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Dear HCM Community,

I want to share some of my experiences with you and bring the ready made recipe for SAP HCM Consultants who often work on new dimensions of SAP HCM Sub-modules. This blog will help the consultant to easily available features/ functionalities/ usage available with the versions where the customer lies or if any customer wants to upgrade to add the new functionalities.

Regarding the HCM Space much new functionality are being released every now and then and to get us up-to date the blog would be in the finger tips of the consultants.


This blog explains the Business Switches available and it’s use/ Functionality and Features for each sub-modules in SAP HCM

ModuleBusiness FunctionUse/ FeaturesSAP Help Links
ESSHCM_ESS_WDA_1You can use this business function to activate Employee Self-Service based completely on Web Dynpro ABAP technology. With this, you have more flexible deployment options:

You can use Employee Self-Service (WDA) not only as an SAP NetWeaver Portal role (new Business Package Employee Self-Service (WDA) 1.50), but also as a Portal agnostic role in SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC) for HTML.

You can use this business function to activate Employee Self-Service based completely on Web Dynpro ABAP technology. With this, you have more flexible deployment options:

You can use Employee Self-Service (WDA) not only as an SAP NetWeaver Portal role (new Business Package Employee Self-Service (WDA) 1.50), but also as a Portal agnostic role in SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC) for HTML.

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HCM_ESS_WDA_2
You can use this business function to enable an enhanced version of Employee Self-Service (ESS) based on Web Dynpro ABAP and to have more flexible deployment options. You can use ESS (Web Dynpro ABAP) with an SAP NetWeaver Portal role in Business Package Employee Self-Service (WDA) 1.50, and as a portal agnostic role in SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC) for HTML.http://help.sap.com/erp_hcm_ias_2012_01/helpdata/EN/db/4db7dd02064a4b95f3118cbf89fee5/content.htm
HCM_ESS_WDA_3
You can use this business function to enable an enhanced version of Employee Self-Service (ESS) based on Web Dynpro ABAP and to have more flexible deployment options. You can use ESS (Web Dynpro ABAP) with an SAP NetWeaver Portal role in Business Package Employee Self-Service (WDA) 1.50, and as a portal agnostic role in SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC) for HTML.

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MSSHCM_MSS_WDA_2
You can use this business function to activate Manager Self-Service based completely on Web Dynpro ABAP technology for both deployment options for the Manager role:

New SAP NetWeaver Portal role

SAP NetWeaver Business Client

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E-RECRUITMENTHCM_ERC_CI_1
You can use this business function to make the process of recruiting and hiring applicants more efficient and to increase user satisfaction for users working with SAP E-Recruiting. To do this, the business function contains numerous enhancements of the features for various user roles within SAP E-Recruiting.http://help.sap.com/erp_hcm_ias_2012_01/helpdata/EN/5d/6ac641dda5430c9f0475585194c5d0/content.htm
HCM_ERC_CI_2
You can use this business function to make the process of recruiting and hiring suitable applicants more efficient and make it much easier to work with SAP E-Recruiting.

The business function has the following advantages:

It provides your company's recruiters and recruiting administrators with intuitive user interfaces for completing their tasks.

The business function's user-friendly services support the recruitment process in your company, for example, with regard to identifying the most suitable candidates for the vacant jobs.

It replaces the previous Business Server Pages (BSP) interfaces with interfaces in Web Dynpro ABAP, the standard interface technology for SAP's Web-based applications. This enables you to use the functions provided by SAP NetWeaver®, such as personalization of UI elements, configuration of the UI using a configuration wizard, and the modification-free enhancement concept.

For recruiters and recruiting administrators, this business function contains numerous enhancements on the user interfaces, optimizations of the processes, and new functions.

Caution

We strongly recommend existing customers to take into consideration SAP Note 1241014 (Information for existing customers before activation of BF HCM, SAP E-Recruiting 2) before activating the business function.
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HCM_ERC_CI_3
You can use this business function to make the process of recruiting and hiring suitable applicants more efficient and to make it easier to work with SAP E-Recruiting.

