April Maintenance Pack for 19A

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date	Feature	Notes
26 APR 2019		Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:

• Release Updates (19A, 19B, 19C, and 19D)
• Optional Monthly Maintenance Packs to each update

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal.

Oracle HCM Cloud release documents are delivered in five functional groupings:

Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

• HCM Cloud Common Features (This document pertains to all HCM applications. It is the base human resource information for all products and HCM Tools.)
• Global Human Resources Cloud (Global Human Resources contains the base application in which other application use for common data such as workforce structures and person information. Regardless of what products you have implemented you may want to see the new features for Global Human Resources that could impact your products.)

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for the base Talent and Compensation stand alone applications.

Optional Reading for HCM Products (Depending on what products are in your cloud service):

• Talent Management Cloud (All Talent applications)
• Workforce Rewards Cloud (Compensation, Benefits, Payroll and Global Payroll Interface)
• Workforce Management Cloud (Absence Management and Time and Labor)

Additional Optional Reading:

• Common Technologies and User Experience (This documents the common features across all Cloud applications and is not specific to HCM)

NOTE:  All of these documents can be found on the Oracle Help Center at: https://cloud.oracle.com/saasreadiness/hcm under Human Capital Management Release Readiness.

Disclaimer

The Information contained in this document may include statements about Oracle’s product development plans. Many factors can materially affect Oracle’s product development plans and the nature and timing of future product releases. Accordingly, this Information is provided to you solely for information only, is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

This information may not be incorporated into any contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Oracle specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information. Refer to the Legal Notices and Terms of Use for further information.

Human Resources

Human Capital Management for India

Oracle HRMS (India) supports country specific features and functions for India. It enables users to follow India’s business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

India International Transfer Payment Type

Select the new payment type of International Transfer when creating payment methods for India that are for international transfers.

March Maintenance Pack for 19A

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date	Feature	Notes
22 FEB 2019		Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:

• Release Updates (19A, 19B, 19C, and 19D)
• Optional Monthly Maintenance Packs to each update

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal.

Oracle HCM Cloud release documents are delivered in five functional groupings:

Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

• HCM Cloud Common Features (This document pertains to all HCM applications. It is the base human resource information for all products and HCM Tools.)
• Global Human Resources Cloud (Global Human Resources contains the base application in which other application use for common data such as workforce structures and person information. Regardless of what products you have implemented you may want to see the new features for Global Human Resources that could impact your products.)

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for the base Talent and Compensation stand alone applications.

Optional Reading for HCM Products (Depending on what products are in your cloud service):

• Talent Management Cloud (All Talent applications)
• Workforce Rewards Cloud (Compensation, Benefits, Payroll and Global Payroll Interface)
• Workforce Management Cloud (Absence Management and Time and Labor)

Additional Optional Reading:

• Common Technologies and User Experience (This documents the common features across all Cloud applications and is not specific to HCM)

NOTE: All of these documents can be found on the Oracle Help Center at: https://cloud.oracle.com/saasreadiness/hcm under Human Capital Management Release Readiness.

Disclaimer

The Information contained in this document may include statements about Oracle’s product development plans. Many factors can materially affect Oracle’s product development plans and the nature and timing of future product releases. Accordingly, this Information is provided to you solely for information only, is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

This information may not be incorporated into any contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Oracle specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information. Refer to the Legal Notices and Terms of Use for further information.

Global Payroll Interface

Oracle Global Payroll Interface supports features to send personal payroll information to third-party payroll providers and then to import processed payroll data into Oracle Fusion Global HR. You can copy and modify predefined extract definitions to meet the requirements of your third-party payroll provider. Before extracting data, payroll coordinators can optionally run the Calculate Gross Earnings process to calculate periodic values to validate gross earnings calculations. If you import processed payroll data or payslips from your third-party payroll provider, the data is available for further reporting and analysis.

