What is new with SAP ECM (Enterprise Compensation Management) in EHP5






Ramp-Up of SAP Enhancement Package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 is planned to start in July 2010.

SAP Enhancement Package 5 (EHP5) is scheduled to be available for ramp up customers in July, 2010 and there are a lot of benefits for taking part in the program with the most obvious being the ability to use the latest and greatest that SAP has to offer.
Enclosed is a high level description of some of the key items tentatively planned for SAP Enhancement Package 5 (EHP5) for Enterprise Compensation Management (ECM) SAP HCM:
Enhancements for compensation specialist
-Process Types and Process Support
-Employee-based Budgeting
-Power User Access
Enhancements for (higher-level) managers
-New Web Dynpro ABAP user interface and functionality to enhance planning and approval process
-Flexible Compensation Planning

  • Configuration of tabs (e.g., All tab)

  • Dependent plans

  • Enterable custom columns

  • Download to Microsoft Excel

  • Planning Overview
-Employee Compensation Profile
-Compensation Statements
-Global Employment
-Notifications
It is important to note that Enterprise Compensation Management (ECM) got the following new enhancements with enhancment package 4 (EHP4) released last year.
Enhancements for compensation specialist
-Additional new reports

  • Prepare Organizational Units for Compensation Planning

  • Notify Managers

  • Display Compensation Planning Progress

  • Display Compensation Planning Changes

  • Summarize Compensation Planning Changes

  • Adjust Compensation Process Records

  • Delete Compensation Planning History Data
-Flexibility to determine employee currency via IT 0001, IT 0008, or customer IT via BAdI
-Rounding rule
-Feature Compensation Eligibility Grouping (CELGP) and feature Compensation Guideline Grouping (CGDGP) enhancements
-Mass changes for guideline matrix values
Enhancements for (higher-level) managers
-Planning Overview
-Notifications
Enhanced Integration with Performance Management
- Appraisal results can be displayed as text as well as links to employee appraisal documents
Customers that have not looked at SAP’s Enterprise Compensation Management functionality in the last year are in for some big surprises as there have many well received additions and the product is a great fit for SAP HCM customers.

What's new with SAP EIC (Employee Interaction Center) in EHP5





Ramp-Up of SAP Enhancement Package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 is planned to start in July 2010.
SAP Enhancement Package 5 (EHP5) is scheduled to be available for ramp up customers in July, 2010 and there are a lot of benefits for taking part in the program with the most obvious being the ability to use the latest and greatest that SAP has to offer.


Here is a high level description of some of the key items tentatively planned for EHP5 for EIC:
Integration with self-services
-ESS authentication services
-“On-behalf” function in CRM based EIC to call ESS scenarios
Employee Identification and Authentication
- Search for SSN
-Additional security Authentication questions.
-ESS authentication self-service.
HCM Processes and Forms Integration
-The ability to launch an HR process from the CRM EIC and link to the service request
Authorization
-The ability to restrict data access and limit actions for different Agent roles and responsibilities.
Survey Enhancements
-The CRM survey is linked to the EIC service requests and the corresponding mail form, which contains the survey link, is enhanced to include additional fields.
EIC Reporting
-HCM relevant data fields are enabled for CRM BI queries.
It is important to note that most of these items are already contained in the ERP version of the Employee Interaction Center with EHP4 but are additions to the CRM EIC version which part of the new shared service framework (SSF).