The business function has the following advantages:

Functional enhancements of Applicant Tracking that support recruiters in their daily work

Functional enhancements of Talent Relationship Management (TRM), in particular through improved access to talent groups and simplified creation of TRM activities for one or more candidates

New worklists (queries in the dashboard) that recruiters can use as additional entry points in their daily work

New Restricted Recruiter authorization role

Workflow for approving the release of requisitions

Improvements in the search performance through changes to the indexing of data and functional enhancements of the search

Performance improvements of the candidate assignment list (as of release 604 SP06)

Lead Recruiter indicator in support groups that are relevant for Manager Involvement in SAP E-Recruiting. In this way, requisitions created from managers' requisition requests can be initially processed by a recruiter from the support team.

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HCM_ERC_CI_4
You can use this business function to make the process of recruiting and hiring suitable applicants more efficient and to make it easier to work with SAP E-Recruiting. The business function has the following advantages:

Functional enhancements of Applicant Tracking that support recruiters in their daily work

Data overviews from the connected HR system for positions, organizational units, and jobs help recruiters to obtain the relevant information they require when creating a requisition.

A new registration process for external candidates improves the quality of the data in your Talent Warehouse. During registration and during the application process, unregistered external candidates now have to verify their e-mail address after entering their data, before they can complete their registration or submit their application.

New SOA services enable an advanced integration of SAP E-Recruiting with SAP ERP Human Captial Management (SAP ERP HCM) when hiring a candidate, in particular in connection with Talent Management and the processes for Talent Development. Now that the data is transferred automatically during the hiring process, it is no longer necessary for HR administrators to create the data for a new employee again when the employee is hired. This reduces administrative effort and possible sources of error.

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HCM_ERC_SES_1
You can use this business function to enhance the search applications in SAP E-Recruiting and thus to obtain more precise search results. The new functions enable the recruiter and the succession planner to identify candidates with the required characteristics more efficiently in the Talent Pool. In this way, you can fill vacant jobs with suitable candidates more quickly or find successors for key positions. Candidates also benefit as they can find interesting employment opportunities more quickly and precisely.

Via the new search functions, users can use additional operators in search queries and can display an improved and more flexible result list.

Once you have activated the business function, SAP E-Recruiting uses the Search Engine Service (SES) as the interface to the search engine. Changing the previous interface over to SES improves the performance of the search and increases the stability.

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Performance AppraisalsHCM_OSA_CI_1
With this business function, you can use the improved functions of the cross-application Tool for Appraisals, Evaluations, and Surveys as well as a wide range of new features to optimize the appraisal processes in your enterprise. The business function has the following advantages:

It provides your enterprise's managers and employees with user-friendly interfaces for efficiently and quickly recording and editing all the required information in a predefined Performance Management process. The settings required for the process that are already available in the system enable you to implement the application easily and in a time-efficient manner.

The application provides talent management specialists with user-friendly interfaces for creating and editing corporate goals and core values as well as assigning them to groups of people, such as organizational units.

It provides your enterprise's managers an employees with user-friendly interfaces for convenient creation and editing of team goals as well as easy assignment of these goals to individual people, such as the employees in a team. It is also possible for employees to conveniently assign their individual goals to their organizational unit.

It enables managers to suggest a mandatory course (for example, one that is required to attain a certain goal) within the appraisal document.

Caution

See SAP Note 1239426.

End of the caution.
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HCM_OSA_CI_2
This business function offers you additional innovations to optimize and structure appraisal processes in your enterprise more efficiently. The business function has the following advantages:

Administrators can use the enhanced user guide to better manage the appraisal template in the relevant SAP Web application.

The enhanced and improved SAP Web application is available to administrators to set up the predefined Performance Management process. For example, you can do the following:

User different templates for the Performance Management process in the same appraisal period

Enter texts for the Performance Management Process based on role (Manager or Employee) and hide or show selected phases of the process.

