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2274552 - Employee Central Features which can be enabled by SAP SuccessFactors Product Support

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This document will help in identifying the Employee Central features which need to be enabled via Provisioning (the back-end).

  • What is the process to get below features enabled in my system? To enable below features, please report an case for support.
  • Will the Product Support team complete the entire implementation so that I can start utilizing these features? If you are looking for end to end implementation of the features once below features are enabled then you should engage the Implementation partner as it be will required to understand your business needs before defining your business processes.  

Once the feature is enabled, any of the features listed in the Major features list would require involvement of an Implementation Partner / Professional Services team to configure the feature as the feature is not pre-configured "out of the box" and would require you to make some down-stream and Business Process related consideration before going live with one of these features. However, Minor features can be enabled by the Product Support team and may not require any further implementation.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Resolution

Minor Features that can be enabled from provisioning: These features does not require  an extensive implementation before they can be used. 

Following changes will be enabled by support team. The below articles explain how to enable and configure the respective feature.

  1. Name Format (Enable Name Format): 2274066 - How to use Name Format functionality in Employee Central
  2. Business Configuration UI (BCUI) (Enable Business Configuration in Admin Tools): 2080620 - How to use Business Configuration UI (BCUI) - Employee Central
  3. Data Retention Management (Enable Data Retention Management): 2280187 - How to use DRM tool to purge user

Major Features that can be enabled from provisioning: 

Enabling these features only mean that they are now available to be configured in your system. However these features require an extensive implementation before they can be used in the system. We would recommend you to engage an implementation partner to complete the implementation. This will ensure a seamless implementation experience as they will be able to understand and map your end to end business requirement.

  • Instance Synchronization Tool (Instance Synchronization Tool)
  • Global Benefit (Enable Benefits)

Below features can be enabled via the Admin Center UI but require further Implementation

Enabling these features only mean that  they are now available to be configured in your system. However these features require an extensive implementation before they can be used in the system. We would recommend you to engage an implementation partner to complete the implementation. This will ensure a seamless implementation experience as they will be able to understand and map your end to end business requirement. Please also refer to article 2273973 - Provisioning 2.0 - Manage Employee Central Settings - Employee Central - for more information.

  • Position Management
  • Advances
  • Deductions Management
  • IT Declaration
  • Time Off
  • Time Off for Leave Of Absence Only
  • Global Assignment
  • Concurrent Employment
  • Dependents
  • Pension Payouts
  • Contingent Workers
  • Apprentice Management
  • Dismissal Protection
  • Fiscal Year
  • Alternative Cost Distribution
  • Location Based Payments
  • Company Structure Overview
  • Document Generation

 

For Implementation Requests, please refer to article 2280229 - What is an Implementation Request in Employee Central?

See Also

2280229 - What is an Implementation Request in Employee Central?

Keywords

Enable EC Features, ec, Provisioning opt in, employee central, , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-ADM , Admin Tools (EC Core only) , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM all versions