Through SAP Audit Log Service

Change Audit Available for More Admin Center Settings

General Audit Now Supports Two New Audit Data TypesGeneral Audit Reporting on Export Accounts

New Manage RBP Admin Access Tool

New Manage Super Admin Access Tool

As an administrator, you can now manage data retention policies in the new admin center tool Manage Data Retention Policies.

Administrators can define and manage data retention policies to control how long personal and sensitive information is retained in Admin Center→Manage Data Retention Policies. In the 1H 2026 release, administrators can define and manage data retention policies for two types of target data: global information fields and personal information fields. The system uses these retention policies in the DRTM Global Information Fields Purge and DRTM Personal Information Fields Purge processes. Each purge type uses the policy configured for its corresponding target data in Manage Data Retention Policies. In future releases, data retention policies configured in Admin Center→Manage Data will be migrated to Manage Data Retention Policies.

We built Manage Data Retention Policies to help administrators centrally manage data governance and lifecycle policies, ensuring compliance, transparency, and efficient management of personal and sensitive information.

You have the Administrator Permissions Manage Data Purge→Manage Data Retention Policies permission to access Manage Data Retention Policies.

You have the Administrator Permissions Data Retention Policy Objects→Global Information Fields permission. You need the view permission to view retention policies for Global Information Fields. You need the edit permission to edit these retention policies.

You have the Administrator Permissions Data Retention Policy Objects→Personal Information Fields permission. You need the view permission to view retention policies for Personal Information Fields. You need the edit permission to edit these retention policies.

Managing Data Retention Policies for Global and Personal Information Fields

Configuring Field-Level Purge for Personal and Global Information

You can now search for external candidates by candidate ID in Change Audit and Read Audit reports.

In Change Audit Reports→Personal Data Report , and in Read Audit Report, you can search for candidate ID in External Candidate Search.

This enhancement allows you to directly enter a candidate ID to locate a specific candidate, when there are too many candidates with similar names.

In the current version, you can search for external candidates by candidate ID.

In the previous version, External Candidate Search only allowed name-based searches.

Creating a Change Audit Report

When you export account data under Admin Center→Manage Login Accounts→Export Accounts, your download activity is included in Data Export audit report. You can use the Data Export audit type of Create General Audit Report in the Manage General Audit admin tool.

To create a general audit report, you can follow the steps in Creating a General Audit Report in Related Information. To generate a general audit report on account export, use the Data Export audit type.

In addition, you can access audit logs for exporting account data through the Viewer for SAP Audit Log service and Audit Log Search API.

We made the enhancement to provide you with audit information on account export.

If you can't find account export information in your general audit report, it might be because there are no account exports in the time range you selected.

You have the Administrator→Admin Center Permissions→Manage General Audit Configuration. You need the View permission to access Manage General Audit.

You have the Administrator Permissions→Admin Center Permissions→Manage Audit Retention Configuration permission. You need the View permission to access the Audit Retention tab. You need the Edit permission to update the retention policies.

Download activities of login accounts are now also included in general audit reports. You can find account export audit logs in the Audit Context column in a general audit report.

Activities Included in General Audit

Creating a General Audit Report

Exporting Login Accounts

Accessing Audit Logs Through SAP Audit Log Service

The Proxy Now user search now excludes proxy assignments that haven't started yet or are in the past, improving search performance and user experience.

In Proxy Now, the user search dropdown displays only account holders with active proxy assignments. Account holders with proxy assignments that have future start dates or past end dates are excluded from the search results and dropdown list. This change prevents you from selecting proxy assignments that aren't yet valid or are no longer valid, eliminating error messages about assignments that haven't started or have already ended. You can access this functionality by going to Settings→Proxy Now. Accordingly, proxies can now see account holders with active proxy assignments under Settings→Proxy→Become Proxy.

End users benefit from faster search performance and a more intuitive experience, as only valid proxy assignments are shown and unnecessary error messages are avoided.

This enhancement impacts those who have been assigned as the proxy for a given account, either by the account holder or by a proxy administrator.

Administrators can continue to manage expired and upcoming proxy assignments using Proxy Management in Admin Center .

In the current version, users no longer see error messages for assignments that have not started in Proxy Now.

In the previous version, users could select assignments that had not started, resulting in an error message.

Acting as a Proxy for Someone

Two new audit data types Document Activities and Media Activities are included in General Audit.

Both new general audit data types are enabled by default and the default retention period is set to 730 days.

Media Activities include events where users upload and delete name pronunciation audio and About Me videos for People Profile.

Document Activities include the events where documents are uploaded, downloaded, or deleted in Admin Center→Manage Documents. Events are also generated when document operations occur through other application pages that use the Document Management service, supported APIs, or system background processes that remove documents that are no longer referenced in the system.

You can create general audit reports in Manage General Audit, or access audit logs through the Viewer for SAP Audit Log service and Audit Log Search API.