Better manager the Performance Management process
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Performance Appraisals (Predefined)HCM_OSA_CI_3
This business function offers you additional innovations to optimize and structure predefined appraisal processes (predefined Performance Management processes) in your enterprise more efficiently. Administrators can use the considerable improvements to set up the appraisal template for the process and make the appraisal documents based on that template available to the relevant roles (Manager and Employee). This includes:

For the appraisal template, administrators can edit the criteria groups set by SAP, such as Individual Goals, or they can create and edit custom criteria groups.

Administrators can correct and translate required texts for the appraisal template both before and after the start of the process.

Integration
You can combine this business function with other business functions as follows:

Additional Business Function
Use
More Information

HCM, Performance Management (Flexible) 01 (HCM_HAP_CI_1)
This allows you to use enhancements for flexibly structured appraisal processes in your enterprise.
HCM, Performance Management (Flexible) 01

HCM, Operational Data Provisioning for Analytics (HCM_ANALYTICS_2)
This allows you to use additional queries in Performance Management, such as the Status Monitor.
HCM, Operational Data Provisioning for HCM Analytics

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Performance Appraisals (Flexible)HCM_HAP_CI_1
You can use this business function to optimize flexibly structured appraisal processes in your enterprise by using essential functional improvements to the appraisal template. This allows you to create and edit the appraisal documents based on this template more efficiently as well as improve the entire appraisal process. For example, you can use blocks to structure the layout (column or row layout) more effectively and avoid unnecessary empty spaces.

Integration
You can combine this business function with other business functions as follows:

Additional Business Function
Use
More Information

HCM, Core Processes in Talent Management 03 (HCM_TMC_CI_3)
This allows you to use the cross-functional Calibration Process for the Assessment of Employees in Performance Management and Talent Management.
HCM, Core Processes in Talent Management 03

HCM, Performance Management (Predefined) 03 (HCM_OSA_CI_3)
This allows you to use enhancements to the predefined Performance Management process in your enterprise.
HCM, Performance Management (Predefined) 03

HCM, Operational Data Provisioning for HCM Analytics (HCM_ANALYTICS_2)
This allows you to use additional queries in Performance Management, such as the Status Monitor.
HCM, Operational Data Provisioning for HCM Analytics

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HR Adminitrative ServiceHCM_ASR_CI_1
You can use this business function to activate the cross-role enhancements for integrating HCM Processes and Forms with the Employee Interaction Center and E-Recruiting. You can also activate the new services for Manager Self-Service and Employee Self-Servicehttp://help.sap.com/erp_hcm_ias_2012_01/helpdata/EN/37/74092f904e4311bcbc27696255d44f/content.htm
HCM_ASR_CI_2
You can use this Business Function to activate the following functions that are available for HCM Processes and Forms:
New functions in Design Time Tool (DTT) that allow you to start processes for multiple employees, start organizational processes, start processes without employee selection
New sample processes
New Business Package for HR Administrator 1.41
The following new services are available:
HCM Process Overview
Start Process for Employee
Start Process for Multiple Employees
Search Employee Processes
Open Employee Processes
Start Organizational Process
Search Organizational Processes
Open Organizational Processes

HCM_ASR_CI_3
You can use this business function to activate the following functions for the HCM Processes and Forms component:

User interface enhancements

New BI Content for organizational management processes

Integration
As of SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0, there is a new HR Administrator role version available for the SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC) in addition to the portal version HR Administrator 1.51. The business function HCM, Roles for SAP NetWeaver Business Client (HCM_NWBC_ROLES) provides you with an overview of all Human Resources roles that are available in a version for NWBC.
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HCM_ASR_CI_4
You can use this business function to activate the following functions for the HCM Processes and Forms component:

Enhancement in Design Time for HCM Processes and Forms for the creation of FPM forms using the new Component Configuration editor. Launching of these forms from ESS and MSS roles.