What is Planned in EHP5 for Human Capital Management (SAP HCM)





Ramp-Up of SAP Enhancement Package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 is planned to start in July 2010.
SAP Enhancement Package 5 (EHP5) is scheduled to be available for ramp up customers in July, 2010 and there are a lot of benefits for taking part in the program with the most obvious being the ability to use the latest and greatest that SAP has to offer.
Here is a high level description of some of the key items tentatively planned for SAP EHP5 in HCM solution:
Workforce Process Management
Localized payroll standard solution for Chile
Enhancements for displaying the organizational chart
Mobile in-box to collect time entries and leave request
Extended integration between the SAP E-Recruiting application and the core HR system in the hiring process
Administrative services: user interface (UI) harmonization, new capabilities, and analytics
Workforce deployment
Enhanced HCM enterprise services integration with master data and time management
Adding data fields and processes to more effectively store and manage contingent and contractor staff data on the HR database
Talent Management
Improved system performance, new capabilities, and user interface
New Talent Management analytics and tools for migrating data from earlier succession planning
Improved user interface and enhanced functionality in the field of application tracking, Tasks and Resources Management, as well as a recruiter’s work center
Localizations
Japan: Year-end adjustment enhancements statutory reports for the retirement process
Russia: Enhancement to process multiple-contract employment
Spain: Pension plan calculation integration with SAP Payroll and SAP Contract Management
Italy: Enhancement for Italian Workers’ Compensation Fund (breakdown from Italian is INAIL) and the F24 form in the public sector
Portugal: Improvements for performance appraisals in the public sector
India and Japan: Enhancement of services in the field of SAP applications for employee self-services
As more information becomes available and I have had an opportunity to work with EHP5 I will write some additional blogs showing the new functionality in more detail.

SAP Enhancement Package 5 functionalities


Here you find the new functionalities in EhP5 (EhP4 SP4 is a downport of the EhP5 functionalities).

TRM activities

You can now create TRM activities (activities assigned to object type NA - candidate) in the candidate search by pressing button "Activities". There only this activities should be displayed and no application or candidacy activities. Furthermore, mass processing is also possible here. 

Dashboard

My New Applications

Newly applications shown. They should disappear from the list if:
  • an activitiy assigned of another process is created
  • the application is changed to a status other than "in process"
  • "remove from selection" is chosen (sets the 'read' flag - see therefore table T77RCF_WC_OBJECT)
If the candidacy is forwarded to another requisition the switch should be set to unread and you should see the new application if you are also in the support team of the new requisition.

My New Team Applications

same as "My New Applications"

My Planned Activities

All planned activities for which you are the creator or processor BUT not of the category "Simple Correspondence"

My Planned Correspondence Activities

All planned correspondence activities for which you are the creator or processor. You have here the column which displays "Email possible" and "Print possible" depending on what is possible.

New Registered Candidates

By default the candidates who have registered in the last 7 days are displayed. If you want to see more or less you can set the values in "show quick criteria maintenance".

Talent Groups

All talent groups where you are in the support team. You can there do following in single or mass processing mode:
  • search for canddiates
  • create/process TRM activities
  • delete/delimit assigments
  • rank candidates by questionnaire
You can define different actions for the talent group assignment screen in IMG (SAP E-Recruiting -> Technical Settings -> User Interfaces -> Administrator and Recruiter -> Settings for Talent Group Assignments -> Define Pushbuttons for Fast Access to TRM activities).

My Planned TRM Activities

Same as My Planned Activities only for TRM activities (assigned to object type NA) 

Requisition Maintenance

Approval Scenario


Restricted recruiters must forward their requisition for approval. So they create the requisition, press button "release" and you get a popup to maintain the reason and choose the approval selection:
  • automatic (lead recruiter of the requisition) or
  • manual (team members are selectable) 
After sending the requisition to the approver you can check in the print preview -> status history area that a column called 'Pending Approval' is shown and contains 'Yes' for requisitions wiating for approval. Also the 'Release' button must be frozen until the status is approved or rejected.
After sending the request, the recruiter gets a workitem in UWL. If you
  • approve it: the status of the requisition must become "released" -> the status history in the print preview must be updated
  • reject it: the status is still in "draft" but the "release" button is active again -> also the status history must be updated

Status History

As mentioned before in the print preview you can see the status of the requisition and also of the approval.  With button "change status reason" you are also now allowed to change the reason although a requisition is already released.



