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H12020 Release Briefing by GP StrategiesGP Strategies Company Confidential. Only for authorized users.

AgendaAgenda• Explain key features

introduced with the latest release

• Provide context for each feature so you better understand the impact

• Explain what GP Strategies recommends for feature

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2020 Release Schedule

(H1-2020)

Q2-2020

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Preview: April 10

Production: June 5

(H2-2020)

Q4-2020

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Preview: October 16

Production: Nov 20

SAP SuccessFactors will provide a five week Preview period prior to Production releases. SAP may modify the Second Half 2020 Preview Release on October 16, 2020 if any issues are identified after the First Half 2020 Release. https://community.successfactors.com/t5/Resources-and-Updates-Blog/2020-SAP-SuccessFactors-Release-Improvements/bc-p/239676#M1815

Note: Mobile and Recruiting Posting continues with a monthly release schedule. SAP Cloud Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud will have quarterly releases for 2020

Today’s presenter ...

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Merle SchübelSenior SuccessFactors ConsultantGP Strategies tenure: 4 years

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, SuccessFactors Platform

Merle has graduated her study of economics with a focus on organisational development and human resources. Merle has been focusing on SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central solutions. She is SAP Certified Application Professional and has been working on different international SuccessFactors implementations since 2012. Merle has driven all consulting activities in all project phases (from pre-sales workshops to go-live support), both as Consultant and Lead Consultant.

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Release Briefing by GP Strategies

GP Strategies Company Confidential. Only for authorized users.

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Enhancements to Auto Delegation (comb.)

What is it?• Start and end date can be set similar to out

of office settings from Outlook.• Users can accept or reject the auto

delegationWhy is it important?User's don't have to remember to turn off the delegation again and users can decline an invalid request.

PrerequisitesNone

1H-2020

GP Strategies:An Item we have been asked about

frequently that ensures

delegations are limited

and reasonable.Item 1: UniversalItem 2: Admin Opt-In

Configuration Type:

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Import and Export Corporate Data Model Information

What is it?You can now import and export the Corporate Data Model and Country-Specific Corporate Data Model information from the Admin Center.Why is it important?You no longer require the help of an implementation partner to import and export related changes.PrerequisitesNone

1H-2020

Admin Opt-InConfiguration Type:

GP Strategies:Nice feature so simple changes can

be maintained by customer itself but contains a high risk as no

version history exists for this Data Model.

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Show Full Name in History Pages

What is it?You can show the name of the user next to the user name in the Last modified by field in the History pages of effective-dated HRIS elements.Why is it important?Showing the full name rather than the user ID in the History page makes it easier to identify employees who last changed the record. Most people find it easier to identify users by their names instead of their IDs.PrerequisitesNone

1H-2020

UniversalConfiguration Type:

GP Strategies:Only a minor item but very

helpful for admins and support.

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Customizable Key Details on the My Workflow Requests Page

What is it?We enhanced the My Workflow Requests (Advanced To-do) page to show customized key details about workflows. Such essential information helps users make quick decisions about their workflows.Customers can configure which types of detail are shown for a specific workflow type on the My Workflow Requests (Advanced To-do) page. In the 1H 2020 release support only for position workflows.Why is it important?With customizable key details, users have immediate access to the information that's critical for efficient decision making.Prerequisites None

1H-2020

Admin Opt-InConfiguration Type:

GP Strategies:Nice feature with hope for it to soon

span across more workflows and maybe even the other to-do tile.

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Pay Component Non-Recurring Imports with Workflow

What is it?Using workflows, you can now review and approve non-recurring pay component data of employees before importing in the system.

Why is it important?To improve data management, the existing method of using workflows to maintain data consistency and keep a check on the data imports, is now extended to work with non-recurring pay component data imports as well.

PrerequisitesNone

1H-2020

UniversalConfiguration Type:

GP Strategies:Only a minor item but very

helpful for admins and support.

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Read Audit Enabled in All Data Centers

What is it?Read audit reporting is now available in all data centers and is enabled by default. When enabled, read access to information about a person's national ID, ethnicity, or minority status is captured in audit logs so that you can create read audit reports.