Creation of forms using an external UI and access to the HCM Processes and Forms framework using the service layer

Sample processes based on FPM forms

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Compensation ManagementHCM_ECM_CI_1
You can use this business function to simplify and accelerate the compensation planning and approval process, to facilitate the administration of compensation data, to benefit from added reporting capabilities, and to perform mass changes to employee records. In addition, you may leverage this business function to apply new rounding formulas and complete mass adjustments to compensation matrices.
The business function has the following advantages:
It delivers a new multilevel approval process to simplify the administration and execution of the compensation planning cycle. Using this process, managers can approve or reject the compensation planning of subordinates at any level, document and record the corresponding reasons, and perform other novel administrative functions.
It provides managers administrative support, based on workflow, to notify them that compensation planning has commenced, or that budgeted amounts have been submitted, approved or rejected by others.
It introduces new and enhanced reports that help users prepare, monitor and complete the compensation planning cycle with greater ease.
This way, administrators are able to define and use new rounding formulas that take into account the currency and payroll cycles of the employees in question. The resulting sums are easier for employees to understand. Because these formulas can be implemented en masse, administrative effort is reduced.
It also provides administrators flexibility in assigning employee currencies. By implementing a corresponding Business Add-In (BAdI), administrators can override the currency that is derived from the country that is implicit in the employee's organizational assignment with another currency of their choice.
Furthermore, administrators can use this business function to enhance existing compensation matrices by adjusting their guideline values in relation to specified percentages. Administrators can therefore perform mass modifications of compensation amounts with increased convenience.
It provides additional Customizing settings that, among others, enable administrators to determine eligibility and guideline groupings in relation to compensation plans.
Integration
This business function is also used to enhance the Compensation Planning iView with a new column. In this column, you can see the appraisal results in text form along with links to employee appraisal documents. In order to use this enhancement, you are required to activate the Business Function HCM, Performance Management 01 (HCM_OSA_CI_1).

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Compensation ManagementHCM_ECM_CI_2
This business function offers you additional innovations for Enterprise Compensation Management to optimize the process for managing compensation in your company and structure it more efficiently. The business function has the following advantages:

Managers and higher-level managers are provided with convenient and flexible user interfaces when planning compensation or when checking and approving compensation planning. The following are examples of what you can do with the interfaces:

Display all compensation plans on a single tab

Display compensation data and results as a graphic

Download compensation data as a local file and edit compensation data offline

This allows managers to go through the planning and approval processes for compensation efficiently.

Furthermore, the following user interfaces are available to managers during the process:

Planning Overview

Compensation Information

Employee Compensation Profile

Compensation Comparison

Administrators can set up the user interface for the compensation planning process flexibly according to customers' specific needs. Administrators can also use the poweruser tool to assist managers quickly when technical problems occur on the user interfaces.

The current budget is always available to managers during compensation planning. This applies even if, for example, an employee changes organizational units and the budget assigned to him or her is assigned to the new organizational unit.

Managers can call up global employees in Compensation Planning and process and evaluate their compensation-relevant data.

Managers can use the extended notification workflow to improve communication during the entire compensation process.

New BI content for evaluating data from Enterprise Compensation Management is available to talent management specialists. This allows talent management specialists to quickly compare and evaluate the compensation of talents.

Integration
The business function HCM, Cross Analytics (HCM_ANALYTICS_1) provides you with an overview of the analyses and benchmarking tools that are available as of enhancement package 5 for all processes for Personnel Administration, Talent Management, Enterprise Compensation Management, and SAP Learning Solution.

For more information, see HCM, Cross Analytics.

As of SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0, the Talent Management Specialist role is available in a version for SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC) as an alternative to the portal version. The business function HCM, Roles for SAP NetWeaver Business Client (HCM_NWBC_ROLES) provides you with an overview of all Human Resources roles that are available in a version for SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC).

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Learning SolutionHCM_LSO_CI_1
You can use this business function to implement the extensive enhancements for SAP Learning Solution.

The enhancement of the concept by constructing individual courses in course programs makes it easier for you to combine a large number of courses with different delivery methods (for example, classroom training, WBT, online test) and, in doing so, optimize the course offering for learners. You can use the new course program to provide employees and external learners with a course offering in their Learning Portal that is suitable for their needs and activities in a flexible and timely manner.

Instructors and tutors can use the Web-based access to their portal roles to gain access to information and perform certain business processes.