In addition, we have added a new column Correlation ID to all general audit reports. Audit records with the same correlation ID are generated by the same operation.

We built this enhancement to extend our general audit capabilities to cover Document Activities and Media Activities, ensuring better tracking and compliance for operations related to documents and media in the system.

In the current version, General Audit includes two new audit data types: Document Activities and Media Activities.

In the previous version, General Audit didn't include audit events related to document or media operations.

Managing General Audit

Activities Included in General Audit

Accessing Audit Logs Through SAP Audit Log Service

We made several enhancements to the proxy modules and sub-modules in Proxy Management.

This update provides administrators with clearer proxy option names and access controls in Proxy Management, ensuring consistent handling of private data and simplifying profile management for both Employee Central and non-Employee Central customers.

The label changes to the proxy modules and sub-modules also affect column headers in Proxy Import files. Download the latest Proxy Import template before you add, edit, or remove multiple proxy assignments using Proxy Import.

Important Notes on Proxy Access

Proxy Management in the Latest People Profile

Previously, there were permission descriptions that duplicated permission names. The following permission descriptions are enhanced to provide more helpful guidance when configuring Role-Based Permissions (RBP). As a Role-Based Permissions administrator, you can see the updated permission descriptions in Manage Permission Roles.

Administrators benefit from clearer, action‑oriented permission descriptions that reduce ambiguity during role setup and audits.

This change updates text only and does not change permission behavior. We recommend that you review the updated permission descriptions, especially the ones that changed permission categories.

List of Role-Based Permissions

Administrators can now view document owner details and description information directly in the document list on the Manage Documents page, making it easier to identify documents and review additional information.

On the Documents tab of the Manage Documents page, three new columns are available: Owned By (concatenated owner last name and first name), Owned By User ID (owner ID), and Owned By User Name (owner name). The Owned By column is included by default in the standard document list view. You can add or remove these columns and use them as sort criteria by opening the View Settings dialog box and selecting options on the Sort and Column tabs tabs.

In addition, a new Description column is available in the document table. This column displays the information entered in the description field when a document is uploaded. You can add or remove this column from the document list using the View Settings dialog box on theColumn tab, but it isn’t included by default and can’t be used as a sort criterion.

We’ve made this change to improve visibility and traceability of document ownership, especially when documents are uploaded by one user on behalf of another. The Description column also helps administrators view additional information directly in the document list.

In the current version, you see new columns for owner information in the document list, and you can include or sort by these columns using the View Settings dialog box. You can also include a Description column in the document list using the View Settings dialog box (Column tab). The Description column displays additional details entered during document upload but isn’t available for sorting.

In the previous version, owner information was not available as columns in the document list, and you could not sort or filter documents by owner details. The Description field also wasn’t available as a column in the document list.

Viewing All Documents as an Administrator

To support the transition to Identity Authentication, administrators must initiate the Initiate the SAP Cloud Identity Services Identity Authentication Service Integration Upgrade Center task for customer tenants that are not yet integrated with Identity Authentication.

To assist customers still using HTTP Basic Authentication or a direct integration with a corporate identity provider, SAP SuccessFactors now highlights the requirement to complete Identity Authentication migration for administrators. This helps ensure that the transition is completed ahead of the deprecation of basic authentication and direct corporate identity provider integration to SAP SuccessFactors.

Administrators are required to run the Initiate the SAP Cloud Identity Services Identity Authentication Service Integration Upgrade Center task to begin the migration. After this step is complete, customers must run the Activate SuccessFactors Identity Authentication Service Integration Upgrade Center task separately to activate the integration.

As part of this update, the Initiate the SAP Cloud Identity Services Identity Authentication Service Integration task no longer requires an SAP S-user for validation. Administrators who have access to the Upgrade Center can start the task using their existing SAP SuccessFactors user account. The task validates that the administrator profile contains a first name, last name, and a correctly formatted email address before proceeding.

To help administrators complete the required transition to Identity Authentication, SAP SuccessFactors provides additional in-product guidance. Depending on tenant status and user permissions, this guidance can appear as a Home Page To-Do card, notifications in Admin Center, or prompts in the SSO configuration check tool. These notifications and prompts highlight the upcoming deprecation of basic authentication and link directly to the Initiate Identity Authentication Upgrade Center task.

This update ensures that customers complete the required transition to Identity Authentication ahead of the deprecation of basic authentication and direct corporate identity provider integration. At the same time, this approach reduces administrative friction by removing the SAP S-user requirement and by providing in-product guidance that helps administrators complete the required steps.

In this release, SAP SuccessFactors enforces execution of the Initiate the SAP Cloud Identity Services Identity Authentication Service Integration Upgrade Center task for customer tenants that are not yet integrated with Identity Authentication. Administrators are guided to complete the Initiate task so that Identity Authentication integration can proceed. After completing this step, customers must run the Activate SuccessFactors Identity Authentication Service Integration Upgrade Center task to finalize the migration.

