Ready for SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central? First, master the Employee Central workforce admin functionality for hiring, time sheets, benefits, payments, and termination. Next, learn to configure permissions, implement mass changes, and set up workflows, company structures, and business rules. Finally, explore integration with SAP and third-party applications to get the most out of your HR setup. From implementation to operations, this Employee Central book has it all!Highlights include: 1) Time sheets 2) Benefits management3) Payment4) Time management5) Workforce management6) Mass changes7) Implementation and integration8) Reporting9) Data import and migration10) SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite11) Intelligent services

Luke Marson is an HR transformation leader and globally recognized expert in SAP SuccessFactors human experience management suite solutions. Luke is the author of several SAP PRESS books and hundreds of blogs and articles on SAP SuccessFactors solutions, as well as an author and speaker on a wide range of HR technology topics. He is part of the SAP SuccessFactors Influencer program and works closely with SAP on various initiatives.

... Business Drivers for HR in the Cloud ... 27 ... SAP SuccessFactors Strategy and Roadmap ... 28 ... Licensing and Release Cycle ... 29 ... Summary ... 30 1.1 ... Benefits of Employee Central ... 33 1.2 ... People Profile ... 36 1.3 ... Position Management ... 39 1.4 ... Workflows ... 40 1.5 ... Other Capabilities ... 41 1.6 ... Foundation Objects ... 43 1.7 ... Summary ... 46 2.1 ... Deployment Models ... 47 2.2 ... Implementation Considerations ... 50 2.3 ... Setting Up Employee Central ... 60 2.4 ... Post-Implementation and Ongoing Administration ... 66 2.5 ... Implementation Resources ... 68 2.6 ... Summary ... 72 3.1 ... Overview ... 73 3.2 ... Scenarios for Creating Roles ... 76 3.3 ... Creating Groups and Roles ... 77 3.4 ... Permissions ... 83 3.5 ... Summary ... 95 4.1 ... Employee Status ... 97 4.2 ... Events and Event Reasons ... 99 4.3 ... Workflows ... 109 4.4 ... Summary ... 153 5.1 ... Metadata Framework ... 156 5.2 ... Extension Center ... 158 5.3 ... Creating Extensions in Extension Center ... 163 5.4 ... Maintaining Extension Data ... 187 5.5 ... SAP Business Technology Platform ... 188 5.6 ... Summary ... 190 6.1 ... How Business Rules Work ... 192 6.2 ... Managing Business Rules ... 204 6.3 ... Creating a Business Rule ... 207 6.4 ... Off Cycle Event Batch ... 213 6.5 ... Business Rule Execution Log ... 217 6.6 ... Summary ... 218 7.1 ... Basics ... 219 7.2 ... Categories ... 222 7.3 ... Associations and Propagation ... 228 7.4 ... Configuration ... 231 7.5 ... Creating Foundation Object Data ... 238 7.6 ... Extending Foundation Objects ... 245 7.7 ... Company Structure Overview ... 246 7.8 ... Summary ... 249 8.1 ... Importing Data ... 252 8.2 ... Exporting Data ... 285 8.3 ... Mass Deleting Generic Object Data via Import ... 287 8.4 ... Permissioning Imports and Exports ... 288 8.5 ... Data Migration from SAP ERP Human Capital Management ... 291 8.6 ... Summary ... 292 9.1 ... Implicit Position Management ... 296 9.2 ... Positions Overview ... 297 9.3 ... Setting Up Position Management ... 304 9.4 ... Position Management in Other SAP SuccessFactors Applications ... 313 9.5 ... Company Structure Overview ... 314 9.6 ... Summary ... 317 10.1 ... Views ... 319 10.2 ... History and Audit Trail ... 339 10.3 ... Self-Services ... 342 10.4 ... Transactions ... 347 10.5 ... Configuration ... 351 10.6 ... Summary ... 357 11.1 ... Compensation Information ... 359 11.2 ... Pay Scale Structure ... 360 11.3 ... Location-Based Payments ... 364 11.4 ... Advances ... 