If you create or use course content that conforms to AICC or SCORM2004 e-learning standards, these standards are supported.
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HCM_LSO_CI_2
You can use this business function to optimize and more efficiently structure Learning Management processes in your enterprise. The following is a detailed list of the business function's advantages:

Business Package for Course Administrator 1.40

Administration of Courses and Participation

This business package provides course administrators with user-friendly user interfaces for carrying out the administrative tasks in their day-to-day activities. Using a portal role, course administrators are given simple and effective access to all the administrative tasks for courses and participation that they must complete.

Administration of Course Content

This business package also offers course administrators simpler and more efficient user interfaces for publishing course content and enables a direct preview of published course content.

Preparing Locally Available Course Content

The business function supports course administrators in distributing e-learning-type courses to remote locations with restricted network access as well as in updating course content.

DataSources for Course Appraisals

The business function supports course administrators in evaluating and analyzing course appraisals in order to optimize the course offering using this information.

Activation for Concurrent Employment

The business function supports Learning Management processes in your enterprise when concurrent employment places different requirements on certain employees. For example, you can effectively manage different required courses for concurrent or global employees.

Learning Management Services for Managers

The business function provides managers with a user-friendly interface for administrating their employees' learning activities, getting an overview of required qualifications, and booking courses and mandatory assignments for employees. The services are available to managers in SAP Manager Self-Service and offer a single point-of-entry to all team-related activities in Learning Management.

Business Package for Instructor/Tutor 1.41

The business package provides you with a new version of the instructor/tutor portal role and thus supports instructors and tutors in carrying out the tasks involved in following up courses.
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HCM_LSO_CI_3
With this business function, course administrators can get an overview of the education and training programs in their areas of responsibility. The business function provides the following evaluation options:
BI Content for SAP Learning Solution
Dashboards for SAP Learning Solution
You can use these evaluation options to analyze business processes and business activities in the education and training area of your organization, identify trends, and recognize the causes and effects of these trends. The business function has the following advantages:
Cross-component evaluations of learning statistics
Insight into correlations between education and training programs and other components, such as Talent Management
Display of learning statistics with the graphical layout options provided by a dashboard
Navigation from the dashboards to detailed BI content.
In doing so, you can answer the following questions:
Are the available training programs suitable for awarding a desired or required qualification?
Do the education and training activities in the organization match up with other activities in Talent Management?
How much do education and training activities cost and are these costs used equally by all employees?
Which subject areas have the greatest expenditures for the organization?
Which delivery method (examples: Web-based training, classroom training, virtual classroom training) is suitable for keeping expenses for training and education programs down while at the same time strategically meeting the course demand?
Which legally required education and training activities have been offered and attended?
Integration
With the HCM, Cross Analytics (HCM_ANALYTICS_1) business function, all queries and dashboards delivered for HCM with SAP NetWeaver 7.0 BI Content Add-On 5 (queries) and Extension for Extension for SAP NetWeaver 7.02 BI Content Add-On (dashboards) are available for the Talent Management Specialist portal role in the Business Package for Talent Management Specialist 1.51.
In addition to the portal versions, the Course Administrator role is also available in a version for SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC) as of SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0. The business function HCM, Roles for SAP NetWeaver Business Client (HCM_NWBC_ROLES) provides you with an overview of all Human Resources roles that are available as of SAP enhancement package 5 in a version for SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC).
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HCM_LSO_CI_4
This business function improves the user experience and usability for the renovated Learning Portal. The following are the key improvements:

Automatic confirmation and follow-up feature for e-learnings

Improved search functionality with TREX integration

Book and start course

Training calendar

Improved course program booking

Microsoft Outlook calendar integration
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HCM_LSO_VLR
You can use this business function to implement all functions and components of SAP Learning Solution. In addition, the Integrated Virtual Learning Room component, represented by the ELE ADOBE CONNECT product instance, is available to you in SAP Enterprise Learninghttp://help.sap.com/erp_hcm_ias_2012_01/helpdata/EN/46/4a8097aba85fa9e10000000a1553f7/content.htm

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Best Regards

Vijay Mohan

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