SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Technical and Functional Specifications

This specifications document describes key features and functionalities of SAP SuccessFactors Employee
Central.
Key Features and Functionalities:
HR Transactions
New Hires and Onboarding
Changes and Transfers
Position Management
Time Off
Payroll Time Sheets
Reporting, Compliance and Auditing
Integration & Extensibility
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HR Transactions
Table 1: HR Transactions Key Features and Descriptions
Key Features

Description

Organizational Chart

Provides an intuitive way for HR professionals, managers and

employees to navigate through the organization, understand
department structure and reporting relationships. Drilldown
capabilities enable users to learn more about individuals
within the organization.

Effective-Dated Transactions

Process future-dated and /or retroactive HR transactions, re

port using effective dates and predefined periods in time, and
provide effective-dated transactions with full history for em
ployee records and valid table values.

Employee Self-Service

Employees can update information and run actions such as

advances and deductions. They can update personal data (ad
dress, name, emergency contacts, marital status, interests,
career interests, etc.) update bank information, and access
preintegrated payroll and benefits portals to make or change
benefit elections, contributions and tax withholdings.

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Manager Self-Service

Managers can access employee information for which they

have security rights. View personal information, employment
history, salary history, training history, performance history,
education information, professional awards, languages, profi
ciencies, external work history, and more. An intuitive inter
face allows managers to initiate and execute many types of
changes for anyone on their team: promotion, relocation, ter
mination, bonus, salary change, etc.

Workflow Automation

Automate workflow and track a transaction through its lifecy

cle from inception to execution, including approvals, routing
and historical tracking. Create and manage as many levels of
approvals as needed for selected transactions.

Notifications

Automated notifications of status changes, compliance, new

hires, terminations, etc., for HR professionals, managers and
employees for which they have security rights

Mass Changes

Change job information and/or job relationships for any userdefined selection of employees to efficiently execute organiza
tional changes or manager reassignments affecting large
numbers of employees.

New Hires and Onboarding

Table 2: New Hires and Onboarding Key Features and Descriptions
Key Features

Description

Recruiting Integration

Pull new hire information directly from SAP SuccessFactors

Recruiting Management, removing the need to re-enter data
between employment stages.

Basic Worker Information

Track work demographics such as: position/job info, supervi

sor/manager, function, location, business unit and division,
department, work location/mailstop, legal entity, cost center/
general ledger code, gender, nationality/ethnicity (where le
gally permitted) marital status, date of birth, National ID num
ber, Social Security number, allowances, emergency contacts,
province, etc.

Employee Type

Capture and update employee type: regular, full-time, parttime, contractor, consultant, contingent, co-op or student
hire.

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Immigration and Citizenship Information

Capture information like visa/green card expiration dates, na

tionalities, passport number/place of issue and languages
spoken.

Capture & Validate SSN or Other Unique Identifier (SIN)

Capture and validate social security numbers (SSN) or other

unique identifier to help ensure that there are no duplicates.

Employee History

Track employee history, including company, industry, and

skills/experience.

Country-specific Information

Country-specific information is included for all employees, in

cluding country of residency, and country of work location, if
different.

Onboarding

Process new hires efficiently, including connecting new hires

with the right people and relevant information, required forms
and task management.

Changes and Transfers

Table 3: Changes and Transfers Key Features and Descriptions
Key Features

Description

Track Employee Status

Track whether employees are active, on leave or terminated.

Track Employee Transfer Information

Track employee transfer information, including reason for

transfer, transfer date, transfer to and from departments,
transfer from one company to another, and transfer supervi
sor.

Track Specific Change or Transfer Dates

For each employee, track dates of hire, rehire, seniority, ad

justed service, anniversary, effectiveness of union code, trans
fer, termination, retirement, and promotion.

Leave of Absence

Track dates and information pertaining to employee leave of

absence and return.

Global Expatriate Assignments

Support transfers between countries. Includes the ability to

have different employee arrangements between the same
countries.

Promotions and Demotions

Track & maintain data pertaining to promotions & demotions,

including grade change, title change, transfer, responsibility
change, cost center change, and step progression.