The Initiate task also no longer requires SAP S-user credential validation. Instead, a single page is displayed where administrators enter an email address and select or request an Identity Authentication tenant.

Previously, customers could postpone initiating the Identity Authentication upgrade and were required to provide an SAP S-user to proceed.

Initiating the Upgrade to Identity Authentication in SAP Cloud Identity Services

Testing and Activating the Upgrade to Identity Authentication

Monitoring Tool for the Upgrade to Identity Authentication

A banner on the Admin Center homepage now provides a direct link to upgrade to Identity Authentication for tenants that haven't migrated yet.

The banner is displayed for tenants that are still using basic authentication and third-party corporate identity provider direct integration with SAP SuccessFactors, but have not yet initiated the Upgrade Center task to migrate to Identity Authentication. The link routes them directly to the Initiate the SAP Cloud Identity Services Identity Authentication Service Integration task in the Upgrade Center so that they can begin the migration.

The banner is visible only to users with the appropriate administrative permissions, such as Super Admin, Manage SAML Single Sign-On, or Manage Permission Roles.

We've added this banner to give administrators earlier visibility into the required transition to Identity Authentication in SAP Cloud Identity Services. The reminder helps ensure that tenants still using basic authentication or direct corporate identity provider integration begin the migration process ahead of the planned deprecation in November 2026.

In the current version, SAP SuccessFactors displays a banner on the Admin Center homepage for tenants that haven’t started Identity Authentication integration. The banner highlights the upcoming authentication changes and provides a direct link to run the Initiate Identity Authentication integration task in Upgrade Center.

In the previous version, administrators had to navigate to Upgrade Center independently to locate and run the Initiate Identity Authentication integration task.

Initiating the Upgrade to Identity Authentication in SAP Cloud Identity Services

Some page URIs are excluded from Content Security Policy (CSP) enforcement by default. Now, these default exclusions are visible in the CSP exception list, allowing you to review and manage them as needed. Additionally, you can use a new feature called CSP Check to test CSP enforcement and resolve issues before removing URIs from the exception list.

In Admin Center→Application Security→Feature Settings→Content Security Policy→Exception List, you can now see the following page URIs:

• /sf/logout
• /login
• /sf/home
• /sf/start
• /career
• /portalcareer
• /xi/ui/rcmjobreqsummary/pages/jobReqSummary.xhtml
• /xi/ui/rcminterview/pages/interviewcentral/interviewCentral.xhtml
• /xi/ui/rcmworkbench/pages/candidateWorkbench.xhtml
• /xi/ui/rcmcandidate/pages/internalCandidateProfile.xhtml
• /xi/ui/rcmcareersitebuilder/pages/careerSiteBuilder.xhtml
• /xi/ui/rcmjobs2web/pages/marketing/rmkMarketing.xhtml
• /xi/ui/helptraining/pages/help_rpt.xhtml
• /xi/ui/ect/pages/positionMgmt/ectPositionMgmtSettings.xhtml
• /xi/ui/company/pages/adminCompanyResource.xhtml
• /xi/ui/company/pages/companyResource.xhtml

These URIs have been exempt from CSP enforcement, but weren't visible in the exception list until the 1H 2026 release. You can keep them as they are, edit the entries, or remove any URIs from the list (which will apply CSP rules to them).

To help you determine whether it's safe to remove a URI, we've introduced the CSP Check feature. When you enable the check for a URI, CSP rules are applied in report-only mode: violations are logged, but resources aren't blocked. In CSP Violation Report, you can review flagged resources over different time periods. If a flagged resource is legitimate, you can select Allow to automatically add its domain to the Trusted Origins list and enable the necessary CSP directive. Once no violations are detected in the past 7 days, you can safely remove the URI from the exception list.

Here are screenshots of the enhanced exception list and the violation report:

These enhancements give you greater visibility and control over CSP exceptions, making it easier to test changes and address violations without impacting functionality.

To use CSP Check for a URI, make sure you've selected Enable CSP Check when you add or edit this URI in Exception List.

You can manage your exception list and use CSP Check without enabling CSP itself. However, your list takes effect only when CSP is enabled.

You have the Administrator→Manage Security→Manage Application Security Feature Settings permission.

Enabling Content Security Policy

Configuring Content Security Policy

Using CSP Check for URIs in Exception List

A new use case and several enhancements to existing use cases are now available in Joule.

Below are the details of the new transactional use case:

Besides, on iPhone and iPad devices, you can now ask Siri in multiple languages to launch Joule. Previously, only English was supported. For details about the supported languages, refer to Using Siri to Launch Joule..

We've also made enhancements to the following use cases:

We made these enhancements to optimize your experience with Joule, making your HR processes more efficient, flexible, and user-friendly.

• 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. For more information, refer to KBA 3612244 .

Users have the User Permissions→General User Permission→Access to Joule permission.

Use Cases Supported in Joule

Using Siri to Launch Joule

The Full Profile data viewing experience is now available for all customers in both web and mobile applications.