Specify Offset and Auto Increment Parameter Dates for Scheduled ADP Global Payroll Interface Runs

Schedule your ADP Global Payroll Interface extractions to run at specified intervals with the Process Start Date and Process End Date parameters getting automatically set based on the extraction date. Use the delivered Profile Options For Payroll Interfaces user-defined table to offset the Process Start Date and Process End Date parameters according to your requirements.

Filter Payroll Elements to Include in the ADP Global Payroll Interface

Use the element group ADP Global Payroll Interface Element Group if you want to specify the list of payroll elements that you want to include in the ADP Global Payroll Interface. You can continue to extract all payroll elements without using this group.

Global Data Section in ADP Global Payroll Interface Enhanced with Additional Attributes

Use the additional attributes included in the Global Data section of the ADP Global Payroll Interface to enhance interfacing with ADP Global Payroll. Ensure that you do a baseline extraction after this enhancement is applied. You can do regular extractions after completion of the baseline extraction.

ADP Global Payroll Interface Enhanced to Support Baseline Extractions

Run the ADP Global Payroll Interface in Baseline Only mode to generate a full baseline extract without producing any output file.

Global Data Section Enhanced with Additional Attributes

Use the additional attributes included in the Global Data section of the Global Payroll Interface to enhance interfacing with third-party payroll applications. If you are using the delivered Global Payroll Interface extract definition, ensure that a baseline extraction is done after this enhancement is applied. You can continue with regular extractions after completion of the baseline extraction.

Global Payroll Interface Enhanced to Support Baseline Extractions

Run the Global Payroll Interface in Baseline Only mode to generate a full baseline extract without producing any output file.

February Maintenance Pack for 19A

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date	Feature	Notes
25 JAN 2019		Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:

• Release Updates (19A, 19B, 19C, and 19D)
• Optional Monthly Maintenance Packs to each update

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal.

Oracle HCM Cloud release documents are delivered in five functional groupings:

Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

• HCM Cloud Common Features (This document pertains to all HCM applications. It is the base human resource information for all products and HCM Tools.)
• Global Human Resources Cloud (Global Human Resources contains the base application in which other application use for common data such as workforce structures and person information. Regardless of what products you have implemented you may want to see the new features for Global Human Resources that could impact your products.)

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for the base Talent and Compensation stand alone applications.

Optional Reading for HCM Products (Depending on what products are in your cloud service):

• Talent Management Cloud (All Talent applications)
• Workforce Rewards Cloud (Compensation, Benefits, Payroll and Global Payroll Interface)
• Workforce Management Cloud (Absence Management and Time and Labor)

Additional Optional Reading:

• Common Technologies and User Experience (This documents the common features across all Cloud applications and is not specific to HCM)

NOTE: All of these documents can be found on the Oracle Help Center at: https://cloud.oracle.com/saasreadiness/hcm under Human Capital Management Release Readiness.

Disclaimer

The Information contained in this document may include statements about Oracle’s product development plans. Many factors can materially affect Oracle’s product development plans and the nature and timing of future product releases. Accordingly, this Information is provided to you solely for information only, is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

This information may not be incorporated into any contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Oracle specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information. Refer to the Legal Notices and Terms of Use for further information.

Human Resources

Human Capital Management for Australia

Oracle HRMS (Australia) supports country specific features and functions for Australia. It enables users to follow Australia’s business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Reporting Level Included In Workplace Gender Equality Information

Specify the manager's reporting level to the CEO in the newly added Reporting Level field. You can find this field under the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Information section on the Assignment page within the Manage Employment task.

