Introducing SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Core

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to describe the key functionalities of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Core.

Introduction to SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Core Academy

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Core Academy Introduction Video

Watch the video to get started on SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Core Academy.

Downloading the course files

Please download the course files. You will be asked to use these files in various exercises throughout the course.

Employee Central basics

Employee Central is the HR information system of SAP SuccessFactors Suite. It provides a reliable, consistent system of record for global companies and helps enhance the overall experience for highly diverse mobile employees. It makes tasks less manual for employees, managers, and HR, giving them the tools to automate time-consuming tasks.

Watch the video to learn how to engage employees with self-service tools in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central.

Employee Central vs Employee Profile

The SAP SuccessFactors Platform (THR80 Academy) provided you the basics of the Employee Profile elements. Before diving to Employee Central concepts, here is a brief overview of the differences between Employee Central and the Employee Profile.

Comparison between Employee Central and Employee Profile

	Employee Central	Employee Profile
What does it do?	Drives all core HR administration, transactions and processes.	Drives all Talent and Learning processes.
Is it effective-dated?	Yes	No, it is a snapshot data.
What is it based on?	Person and employment records	Employment records based on User Id.
Where does the data come from?	Data from imports and manual entry including self-service transactions.	When EC is enabled, data synchronized from EC plus data derived from talent processes. Without EC, a subset of employee data imported from external HRIS plus data derived from talent processes.
Is multiple employment allowed?	Yes	Yes
What data models are used?	Succession and Country-Specific Succession Data Model (HRIS Elements), Corporate and Country-Specific Corporate Data Model	Succession Data Model

Key Features of EC Core

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Core features allow for an easy-to-configure Organization, Job, and Pay structure, customize Employee Data elements, and provide for Event and Event Reasons to track what is happening throughout the employee lifecycle. You can automate a workflow for each event reason to standardize the approval process. The system includes robust tools for data import, mass changes, and rule management.

Key Features

Features	Descriptions
Effective-dated transactions	Process future-dated and /or retroactive HR transactions, report using effective dates.
Self-Service	Users can access and update information for which they have permissions.
Track employee status, transfers, or any specific changes	Track and maintain data pertaining to employee status and reasons for employment changes from hiring to terminations using event reasons.
Workflow automation	Automate workflows and track transactions through the lifecycle from initiation to execution, including triggering, routing, and historical tracking.
Mass Changes	Change job information and/or job relationships for any user-defined selection of employees to efficiently execute organizational changes or manager reassignments affecting large numbers of employees.
Alerts and Notifications	Set up To-Do alerts and email notifications to be sent when a certain period approaches its end to remind the user to take action.
Country-specific Information	Allows for country-specific data structure.

Summary:

Here are the key takeaways from the lesson summarized in a short bulleted list:

Employee Central is SAP SuccessFactors' HR information system, automating tasks for employees, managers, and HR.
Employee Central handles core HR tasks and is effective-dated, while Employee Profile manages talent processes and is not effective-dated.
Key features of EC include: effective-dated transactions, self-service, employee tracking, workflow automation, and mass changes and country-specific information.

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