We've removed theAdmin Center switchCompany System and Logo Settings→Enable Full Profile for the latest People Profile that controls the feature. The latest data viewing experience is now the default for all users. You can still run the migrate job Migrate Legacy People Profile Configurations if you need to overwrite your current profile configurations with legacy People Profile configurations.

As an administrator, you benefit from a simplified and consistent profile experience. This change reduces configuration steps and ensures all users have access to the latest profile view.

For customers who have never migrated legacy People Profile configurations to the latest People Profile, you must run the migrate job through the setting Company System and Logo Settings→Migrate Legacy People Profile Configurations before the data viewing experience becomes universally available. For more information about running the migration, see Related Information.

In the current version, the Enable Full Profile for the latest People Profile switch is removed from Company System and Logo Settings for all customers, and the experience is now available to everyone.

In the previous version, administrators could enable or turn off the Full Profile data viewing experience using a switch in Company System and Logo Settings

Latest People Profile

Migrating Legacy People Profile Configurations

As an administrator, you can now use AI-assisted Bulk Translate for category name, card title, and card help configurations in the Configure Latest People Profile admin tool.

Bulk Translate allows you to translate category name, card title, and card help from a source language into one or multiple target languages at once. Bulk Translate for card titles only supports user information cards and custom background information cards, as you can edit card titles only for these two card types in the Configure Latest People Profile admin tool. To use this AI-assisted tool, open the relevant translation configuration UI for category name, card title, or card help in the Configure Latest People Profile admin tool and choose the Bulk Translate button. You can select source and target languages, review AI-generated translations, and apply them in bulk. You can also edit translations before saving them, ensuring accuracy and consistency across your configurations.

Administrators benefit from faster and more consistent translations, reducing manual effort and improving the localization process for large sets of configuration data.

• You've purchased the AI units license. For more information about AI units license, please contact your Account Executive.
• You've enabled Bulk Translate and Extended AI Locales in Admin Center→AI Services Administration.
• Users consent to the AI Usage Acknowledgment Statement.

• To enable Bulk Translate, you have the Administrator Permissions→Manage AI Capabilities→AI Services Administration permission.
• To use Bulk Translate for the latest People Profile admin tool, you have the User Permissions→AI Access→Bulk Translate permission and Administrator Permissions→Manage System Properties→Configure People Profile permission.

In the current version, you can customize a category name, card title, or card help in a source language, and use the Bulk Translate option to generate and apply translations in one or more languages. In this example, you enter a category name in English (US) as your source language and select Bulk Translate to translate it into other languages.

In the previous version, you had to translate each field individually. Bulk Translate and AI assistance were not available.

Bulk Translate

Supported Areas

When you edit names for predefined categories in the Configure Latest People Profile tool, the translations popup now shows SAP‑delivered localized titles as read‑only hints for each language available in your system.

In the Configure Translations popup for the category name, each language field now shows the predefined localized title as a hint. If you have already entered a custom translation for a language in the Manage Languages tool, that custom value is shown as a hint and the predefined hint does not overwrite it. This enhancement applies only to predefined categories.

Administrators benefit from improved visibility into predefined translations, making it easier to manage and verify category names for multiple languages directly in the admin tool without switching locales.

In the current version, the Configure Translations popup displays the localized category names as hints for the languages available in your system.

In the previous version, the Configure Translations popup showed empty fields for translations, and administrators could not see predefined category names as hints for all languages.

Renaming Predefined Categories

As an administrator, you can use the check tool to identify and remove Finish Your Profile card data for the latest People Profile.

In Check Tool admin tool, you can now find checks for People Profile in the People Profile application. The Finish Your Profile To-Do card is not applicable when you use the latest People Profile. You can run a check called "Data for Finish Your Profile card on the home page is removed for all users" under the Data Consistency area. This check detects if Finish Your Profile card data remains in your instance after the latest People Profile is enabled. If the check finds obsolete data, you can use the provided Quick Fix to automatically remove all Finish Your Profile card data for all users.

Administrators benefit from this check by easily maintaining data consistency and reducing confusion or unnecessary storage when using the latest People Profile.

Using the Check Tool to Solve Issues

People Profile on the Home Page

Integration Center monitoring with SAP Cloud Application Lifecycle Management (SAP Cloud ALM) is now automatically enabled for your SAP SuccessFactors instance. You no longer need to manually configure the connection between SAP SuccessFactors and SAP Cloud ALM.

As part of this enhancement, we've now transitioned from customer-managed to SAP-managed integrations. The integration is now automatically configured as an application-to-application connection, eliminating the need for manual instance-to-instance setup. The SAP Cloud ALM option is no longer available on the Integration Service Registration page. The integration monitoring logs for business scenarios, such as MDI-based integrations, are automatically sent to SAP Cloud ALM without any action from you. You can view these logs directly in your SAP Cloud ALM dashboard.

