C_THR81_2505 SAP Certified Associate - SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Core Questions and Answers

When importing Personal Information into SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, the following fields are mandatory:

B. Event Date

This field specifies the effective date of the personal information record. It is crucial for maintaining accurate historical data and ensuring that changes are applied from the correct date.

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D. Person Id External

The person-id-external serves as a unique identifier for the individual across all employment records within the system. It is essential for linking personal information to the correct person.

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Options A and C are not required for importing Personal Information:

A. Username

The username is associated with system login credentials and is not a required field for importing personal information.

C. User Id

The user-id pertains to employment records and is not mandatory for the Personal Information import process.

Workflow derivation rules for new hires are assigned in the Job Information HRIS element.

The Job Information section contains employment-specific details and is the primary place where workflows for hiring processes are configured.

This ensures that workflows for approvals or other processes are correctly derived and triggered during the hire action.

To pre-populate the Timezone field when the location record is changed in Job Information, you need to configure the association as follows:

Base Object: Job Information

Trigger Event: Assigned to the Location field with the event set to onChange.This configuration ensures that whenever the Location field is updated in Job Information, the system triggers the logic to update and pre-populate the Timezone field based on the associated Location. The onChange event drives this functionality.

The recommended practice to start event reason derivation rules is to begin with a condition that checks if the event reason value is NULL. If the value is NULL, the rule skips the event reason derivation process. This approach prevents unnecessary processing and ensures that only valid scenarios trigger further rule logic, improving system performance and accuracy.

Scenario 1: HR Transaction Rules

The Biographical Information permissions are managed in the Employee Data section of the Manage Permission Roles tool.

This section governs access to basic employee details, including biographical information such as name, date of birth, and personal identifiers.

Configuring permissions here ensures that the appropriate user roles can view or edit biographical details while maintaining data security and compliance.

The Default_JobClass rule should be assigned to the Job Code field in Job Information. This field serves as the key reference for deriving other job-related attributes, such as Job Title, Pay Grade, and Employee Class, ensuring that defaults are set when required.

Scenario 2: Approvals for Self-Service

Application-specific rule scenarios in Position Management include:

A. Create Right to Return for Incumbent:

This rule supports the creation of a right-to-return record for an incumbent when a position-related action occurs, such as a temporary assignment.

B. Update Rule for Mass Change Run:

This rule automates updates during mass position changes, ensuring consistent application of business logic across multiple positions.

C. Trigger Rules to Calculate Full-Time Equivalent:

This rule calculates the FTE value based on position or job information attributes, ensuring accurate reporting and compliance.

These rules enhance the flexibility and functionality of position management processes.

The rule in Option B effectively captures all unspecified events in a transaction because:

It sets the Event Reason Value to "Data Change" whenever the Event Reason Value is null.

This ensures that all unplanned or unspecified events are assigned a default action, which is crucial for maintaining data consistency and avoiding errors during transactions.

Scenario 1: HR Transaction Rules

To populate the Standard Hours field from Legal Entity records in the Add New Employee wizard, the business rule should be configured with:

Event Type: onInit

This event triggers the rule during the initialization phase of the Add New Employee wizard.

Base Object: Standard Hours

The rule applies to the Standard Hours field, pulling data from the Legal Entity record.

Other event types such as onChange, onEdit, or onSave are not appropriate for pre-populating fields during the Add New Employee process.

In SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, model base objects are utilized in business rules for scenarios such as:

A. Trigger Workflows

Model base objects can be used to define conditions that initiate workflows, automating processes based on specific data changes or events.

C. Trigger Rules for Hire/Rehire

During the hire or rehire process, model base objects help in setting default values, validating data, and enforcing business logic to ensure compliance with organizational policies.

Options B and D are not typically associated with model base objects in business rules:

B. Trigger Rules to Display Internal Job History

Displaying internal job history is generally managed through reporting and does not involve model base objects in business rules.

D. Save Changes to Foundation Objects

While foundation objects are essential for organizational data, saving changes to them does not typically require the use of model base objects in business rules.

To establish a one-to-many association from Location to Legal Entity and enable filtering of the Location field based on the Company field in the Job Information block, the following configurations are necessary:

Define the Association in the Location Object:

In the location object definition, add an <association> element to link it to the legalEntity object. This association should be defined within the section.

Configure Field Criteria for the Location Field:

Within the Job Information (jobInfo) element, add a element as part of the . This configuration ensures that the Location field is filtered based on the selected Company (Legal Entity) in the Job Information block.

