SuccessFactors Compensation Management H1 2020 Release Quick Preview by Deloitte Germany

1. Quick Preview
Compensation Management
Release 1H2020
Hazal Yagci, Deloitte Germany, 06/04/2020

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General Dates, Facts and Files (click on the links to be redirected to the source)
Release Information Sources
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Q1 2018 (1802) March 10th April 7th
Q2 2018 (1805) May 5th June 2nd
Q3 2018 (1808) August 20th September 15th
Q4 2018 (1811) November 3rd December 1st
Release Schedule
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Q1 2019 (1902) March 8th April 5th
Q2 2019 (1905) May 10th June 7th
Q3 2019 (1908) August 9th September 6th
Q4 2019 (1911) November 8th December 6th
2018 2019
1) Web Version of the Release Summary First Half 2020 (S-User required!)
2) Release Q&A Series–Submit Questions
3) Product Updates Information at the SuccessFactors Community Site
 Newest Product Roadmap (Updated November 2019)
Release Preview Production
First Half 2020 April 10th June 5th
Second Half 2020 Oct 16th Nov 20th
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Impact / Importance
MDF Objects Available for Compensation, Variable Pay, and Total Compensation Plan Worksheets
• As a big addition to the previous version of EC integration, where the EC field list contained only EC HRIS elements, you can now use
Metadata Framework (MDF) custom objects as well in your compensation, variable pay, and Total Compensation Plan worksheets. (Admin
Opt-in)
Import and Export non-EC Eligibility Rules
• With 1H 2020, you can now import and export non-EC eligibility rules to and from your Compensation, Variable Pay, and Total
Compensation Plan templates through Import and Export keys in the eligibility page of each plan. You can also modify the exported CSV
file if you want to keep some eligibility rules as is, but change some of them, and import into other plans. (Admin Opt-in)
Default Currency in Compensation, Variable Pay, and Total Compensation Plans
• Previously, the system set the default currency for all newly launched plans on the basis of the baseCurrencyView attribute in the template
XML file. However, the new release enables you to set the currency that the system uses as default when you launch compensation,
variable pay, and total compensation plans. (Universal)
Retirement of makeCustomDataReportable Flag in Compensation and Variable Pay Templates
• With the new release, you can no longer modify the makeCustomDataReportable flag in the Compensation and Variable Pay templates.
The system sets makeCustomDataReportable to False for all new templates. (Universal)
Hierarchy and Date Validations for Check Tool
• As a response to the configuration validation requirements from customers, Check Tool now has two additional validations it can execute:
One that reviews the Manager ID of each head of hierarchy in the compensation plan, and a second that ensures that you've formatted all
date fields within UDF dates correctly. (Universal)
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Publish by User for Variable Pay and Total Compensation Plan Templates
• As a follow up of compensation template enablement, now it is also possible to publish specific employees or groups of employees to
Employee Central in Variable Pay and Total Compensation templates. (Universal)
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Auto-Completion of Enumerated Fields
• In order to make it easier to choose appropriate values from the enumerated fields, the system now filters the full list of values as you
enter characters into these fields. (Universal)
Expanded Pay Range Matching for Promoted Employees
• 1H release enables a new finalAttribute field which resolves the issue of miscalculation of post-promotion pay ranges in EC-enabled
compensation templates. (Provisioning Opt-in)
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Retirement of Live Analytics
• As announced earlier, the Live Analytics feature in Variable Pay is no longer supported by SAP SuccessFactors due to its low adoption rate.
(Universal)
Use Bonus Payout Summary Reports Offline
• With this release, you can now modify entry-level fields, both standard and custom editable ones, in the exported file and reimport the
modified file to update the fields with new changes through Executive Review Offline Edit function. (Admin Opt-in)
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Save Confirmation Messages on Budget Assignment Page
• With this release update, the system displays a message confirming that the action was successful, when you save information on Budget
Assignment page.
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Enhanced Display Criteria for Bulk Download Icon
• You can now view the icon for bulk download only if you generate a statement for a group of employees from the recently filtered list of
Executive Review. (Universal)
View a List of Employees Excluded from Statement Download
• With this release, you can now identify employees who are excluded during the bulk download process from Executive Review by using log
files which generate records username and user ID of all excluded employees. (Universal)
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Expanded Flexibility in Total Compensation Plans
• Previously, selecting both a compensation plan template and a variable pay template was mandatory, when you added a total
compensation plan template by copying existing templates. Now it is enabled to create total compensation plans by copying existing
templates with the option of selecting an existing Compensation template without also selecting a Variable Pay plan template. (Universal)
Offline Edit of Total Compensation Templates
• In an expansion of what was previously only available for Compensation Plan templates, you can now edit Salary and Stock tab
information for Total Compensation Plan templates offline in a spreadsheet, then import your updates to Executive Review. (Universal)
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Support for Spot Awards Redemption Partner Blackhawk Networks
• As addition to the support for redemption partner XOXODAY as of Q4 release, now the support for Blackhawk Networks is also introduced.
(Universal)
Automatic E-Mail Notifications to Award Recipients
• Recognition e-mail notifications are now automatically sent, either using the standard SAP SuccessFactors templates or Document
Generation templates (EC enabled), to award recipients when approvers approve their awards. (Admin Opt-in)
Delete Awards
• With 1H 2020 release, it is possible to delete awards (except for points-based programs), irrespective of their status using the award IDs
which you can retrieve from spot award reports generated for award programs. (Universal)
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Hazal Yagci
Senior Consultant
Human Capital Advisory Services
HR Transformation
Germany
hyagci@deloitte.de
+49 (0) 151 5807 4756
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