The enhancement reduces manual effort and ensures a seamless integration experience for administrators by automating the connection between SAP SuccessFactors and SAP Cloud ALM.

In the current version, the SAP Cloud ALM option is no longer displayed on the Integration Service Registration Center page. Integration monitoring is automatically enabled, and logs are sent to SAP Cloud ALM without manual configuration.

In the previous version, you had to manually register your SAP SuccessFactors tenant with SAP Cloud ALM by using the Integration Service Registration Center page. After registration, you had to activate business scenarios and run integrations to view monitoring logs in your SAP Cloud ALM tenant.

Setup and Administration for SAP Cloud ALM

Change History

You can now filter and sort Growth Portfolio data using Integration Center.

When you initiate an export of Growth Portfolio data using the Integration Center, you can now apply filters to control which data elements are included in your export. You can apply the necessary filters in the Filter and Sort tab when exporting your data.

Also, remember that:

• You can only have five Integration Center jobs with the Multiple Executions Per Day type of schedule in your SAP SuccessFactors instance, and this can't be changed.
• You can schedule multiple job executions per day for Growth Portfolio data export. Each job executes independently at the configured time.

Currently, the Filter and Sort options are available only when you use the latest Growth Portfolio Export Integration Center Definition (.icd) file. Filter and sort is not available when you export the data for other Talent Intelligence Hub entities.

This enhancement enables administrators to export only the data they need while protecting sensitive information, making it easier to share relevant Talent Intelligence Hub data.

You have the Administrator Permissions→Manage Integration Tools→Access to Integration Center role-based permission.

In the current version, you can use the Filter and Sort tab in Integration Center while running your Growth Portfolio data exports.

In the previous version, the Filter and Sort tab was not available while exporting Growth Portfolio data.

Scheduling Multiple Executions Per Day

Filter and Sort

Exporting Entities

Generative AI now supports additional locales for translation, and AI-translated locales can be used in more areas across the SAP SuccessFactors suite.

The following locales have been added to the list of supported locales for AI translation:

• Bengali bn-BD
• Khmer (km-KH)
• Lao (lo-LA)
• Maori (mi-NZ)
• Uzbek (uz-Latn-UZ)

For these locales, you can use generative AI to translate default English labels, review the translations, and enable them for your workforce. Every time the system detects new message keys or updated default English labels, it will automatically run incremental translation to add the new content to all your AI locales.

Support for AI-translated locales has also expanded beyond SAP SuccessFactors HCM Core areas. Users can now select AI-translated locales in SAP SuccessFactors Learning and SAP SuccessFactors Mobile. For Learning, only system base labels are translated, while customer-defined labels are not supported.

To review and manage the AI‑translated labels used in these areas, navigate to the HCM Core, Learning, or Mobile tab on the translation revision page. The fourth tab, Untranslated Items, lists labels that are not translated by default and should be completed by customers when needed.

We’ve optimized the existing approval statuses and introduced new translation statuses, offering clearer visibility into the translation progress of each enabled locale from two distinct perspectives.

Expanded support for AI-translated locales enables organizations to provide more language options while reducing the effort and cost associated with manual translation.

This feature will be rolled out gradually and may take up to a week after the Preview or Production release to become available to all customers.

• You’ve purchased the AI units license. For more information about the AI units license, please contact your Account Executive.

• You have enabled Bulk Translate and Extended AI Locales in Admin Center→AI Services Administration.

• You’ve consented to the AI Usage Acknowledgment Statement.

• You have the Administrator Permissions→Manage System Properties→Text Replacement permission.
• You have the Administrator Permissions→Manage AI Capabilities→AI Services Administration permission.

The Extended AI Locales tab now has columns showing status information for both translation and approval.

Now, extended AI locales are also adopted by Learning and Mobile and you have an Untranslated Items tab to view labels that are not translated by default.

Previously, theExtended AI Locales tab only included a column for approval status.

Previously, extended AI locales were supported only in HCM Core areas.

Extended AI Locales Now Supported in Mobile Apps

Extended AI Locales

Scheduled Job Manager now localizes job execution details provided by the job framework and includes minor message enhancements to those details.

Here are two examples of the enhanced job execution details provided by the job framework:

These improvements give administrators and module owners clearer, more predictable scheduling behavior and diagnostics across supported frameworks, helping reduce troubleshooting time and support cases.

Please note that messages printed directly by modules or third‑party frameworks are outside the job framework’s output and may not be localized.

Monitoring Scheduled Jobs in Admin Center

You can now view and manage all hosted public content from a centralized list view on the Admin Center→Public Content Links page.

On this page, a new document list view displays all hosted public content and serves as the default landing page, providing a comprehensive overview of static content for your company, including key metadata and direct access to each document’s public URL.