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Terminations

Initiate termination, and track all relevant data, including ter

mination dates (termination effective date, last day worked,
pay through date, next pay date, etc.) termination reasons, re
hire eligibility status, severance, and customizable term
checklists.

Position Management
Table 4: Position Management Key Features and Description
Key Features

Description

Position-Driven Succession Management

Relationship between incumbents and successors is estab

lished through a position hierarchy that supports planning for
succession of a vacant position as well as nominating a To Be
Hired person as a successor to an incumbent.*

Position-Driven Recruiting

A job requisition may be initiated from the position organiza

tion chart. Customer configurable rules use position data to
determine the appropriate requisition approvals and applica
tion processes. At the end of the recruiting process, Recruit
ing Management sends the job, application and offer data into
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ing, and the candidate-to-employee conversion preserves the
candidates profile data and historical application informa
tion.**

Create Positions, Store and Track Related Information

Create one or more positions online with appropriate controls.

Store & track position category (regular, part-time, season, in
terns, confidential), job description, job title, grade, business
unit, division, department., supervisor name, name of previ
ous employee in that position, and name of incumbent em
ployee.

Track and Maintain Position Reporting Relationships

Track and maintain a position-based organizational structure.

Manage how a position type report to another. Easily reclas
sify positions and reporting relationships within position con
trol tables.

Position Vacancy Tracking

Track and maintain open positions and vacancies easily in the

position-based organizational structure.

Track Status/Events

Track status & events associated with a position.

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Validate Job Codes and Job Descriptions for Positions

Validate job codes and job descriptions for positions; for ex

ample, a position must be submitted with a valid job code and
description.

* Please note: Succession Management is sold separately as part of SAP SuccessFactors Succession and Career
Development product.
** Please note: Recruiting Management is sold separately as part of SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management
product.

Time Off
Table 5: Time Off Key Features and Descriptions
Key Features

Description

Holiday Calendar and Work Schedules

Define the days and times your employees will work.

Absence Management

Allow your employees to request different types of absences

by using their mobile device or desktop. Define time types for
absences such as vacation and sick leave, but also for longterm absences such as maternity leave, which might cause an
employee status change. Implement validation rules to carry
out specific checks while absence requests are being entered
by the employee. Use custom fields if additional information
should be entered as part of an absence request.

Time Accounts

Track absences against balances on time accounts. Create

new entitlements or regular accruals based on rules for time
accounts and make them available to employees. Define pe
riod end processing rules to close time accounts and carry
over balances. Enable HR Administrators to view employee
time account balances to make changes or request absences
on behalf of others.

Workflows

Approve or decline absence requests. Use alerts and notifica

tions to inform an employee if somebody has entered an ab
sence request on their behalf.

Reporting

Use standard reports to gain information on employee absen

ces or time account balances

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Payroll Time Sheets

Table 6: Payroll Time Sheets Key Features and Descriptions
Key Features

Description

Time Recording

Allows employees to record their working time or any other at

tendance time. Create your own time types, such as working
time, administration, or travel time, to differentiate among
various attendance types.

Overtime Calculation

Define flexible daily or weekly overtime calculation rules. Set

up overtime thresholds (for example, 10 hours per day), or
sum of planned times per week. Choose which absence types
shall be incorporated into the overtime calculation and which
will not. Define if public holidays shall be incorporated or not.

Pay Type Generation

Set up rules to generate pay types for base hours, paid absen
ces, public holidays, and overtime hours.

Cost Center allocation

Allow your employees to record times to different cost cen

ters. For all pay types that are generated based on this time
recording (base pay, overtime pay, etc.), a cost center split is
performed.

Approval

Approval workflows can be configured for time sheets. If an

approval workflow is set up, approvers can approve or decline
the time sheet.

Reporting

Standard reports allow reporting on hours recorded, unap

proved timesheets, and generated pay types.

Reporting, Compliance and Auditing

Table 7: Reporting, Compliance and Auditing Key Features and Descriptions
Key Features

Description

Standard Reports

Generate any number of standard reports (data audit, out-ofthe-box HR reports, turnover reports, executive dashboards,
etc.), run them on the fly or on a predefined schedule, and
generate them in local languages.