Publish Job Postings

If parameter RECFA PBLSH in table T77S0 is maintained as 'X', the job postings are all created in status "draf" before you manually can publish them. You see a column "publish" and if you click on the symbol in a line you'll publish this particular posting. 

Default Qualifications

The qualifications stored at the job/position assigned will automatically be taken over to the qualifications area in the "job requirements" section. You can delete then this qualifications which are not suitable BUT if you change the job/position in the "general job information" this doesn't update the "job requirements" section too. So once added, they are still there (also for the first added job/position). Also if the qualfications assignement changes for the job/position, this is not updated in E-Recruiting.

Search

Search for Candidate in Requisition context

When an attribute search for candidates in requisition context ("candidate search" button in requisition maintenance or assignment screen) is performed than the 'Match' column should show how well the candidates match against the specified search criteria. This ranking is calculated by TREX and ithe values are shown in the column according to this table:0,00 - 0,49 = blank
0,50 - 20,49 =  *
20,50 - 40,49 = **
40,50 - 60,49 = ***
60,50 - 80,49 = ****
80,50 - 100,00 = *****

Search for Candidate in Talent Group context

Candidates that are already assigned to the talent group should not be displayed in the hitlist. You can assign them then to
  • this talent group,
  • another talent group or
  • a requisition.

Search for Candidate by Profile & Attachment Data

Go to the "candidate search" service (TRM search) and you will find candidates with released profiles and attachments.

Candidate Selection

Ranking Based on Questionnaires

In the assignment screen you can choose "ranking by" and you will see there all filled questionnaires listed. If you choose a questionnaire, the result will be shown in the list as icon and if you click on it the questionnaire filled will be shown. Under the link "settings" you can add the columns 'Total Score' and 'Percentage Rate' (if you added them in table T77RCF_CDCYLST for your process).

The questionnaire title is language depent, so if the title is maintained in your logon language, it will be shown in that, otherwise in the fallback-language along the language vector.  If you select again default entry 'Select Questionnaire' all data will be reset.

Ranking by Requisition Criteria

This is the default ranking method in the assignment list if no reference search query exists for this requisition.

Ranking by Reference Search Query

In the search screen you can click "save as search query", there you get a popup in which you type in the name of the search query and where you can decide if this should be a reference search query or not. If you have such a reference serach query assigned to the requisition, than it is shown in the dropdown of "rinking method" with the term 'Reference' in brackets as default.

Ranking by Private Search Query

The column values in the list must be updated whenever you choose another query or requisition criteria.

Filter functionality

In the assignment list click on the above link 'show filter criteria', there you can select activities to show only candidates for which this activity is created. 

Confirmation Activity

Overall Confirmation Activity

You can create this activity with or without a reference activity. If you have one assigned, you get a link to preview it in PDF. The status is set to "completed" after a confirmation result is selected and the activity is saved. In this status the section for the "individual confirmation" should be frozen and the activity should be only shown in display mode.

Individual Confirmation Activity

You can add a processor of the individual confirmation by:
  • selecting a personnel number or
  • a support team member (nor available in TRM context)
Then this request is shown in the table and you can display, edit and delete it. If you click on button "request confirmation" an email is sent to the processor to fill out the confirmation.

Employee Referral via Personnel Number

You have the possibility to enter the personnel number in the tab "application data" in the candidate profile.

New XI Hire Interface

Following is now done via XI:
  • collect and send all education history details of a candidate to the HR system
  • collect and send all qualification details of a candidate to the HR system
  • collect and send all work experience details of a candidate to the HR system
  • works also when using concurrent employment
  • when the candidate is hired on HR, it will send a confirmation message to E-Recruiting containing the new personnel ID of the candidate

Candidate Scenarios

When a registered candidate checks his/her applications where he/she was not selected on a recruitment process, they shall see "not selected" instead of "rejected".

Adjust Support Teams

The Recruiting Administrator can adjust the support team of a requisition/application group/talent group to add and delete a single member or  a support group.