With this enhancement, you can:

• View all uploaded documents in a centralized list
• Open the document URL directly from a clickable hyperlink that launches in a new tab
• See document details including Document Name, Uploaded On date, and File Size
• Search documents by full or partial file name or URL
• Delete or replace documents directly from the list, depending on your permissions
• Upload new files using the Upload New File button

The Uploaded On column is sorted by newest first, and File Size column helps you identify document size at a glance. After you upload or replace a document, the system returns you to the document list view with the updated information reflected immediately. When you choose to replace a document from the list, the system opens the replace dialog with the document URL already populated.

We’ve made this enhancement to give administrators greater visibility and control over hosted public content, making it easier to manage files from a single location.

You have the following permissions under Administrator Permissions→Public Content Links:

• Upload: Allows users to upload new content and generate public links.
• Replace: Allows users to replace existing content.
• Delete: Allows users to delete hosted public content.

In the current version, administrators can access a dedicated Public Content Links page that displays a searchable list of all hosted public content. From this list, you can upload, replace, delete, or open documents directly using their public URL.

In the previous version, administrators could upload or replace content only by manually entering a public link, and there was no centralized list view to manage all hosted documents.

Uploading Static Content and Generating a Public Link

Bulk Translate now supports content in rich text editors, and a new Manage Translations tab on the Manage Languages page provides a central place to manage translation tasks or navigate to Bulk Translate–enabled pages.

Rich text editors allow users to format and style their content. Bulk Translate now supports content in rich text editors in addition to text fields.

The new Manage Translations tab provides a central location to work with Bulk Translate. Depending on how Bulk Translate is implemented on a product page, from this tab you can:

• Translate content directly from the tab, for example content on the Configure Latest People Profile page.
• Manage translation requests for massive translation jobs in async mode, for example requests for picklist value translation.
• Navigate to specific product pages, such as Manage Geofences, where Bulk Translate can be used to start translation tasks.

These enhancements expand the range of content supported by Bulk Translate and introduce a central location for managing translation activities. This helps administrators manage translations more efficiently across supported pages.

• You've purchased the AI units license. For more information about AI units license, please contact your Account Executive.
• You've enabled Bulk Translate and Extended AI Locales in Admin Center→AI Services Administration.
• You've consented to the AI Usage Acknowledgment Statement.

• You have the Administrator Permissions Manage AI Capabilities→AI Services Administration permission.
• Users have the User Permissions→AI Access→Bulk Translate permission.

You can now use Bulk Translate to handle content in rich text editors.

The Manage Translations tab is where you track and manage translation activities.

Bulk Translate

The Manage Languages page has been redesigned to consolidate language-related settings and improve clarity in language management workflows.

The following improvements have been introduced:

• Dedicated tab for managing translations

  A new Manage Translations tab provides a central place to translate content, manage translation requests, or navigate to Bulk Translate–enabled pages.

• Consolidated language settings

  The Customization Limits setting, once located under the Built-In Locales tab despite its applicability to both built-in and extended AI locales, has been moved to a new Settings tab. This tab now also includes the flag visibility setting and default language option, which were previously available only in Provisioning.

• Aligned experience for built-in and extended AI locales

  The lists for built-in and extended AI locales have been aligned, with similar columns, available actions, and navigation to the translation editing interface. The translation editing interface for both locale types now has a consistent look and behavior.

These updates enhance the efficiency of language management by consolidating related settings and harmonizing workflows across all locale types. This allows administrators to manage languages, access translation tools, and configure language options through a single, more structured interface.

To use Bulk Translate and other AI-related features, you've fulfilled the following requirements:

• You've purchased the AI units license. For more information about the AI units license, please contact your Account Executive.
• You have enabled Bulk Translate and Extended AI Locales in Admin Center→AI Services Administration.
• You've consented to the AI Usage Acknowledgment Statement.

• You have the Administrator Permissions→Manage System Properties→Text Replacement permission.
• For the AI features, you have the Administrator Permissions→Manage AI Capabilities→AI Services Administration permission.

The new Manage Languages UI has brought together settings and with the Manage Translations tab, gives you a central hub for managing translation tasks.

The legacy UI had no dedicated tabs for settings and translation tasks.

Localization Strategies in SAP SuccessFactors

Modifying UI Text in Manage Languages - Overview

As an administrator, you can now manage super admins for Learning and Platform from a unified access management page using the new Manage Super Admin Access admin tool. Previously, you managed super admins in Manage RBP Admin and Super Admin Access. This admin tool is now split into two admin tools: Manage Super Admin Access and Manage RBP Admin Access. Previously, you could only manage super admins for Platform. Now, you can manage super admins for both Learning and Platform.

Here are the details of the Manage Super Admin Access admin tool:

• Administrators who previously could access the Manage RBP Admin and Super Admin Access tool can now access the Manage Super Admin Access tool.
• The page displays a list of two types of admin users, admin overseers (a high-privilege oversight role) and super admins (a broad-scope administrative role), with their display name, employment assignment ID, admin type, and permissions. You can assign or change admin types for the admin users in the list.