365 11.5 ... Deductions ... 375 11.6 ... Alternative Cost Distribution ... 381 11.7 ... Summary ... 384 12.1 ... Time Management Overview ... 385 12.2 ... Time Off ... 391 12.3 ... Summary ... 405 13.1 ... Global Benefits ... 407 13.2 ... Configuration ... 408 13.3 ... Using Global Benefits ... 410 13.4 ... Country-Specific Benefits ... 414 13.5 ... US-Specific Benefits ... 416 13.6 ... Summary ... 418 14.1 ... Basic Concepts ... 419 14.2 ... Global Assignments ... 420 14.3 ... Concurrent Employment ... 431 14.4 ... Higher Duty or Temporary Assignments ... 437 14.5 ... Using SAP SuccessFactors with Additional Employments ... 448 14.6 ... Summary ... 453 15.1 ... Fundamentals of Contingent Workforce Management ... 456 15.2 ... Configuration ... 457 15.3 ... Contingent Workforce Permissions ... 461 15.4 ... Maintaining Contingent Workers ... 462 15.5 ... Viewing a Contingent Worker ... 464 15.6 ... SAP Fieldglass Integration ... 465 15.7 ... Summary ... 467 16.1 ... Types of Mass Changes ... 469 16.2 ... Employment Data Mass Changes ... 470 16.3 ... Compensation Mass Changes ... 477 16.4 ... Position Mass Changes ... 479 16.5 ... Summary ... 483 17.1 ... Apprentice Management Setup ... 485 17.2 ... Working with Apprentice Management ... 487 17.3 ... Apprentice Reporting ... 492 17.4 ... Summary ... 492 18.1 ... Creating a Document Template ... 494 18.2 ... Creating Email Settings for a Document Template ... 496 18.3 ... Mapping Fields ... 498 18.4 ... Generating a Document ... 501 18.5 ... Summary ... 506 19.1 ... The Current Status of Reporting ... 507 19.2 ... Report Center ... 508 19.3 ... Stories in SAP SuccessFactors People Analytics ... 509 19.4 ... Legacy Reporting Tools ... 518 19.5 ... Ad Hoc Reporting ... 521 19.6 ... Online Report Designer ... 522 19.7 ... Employee Central Advanced Reporting ... 526 19.8 ... Creating Reports ... 529 19.9 ... Scheduling Reports ... 536 19.10 ... Summary ... 538 20.1 ... Enabling Features ... 540 20.2 ... Activation and Deactivation ... 542 20.3 ... Managing Mobile Devices ... 543 20.4 ... Using SAP SuccessFactors Mobile ... 545 20.5 ... Summary ... 554 21.1 ... SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking ... 555 21.2 ... SAP Work Zone for HR ... 559 21.3 ... Employee Central Payroll ... 560 21.4 ... SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Service Center ... 567 21.5 ... Summary ... 573 22.1 ... Integration Overview ... 578 22.2 ... Adapters ... 583 22.3 ... Application Programming Interfaces ... 584 22.4 ... Standard Integration Templates ... 588 22.5 ... Employee Delta Export ... 590 22.6 ... Summary ... 591 23.1 ... Packaged Integrations with SAP ... 594 23.2 ... Packaged Integrations with Third-Party Solutions ... 633 23.3 ... Summary ... 644 24.1 ... User Data File ... 645 24.2 ... SAP SuccessFactors Compensation and Variable Pay ... 648 24.3 ... SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting ... 650 24.4 ... SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding ... 651 24.5 ... SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development ... 652 24.6 ... Job Profile Builder ... 652 24.7 ... Employee Central Payroll ... 652 24.8 ... Summary ... 653 25.1 ... Integration Center Basics ... 655 25.2 ... Using the Integration Catalog ... 659 25.3 ... Creating a Custom Outbound Integration ... 661 25.4 ... Monitoring Integrations ... 668 25.5 ... Security Information ... 671 25.6 ... Summary ... 672 26.1 ... What Is Intelligent Services? ... 673 26.2 ... How Does Intelligent Services Work? ... 675 26.3 ... Intelligent Services Center ... 677 26.4 ... Creating Custom Subscribers ... 679 26.5 ... Monitoring Events ... 681 26.6 ... Summary ... 683 ... Recap ... 686 ... Further Resources ... 686 ... Summary ... 693