Online Report Designer

All fields in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central can be re

ported on. Use the online report designer to build customized
reports.

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Shareable Reports

Publish reports to any number of constituents based on se

curity access rights.

As-of-Date Reporting

Run reports based on data beginning on a specified date.

Date Range Reporting

Run reports based on data within a specified date range.

Audit Reports

Run various audit reports including, audits of inactive users,

audits of unauthorized user attempts, and security reports of
users' capabilities by function.

Audit Compliance

Includes audit tracking and reporting to support audit stand

ards, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and compliance with other
government regulations.

Audit Trails

View audit trails of current changes being made in a compre

hensive report, including when data is updated as a result of
interface/integration with another application.

Compliance

Supports statutory and regulatory compliance through locali

zation by delivering country-specific functionality.

Integration & Extensibility

Table 8: Integration & Extensibility Key Features and Descriptions
Key Features

Description

Prepackaged SAP ERP Integrations

SAP develops, supports, and maintains prebuilt, configurable

end-to-end integration processes for SAP ERP HCM and SAP
ERP FIN. These integrations comprise add-ons for SAP ERP
and middleware content for Dell Boomi (operated by SAP).
Some effort may be required to tailor the processes of a spe
cific customer. See implementation handbooks for detailed
scope description: http://help.sap.com/hr_ec/.

Prepackaged Templates

Template connectors for 3rd party benefits, time, payroll, fi

nance, and travel, applications. Encapsulates HR-XML stand
ards and best practice knowledge of integration patterns in
each of these categories. Helps expedite implementation and
saves time and money for customers. Prepackaged template
integrations are maintained by the customer.

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APIs

Use APIs to build custom integrations on SAP HANA Cloud In

tegration technology and custom extensions on SAP HANA
Cloud Platform. Custom integrations and extensions are
maintained by the customer.

Metadata Framework

Create custom objects and functionality in SAP SuccessFac

tors Employee Central as required. Define objects, fields, be
havior, and the look and feel of the application through a webbased user interface, without coding. Create business rules to
implement custom logic.

SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central customers seeking control of a managing their payroll with the flexibility of
a cloud solution can now have both through SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll. Leverage the expertise
from SAPs leading global payroll engine to handle complex payroll processes, help ensure compliance, and
address considerations like collective bargaining agreements and reporting. SuccessFactors Employee Central
Payroll is a cloud solution that integrates with payroll BPO services such as ADP and NorthgateArinso. It is
currently localized to support 30 countries.
Table 9: SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll Key Features and Description
Key Features

Description

Receive Employee Time, Commission, and Expense Data

Provides key inputs to calculate gross pay that vary by payroll

cycle.

Calculate Gross Pay

Gross pay is calculated based on the number of hours worked,

pay rate, and other inputs such as commission, overtime pay
and other one-time payments and overrides.

Received Deductions

Benefits and other vendors provide the deductions to be

made from the employee's gross pay.

Collect and Process Garnishments

Record any court-ordered deductions.

Calculate Net Pay

Calculate the net amount that employees will receive after de

ducting tax, other deductions and garnishments.

Process Checks and Bank Transfers

After net pay is calculated, checks are printed and mailed, or

the amount deposited in the employee's bank account.

Off-Cycle Pay Processing

Allows for special one-time pay processes, such as bonus pay

ments and termination payouts.

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General Ledger Posting

After the conclusion of a payroll run, the results can be trans

ferred and posted to the applicable customer financial sys
tem.

Taxes and Remittance Processing

Taxes, other deductions and garnishments may be remitted

to the recipients within the specified time.

Year-End Processing

Generate documents that are provided to employees as well

as regulatory authorities at the end of the year.

Disclaimer
SAP retains the right to change, at any time in its sole discretion, the Cloud Service (without materially
diminishing the Cloud Service's functionality during a subscription term), this specification sheet, and/or the
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SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Technical and Functional Specifications