• When you add a super admin or an admin overseer in this tool, you grant them a bundled fixed set of access rights and permissions listed in the table above. For SAP Business Suite customers, super admins are managed in SAP Cloud Identity Services (SCI). In Manage Super Admin Access, super admin information is view-only. You can only manage admin overseers in Manage Super Admin Access.

• If Learning is enabled (application version 1H 2026 or higher) and sealed in your company system, you can also enable all existing super admins with Learning admin access. You can do so by enabling the Grant Manage Learning Admin access to all existing super admins option. Please note that this option to enable all existing Super Admins with Learning access is a one-time action and can't be disabled after activation.

• This enhancement streamlines super admin and admin overseer lifecycle management for administrators, ensuring consistent permission assignment and improved visibility across Learning and Platform. It also supports integration with SAP-managed Identity and Access Management for centralized identity management.

• The system prevents adding existing admins, deleting the last admin, or deleting yourself.
• In rare cases, an admin role displays a warning icon in the Admin Type column. This indicates that some permissions are missing from the admin role. For example, the highlighted super admin doesn't have the Manage Provisioning Access permission. To fix this issue, select the Edit icon to open the edit dialog and save the role.
• We recommend revoking super admin permissions when an employee terminates their employment or leaves the company.
• In addition, you can access audit logs for super admin and admin overseer data through the Viewer for SAP Audit Log service and Audit Log Search API.

Learning Administrator Management

Managing Super Admin Access

Accessing Audit Logs Through SAP Audit Log Service

The previous Manage RBP Admin and Super Admin Access tool is now divided into two separate tools: Manage Super Admin Access and Manage RBP Admin Access. The Manage RBP Admin Access tool has an enhanced interface that provides a better user experience.

Use the Manage RBP Admin Access tool to:

• Add, update, and remove RBP admins.
• Grant View Role, View Group, Edit Role, Edit Group, and Notify this user of RBP Changes access to the RBP admins.
• Configure notification settings for RBP admins using the RBP Notification Settings capability.

This enhancement streamlines the management of RBP admins, making it easier and more secure.

• To access the Manage RBP Admin Access, you need the Manage RBP Admin and Super Admin Access access managed in the Manage Super Admin Access tool.
• In addition, you can access audit logs for RBP admin data through the Viewer for SAP Audit Log service and Audit Log Search API.

Managing RBP Admin Access

Accessing Audit Logs Through SAP Audit Log Service

You can now manage, standardize, and govern skills using a dedicated governance process in the Talent Intelligence Hub.

You can use the Skills Governance feature to review all skills in a dedicated staging area before adding them to the Attributes Library. In the Skills Governance page, the skills are broadly classified under the Inferred and Imported tabs. Once you review the skills and confirm them for use, these skills are added to the Attributes Library.

On the Manage Talent Intelligence Hub→Settings→Manage Skills Governance page, you can view all the data sources that allow skill imports and the data sources that you've registered in the Manage Data Sources page. If you set the Trusted Data Source value as No, then the skills from that data source will appear on the Skills Governance page.

We've built this feature to allow administrators to review and approve the skills before they are added to the Attributes Library.

You've the User Permissions→Growth Portfolio→Attribute→View role-based permission.

In the current version, administrators can access the Skills Governance page to review and standardize skills.

The Skills Governance page shows the imported skills that are ready for administrator's review.

In the previous version, the Skills Governance page was not available.

Skills Governance

Using Skills Governance to Standardize and Publish Skills

The Instance Refresh Tool now includes validation for user data synchronization against the Employee Sync Through Integration Center Job.

The Instance Refresh Tool (IRT) has been enhanced to validate user data synchronization by selecting the Employee Sync Through Integration Center Job. Administrators can configure either an Integration Center job or an Employee Export job to be executed as part of Instance Refresh post-processing. If neither job is configured, the validation continues to fail.

The enhancement prevents field‑level validation errors by ensuring that the job and version names match, enabling administrators to verify user synchronization more accurately and maintain consistent data during instance refreshes.

In the current version, the Instance Refresh Tool validates user data synchronization by choosing the Employee Sync Through Integration Center Job checkbox, ensuring either an Integration Center job or a user sync job is configured.

In the previous version, instance refreshes supported user synchronization between SAP SuccessFactors HCM suite and SAP SuccessFactors Learning only through the Employee Export Job. This meant that customers were required to use this job even if they relied on the Integration Center job for their processes.

Monitoring Instance Refresh Status

As an administrator, you now have separate permissions for creating or editing configuration bundles and for transporting them. This helps you assign bundle preparation and transport activities to different roles as required.

Administrators can now have separate permissions for managing transport bundles. We have updated the existing Access to create configuration bundles permission as Access to create or edit configuration bundles. You can see the following new permissions for a selected admin role:

• Access to create or edit configuration bundles: Enables administrators to create configuration bundles. Administrators with this permission can also view export failure reports, validation reports, import reports, and import history, and perform all actions available to users with view and download access. Transport‑related options such as Initiate Transport, Validate, Import, and Promote are not available.
• Access to Initiate Transport of configuration bundles: Enables administrators to initiate a transport on the source tenant and perform validation, import, and promotion steps on the target tenant. Administrators with this permission can perform all available actions across the Configuration Transport Center, including viewing and downloading configurations and accessing all reports.