Therefore, the correct answers are:

B: as part of

D: <association> as part of

These configurations align with the standard practices for setting up associations and field criteria in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central.

In SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, employee identifiers are managed as follows:

A. Once generated, you CANNOT change a user id.

The User ID serves as a unique identifier for an employee's employment record. Once assigned, it cannot be altered.

D. A user can have multiple user ids.

An employee may possess multiple User IDs, especially in scenarios involving concurrent employment or global assignments. Each employment instance is associated with a distinct User ID.

E. A user can have only one person id external.

The Person ID External uniquely identifies an individual across all employment records within the system. An employee is assigned a single Person ID External, regardless of the number of employments.

Options B and C are incorrect:

B. A user can have only one user id.

This is incorrect because, as mentioned, an employee can have multiple User IDs corresponding to different employment instances.

C. Once generated, you CANNOT change a person id external.

This is incorrect. While the Person ID External is intended to be a stable identifier, it can be changed if necessary, though such changes should be managed carefully to maintain data integrity.

The following processes in Position Management are controlled from the Position Management Settings:

Follow Up Activity in Position: Allows configuration of follow-up actions such as automatically adjusting positions after specific events (e.g., vacancy creation).

Automated Daily Hierarchy Adaptation: Ensures daily updates to the position hierarchy based on changes to positions or organizational relationships.

To Be Hired Status Adaptation: Automatically adjusts the "To Be Hired" status of positions based on certain conditions or events.These settings streamline position management and help maintain accurate organizational structures.

Country-specific field configurations can be applied to certain employment-related objects in SAP SuccessFactors. These objects include:

Employment Details: This object supports country-specific fields to reflect variations in employment attributes across different countries.

Job Information: This object is frequently used for managing job-related data that varies by country, such as legal entity, location, and pay grade.

Correct Answers:

C: Employment Details

D: Job Information

The Incumbent of Parent Position option, used to filter positions in Hire, MSS Job Information, and History, is enabled in Position Management Settings > UI Customizing. This configuration allows users to define filtering options for selecting positions, improving usability and ensuring data relevance during employee management processes.

To configure a workflow that can be approved by any one member of a designated group, you should use the Manage Workflow Groups tool. This functionality allows the creation of dynamic groups whose members can act as approvers in workflows. When such a group is assigned to a workflow, the approval request is sent to all group members, but only one member needs to take action to approve the workflow.

Options A, B, and C are not suitable for this requirement:

A. Manage Permission Groups

This tool is used to define groups for permission purposes and does not directly relate to workflow approvals.

B. Manage Dynamic Roles

Dynamic Roles are used to assign roles based on certain criteria but are not designed for grouping multiple users for workflow approvals.

C. Manage Workflow Requests

This tool is used to monitor and manage existing workflow requests, not to configure approval groups.

Scenario 2: Approvals for Self-Service

To configure a two-step workflow where the approval first goes to the current manager and then to the future manager, you must set the following in the workflow:

Step 1: Role - Manager - Source (current manager of the employee).

Step 2: Role - Manager - Target (future manager of the employee).This setup ensures that the workflow sequentially routes approval to both the current and future managers.

Event Reason Derivation in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central is triggered when changes are made to employee data through specific actions. Utilizing the "Actions" menu in the People Profile to update employee information initiates the Event Reason Derivation process. This mechanism automatically determines the appropriate event reason based on the nature of the data change.

In contrast, inserting a new record via the history UI, deleting a record in the history UI, or using the "Add New Hire" function does not trigger Event Reason Derivation. These actions either bypass the derivation process or involve scenarios where event reasons are manually selected.

Therefore, the correct answer is:

B: Using Actions menu in People Profile

This approach ensures that event reasons are accurately derived and recorded in line with the configured business rules in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central.

In SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, the HRIS synchronization (sync) job is responsible for aligning data between different modules and ensuring consistency across the system. When an employee's job title is changed via Manager Self-Service (MSS) with an effective date set to Thursday, and the HRIS sync job is scheduled to run every Friday, the synchronization will occur on Friday, when the sync job completes.

This means that any changes made effective on Thursday will be synchronized during the next scheduled HRIS sync job on Friday. Therefore, the correct answer is C. Friday, when the sync job completes.

SAP SuccessFactors recommends that all custom associations between foundation objects (FO) be built as one-to-many. This configuration reflects real-world organizational structures where a single entity, such as a department, can be associated with multiple positions or employees. Implementing one-to-many associations ensures flexibility and scalability in the system, allowing for accurate representation of complex organizational relationships.