SAP Success Factors Employee Central

Luke Marson is a leader, architect, principal consultant, and globally recognized expert for SAP SuccessFactors solutions and is a certified professional in Employee Central. He is the founder and CEO of the North American office of iXerv, a global SAP SuccessFactors consulting partner that focuses on SAP SuccessFactors HCM suite implementations and Employee Central in particular.Luke has delivered more than 40 projects in multiple countries across North and Central America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia to organizations of various sizes (up to 240,000 employees) and types in different industries and sectors, including oil and gas, defense, retail, manufacturing, the public sector, telecommunications, and media.In addition to being an author or coauthor of four SAP PRESS books, a speaker, and a go-to expert on HCM and SAP SuccessFactors topics, Luke is an SAP Mentor alumni, an Americas SAP Users' Group (ASUG) volunteer, and an active contributor to the SAP Community Network (SCN). Murali Mazhavanchery is the senior director of product management for Employee Central, and has more than 17 years of HRIS project management and product management experience. Rebecca Murray is a certified Employee Central professional and consultant. She is also an Employee Central trainer and SME for SAP Education.

Foreword
Introduction
Business Drivers for HR in the Cloud
SAP SuccessFactors Strategy and Roadmap
Licensing and Release Cycle
Summary
Part I: Foundations
Employee Central Basics
Globalization and Localization
Data Models
Admin Center
Employee Central Settings
Foundation Objects
Person, Worker, and Users
Employee Interface, Information, and Maintenance
Transactions and Self-Services
Event, Event Reasons, and Workflows
Extensibility
Business Configuration UI
HRIS Sync
Reporting
Deployment Models for SAP Customers
Summary
Implementation Steps and Considerations
Implementation Considerations
Setting Up Employee Central
Post-Implementation and Ongoing Administration
Implementation Resources
Summary
Role-Based Permissions
Overview
Scenarios for Creating Roles
Creating Groups and Roles
Permissions
Summary
Events and Workflows
Employee Status
Events and Event Reasons
Workflows
Summary
Extensibility
Metadata Framework (MDF)
Extension Center
Using Extension Center
Creating Extensions in Extension Center
Maintaining Extension Data
SAP Cloud Platform
Summary
Business Rules
How Business Rules Work
Creating a Business Rule
Offcycle Event Batches
Business Rule Execution Log
Summary
Foundation Objects
Basics
Categories
Associations and Propagation
Configuration
Creating Foundation Object Data
Extending Foundation Objects
Summary
Data Imports and Data Migration
Importing Data
Exporting Data
Mass Deleting Generic Object Data via Import
Permissioning Imports and Exports
Data Migration from SAP ERP HCM
Summary
Part II: Features and Functionality
Position Management
Implicit Position Management
Positions Overview
Setting Up Position Management
Position Management in Other SAP SuccessFactors Applications
Company Structure Overview
Summary
Employee Data
Views
History and Audit Trail
Self-Services
Transactions
Configuration
Summary
Payments
Compensation Information
Pay Scale Structure
Location-Based Payments
Advances
Deductions
Summary
Time Management
Time Management Overview
Payroll Time Sheet
Time Off
Summary
Benefits
Global Benefits
Configuration
Using Global Benefits
Country-Specific Benefits
US-Specific Benefits
Summary
Multiple Employments
Basic Concepts
Global Assignments
Concurrent Employment
Pension Payouts
Summary
Contingent Workforce Management
Configuration
Viewing a Contingent Worker
SAP Fieldglass Integration
Summary
Mass Changes
Employee Data Mass Changes
Performing Mass Changes
Using Manage Mass Changes
Summary
Employee Central Payroll
Overview
Processes
Access
Self-Service Transactions
Payroll Control Center
Summary
Document Generation
Creating a Document Template
Creating Email Settings for a Document Template
Mapping Fields
Generating a Document
Summary
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Service Center
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Service Center Architecture
Ask HR
Enabling SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Service Center
Implementation Best Practices
Summary
Reporting
Report Components and Methods
Ad Hoc Reporting
Online Report Designer
Operational Data Store
Employee Central Advanced Reporting
Creating Reports
Scheduling Reports
The Report Center
Summary
Mobile
Enabling Features
Activation and Deactivation
Managing Mobile Devices
Using SAP SuccessFactors Mobile
Summary
Part III: Integration
Integration Basics
Integration Overview
Adapters
APIs
Standard Integration Templates
Employee Delta Export
Summary
Integrating Employee Central with Other Applications
Packaged Integrations with SAP
Packaged Integrations with Third-Party Solutions
Summary
Integrating Employee Central with SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
User Data File
SAP SuccessFactors Compensation and Variable Pay
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management
SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding
SAP SuccessFactors Succession Planning
Job Profile Builder
Employee Central Payroll Integration
Summary
Integration Center
Integration Center Basics
Using the Integration Catalog
Creating a Custom Outbound Integration
Monitoring Integrations
Security Information
Summary
Intelligent Services
What Is Intelligent Services?
How Does Intelligent Services Work?
Intelligent Services Center
Creating Custom Subscribers
Monitoring Events
Reporting
Standard-Delivered Events
Summary
Appendices
Conclusion
The Authors
Index