This enhancement is derived from the Customer Influence Idea 339319. The enhancement provides administrators with more granular control over transport bundle management, ensuring that permissions are aligned with specific roles and responsibilities. This change improves security and operational efficiency by clearly defining access levels.

You've enabled the administrator permissions Access to create or edit configuration bundles and Access to Initiate Transport of configuration bundles from Admin Center→Manage Permission Roles→Configuration Transport Center to create and edit transport bundles and to initiate the transport of configuration bundles.

In the current version, administrators have separate permissions for creating or editing transport bundles and for initiating the transport of configuration bundles, with distinct actions available based on their assigned permissions.

In the previous version, Configuration Transport Center used a single permission that allowed administrators to create, edit, and transport configuration bundles.

Validating the Configurations Received by a Tenant Using Configuration Transport Center

Prerequisites for Using Configuration Transport Center

Importing Configurations to Your Tenant Using Configuration Transport Center

We've introduced a new option in Instance Management page that allows administrators to create and manage data‑anonymization templates directly from the Data Anonymization page. Administrators can select specific fields and apply preferred anonymization methods at the field level, providing a flexible alternative to the existing selective Data Anonymization process during instance refreshes.

The Data Anonymization feature is accessible from the Instance Management page, where administrators can create, view, and manage anonymization requests. The Data Anonymization tab is visible to users with the Manage Instance Refresh permission. Upon selection, administrators are navigated to the Data Anonymization Requests management page, where they can create new requests through a guided wizard. The wizard displays all modules that are enabled in the SAP SuccessFactors instance. Each module expands to show the list of supported entities along with their available fields. At the field level, the wizard provides multiple data‑anonymization methods that you can apply as required.

This enhancement improves the user experience by enabling more granular, field‑level customization for data anonymization. It reduces the risk of errors and supports the use of consistent, reusable anonymization templates, thus helping administrators work efficiently while maintaining higher data quality.

Ensure that the Data Anonymization feature is enabled on the source tenant of your SAP SuccessFactors instance. You must open a ticket or incident (using the component LOD-SF-PLT-IRT) requesting to enable data anonymization option in your instance. For further assistance, contact Technical Support. In case of manual refresh requests, administrators must create a data anonymization template and provide the template ID.

You've enabled the Manage Instance Refresh permission to access and manage Data Anonymization requests.

In the current version, administrators can access the Data Anonymization feature from the Instance Refresh overview page, create new requests through a wizard, and manage existing requests with options to edit, delete, and link them to instance refresh requests.

We have now introduced a Data Anonymization tab within the Instance Managementpage. This allows administrators to:

• Create and save multiple anonymization configurations directly within the UI.
• Select from the pre-defined configurations during the Instance Refresh setup.
• Maintain the legacy CSV process as an alternative, as this new feature is currently an opt-in feature.

Previously, data anonymization required users to download, edit, and re-upload a CSV file during the instance refresh process.

Data Anonymization

The Release Center streamlines your 1H and 2H release management process because its tenant aware, offers collaboration tools, and has built-in leading practice workflows.

The Release Center provides a personalized view of changes in major releases (1H and 2H releases). It automatically filters the What's New Viewer content based on your tenant's configuration and gives you tools to collaborate with other administrators in your company.

Every six months, SAP SuccessFactors releases new features, enhancements, and capabilities that drive your HR practice forward. Change comes at a cost, however, and we know it. You have six weeks to understand, adopt, and test everything in the package. It's a lot to manage in a short time. Release Center is here to help.

Release Center is available for all administrators who have the required role-based permissions.

The 1H 2026 version of Release Center has restrictions:

• The Release Center is only available in English at this time. Some parts of the UI, because they're common components, can appear in your local language, but in general, it's only in U.S. English.
• The Release Center doesn't visually indicate updates to articles when it gets new information from the SAP Help Portal. You can subscribe to the What's New Viewer to receive notifications of updates and a link to the list on the SAP Help Portal with the visual indication. You can also use the SAP Help Portal to filter by revision.
• The Release Center contains only the current release because it isn't intended to be an archive. Instead, it helps you manage the current release.
• When you open the Release Center, it's filtered to the list of articles that we think would interest you, based on your configuration. The filtering is our best guess to the list that interests you, but we recommend that you also explore the list on your own.
• The Release Center isn't self-contained at this time. Sometimes you must leave to go to the What's New Viewer for more information.

• To access and use the Release Impact Center, you must grant Release Center Access Release Center.

• To assign features to other administrators and update overall title status, you must grant Release Center Assign Users to Articles.

• The background job that loads the What's New content into Release Center requires you to select Release Center Object Permissions, even if you don't want to set object-level permissions.