Why is it important?Customers in all regions might require read audit reporting. Now that it's enabled in all data centers, it's available to customers in all regions.In the previous version, it was only visible in systems in the DC2 environment.

PrerequisitesNone

1H-2020

Admin Opt-OutConfiguration Type:

GP Strategies:Much requested and finally

available for all data centres but still only for the mentioned three

fields.

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Event-Based Integration in Position Management

What is it?In Employee Central Position Management, we've added a new feature to trigger events each time a new position is created, or an existing position is updated.These events flow through intelligent services and can be subscribed to for the purpose of creating further actions. Each event stores details of the position created or updated.

Why is it important?It was found necessary to facilitate automated actions to be taken by subscribers of the event. An example would be users of Recruiting Management.

PrerequisitesNone

1H-2020

Admin Opt-InConfiguration Type:

GP Strategies:Great feature to update external integrations or

Recruiting.

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Improvements to Report Labels

What is it?You can now create public and private labels to better organize your reports in Report Center.Why is it important?Users can now add private labels to reports in addition to the public one's for easy resemblance.PrerequisitesNone

1H-2020

GP Strategies:Only a minor item but very helpful

for users to provide a better overview on their reports and

usage for themselves.UniversalConfiguration Type:

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People Analytics Embedded Edition Release

What is it?• People Analytics, embedded edition is Temporarily

Unavailable in Preview while SAP fixes some issues (expected in beginning of May but not confirmed)

• Production upgrade dates will start after the June 2020 release

Why is it important?People Analytics, embedded edition is still planned to roll-out with the H1-2020 release. Detailed Dates to be delivered by SuccessFactors.

1H-2020

Access to Preview Instances has been restored as of 8th May 2020

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Report Story Enhancements (comb.)

What is it?• You can now import and export Report -

Story via Report Centre• Possibility to schedule Report - Story for

offline execution• 9 additional languages have been made

availableWhy is it important?Improves the usability of Report – Story usage.PrerequisitesNone

1H-2020

GP Strategies:Helpful improvements for the

usage of Report – Story and ability to move reports between

instances.

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Team Absence Calendar

What is it?Specifically, as a manager you can now:• Search for employees outside your

immediate reporting hierarchy, your indirect and reports

• Display a monthly view of the calendar in addition to the weekly view

• Define permission what can be seen and who can see whom on RBP level

Why is it important?Managers can now have a better overview of their employee's and teams below.PrerequisitesSecure Objects Time Type and Employee Time

1H-2020

UniversalConfiguration Type:

GP Strategies:High visibility given to managers paired with a

very precise permissioning to ensure local legislations or privacy concerns can be

covered. E.g. hide the complete view in Germany.

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Time Management Overview1H-2020Self Service for Time Account Payout

• Self Service UI for employee and manager to request Account Payouts

Flextime Process Support• New possibilities to

support flextime working in Time Sheet• Including updates on work schedules and Time

Evaluations

Time Valuation Alerts• Admin Alerts and warning messages for

employees, managers and HRs • Inform them about items that require attention

in Time Sheets

Periodic Account Updates• Schedule an automated

periodic update of time accounts

GP Strategies: Great enhancement to the very limited existing functionality

GP Strategies: Huge achievement to support Flextime regulations in several countries incl. DACH region

GP Strategies: Nice feature to provide more guidance to users on issues or limitations on the time sheet

GP Strategies: Major achievement to enable cut-down on balances or similar on a custom-specified schedule.

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Heads-Up on 2H-2020 Release

What is it?Event Reason Derivation XML Rules Change to Business Rules Within Second Half 2020

ReleaseAs of the Second Half 2020 Release, the Event Reason Derivation XML rules template is

deprecated in your system and any existing rules in XML will be translated into “onSave” business rules and automatically migrated for you.

Why is it important?An intense testing should be applied post migration. More details can be found on the SAP SuccessFactors Community.PrerequisitesNone – SAP SuccessFactors will be performing this migration for you as part of the Second Half 2020 Release.

2H-2020

UniversalConfiguration Type:

GP Strategies:SAP standard migration of the rule can bring in some risks especially in case you have very complex Derivation Rules. In this case you should

consider a manual migration before 2H-2020 Release.

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