Update 19A

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date	Feature	Notes
29 MAR 2019	Global Human Resources: Simplified Configuration for Document Types	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 19A.
22 FEB 2019	Global Payroll Interface: Deleted Data Report Enhancements	Updated document. Revised feature information.
25 JAN 2019	Global Human Resources: Deep Link for Create Document Records	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 19A.
21 DEC 2018	Global Human Resources: Checklists Enhancements	Updated document. Revised feature information.
21 DEC 2018	Global Human Resources: Limit Size of Photo Uploads	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 19A.
21 DEC 2018	Global Payroll Interface: Deleted Data Report Enhancements	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 19A.
21 DEC 2018	Global Payroll Interface: Filter Payroll Elements To Be Included In The Global Payroll Interface	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 19A.
21 DEC 2018	Global Payroll Interface: Setting Offset and Auto Incrementing Parameter Dates For Scheduled Interface Runs	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 19A.
21 DEC 2018	HR for Mexico: Unpaid Absences	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 19A.
07 DEC 2018		Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:

• Release Updates (19A, 19B, 19C, and 19D)
• Optional Monthly Maintenance Packs to each update

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal.

Oracle HCM Cloud release documents are delivered in five functional groupings:

Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

• HCM Cloud Common Features (This document pertains to all HCM applications. It is the base human resource information for all products and HCM Tools.)
• Global Human Resources Cloud (Global Human Resources contains the base application in which other application use for common data such as workforce structures and person information. Regardless of what products you have implemented you may want to see the new features for Global Human Resources that could impact your products.)

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for the base Talent and Compensation stand alone applications.

Optional Reading for HCM Products (Depending on what products are in your cloud service):

• Talent Management Cloud (All Talent applications)
• Workforce Rewards Cloud (Compensation, Benefits, Payroll and Global Payroll Interface)
• Workforce Management Cloud (Absence Management and Time and Labor)

Additional Optional Reading:

• Common Technologies and User Experience (This documents the common features across all Cloud applications and is not specific to HCM)

NOTE: All of these documents can be found on the Oracle Help Center at: https://cloud.oracle.com/saasreadiness/hcm under Human Capital Management Release Readiness.

DISCLAIMER

The information contained in this document may include statements about Oracle’s product development plans. Many factors can materially affect Oracle’s product development plans and the nature and timing of future product releases. Accordingly, this Information is provided to you solely for information only, is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

This information may not be incorporated into any contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Oracle specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information. Refer to the Legal Notices and Terms of Use for further information.

Human Resources

Global Human Resources

Oracle Global Human Resources enables your organization to plan, manage and optimize all workforce segments using flexible and extensible best practices to realize extraordinary gains while insuring compliance and increasing total workforce engagement.

Onboarding Enhancements

Create and manage Onboarding checklists effectively using the following enhancements:

• Electronic Signature – Enables you to capture electronic signature for documents used in the onboarding process
• Flexibility in Task Actions – Enables you to select multiple tasks for quicker action
• Enhanced Search – Enables you to search for a task either by name or using contains
• Mark as Not Applicable – Enables you to mark a task as not applicable
• Deep Links - Onboarding deep links are now available

Checklists Enhancements

Define and manage your checklists and checklist tasks with the following enhancements:

• New Checklist Pages - New pages to help you manage all your non-onboarding related checklists and tasks.
• Checklist Task Notifications - Changes to the checklist task status will now be reflected only when the task is marked as Completed or Rejected from the notification.
• Task Dependency - You can now add a preceding task for all checklist category options.

Employment Info Page Changes

Enhance user experience with the addition of the following 4 sections to the Employment Info page:

• Contract Details
• Seniority Dates
• Eligible Jobs
• Future Actions

The sections are added to provide a holistic view of the employment information of a worker.

New Position Attributes to Capture Budget Details and Delegate Position

Capture additional position information using the new attributes added on the Manage Positions pages.

A new region Budget Details has been added to capture the following budget information:

• Budget Amount
• Budgeted Position (to indicate if this position was already included in the current budget plan or not)
• Cost Center (to select any of the cost centers of the department)
• Funded from Existing Positions (to indicate if any already budgeted positions should be used as the funding)
• Funding Positions (only available if the previous attribute has been set to Yes, here active vacant positions that don't have child positions can be selected that will get inactivated automatically)

A new attribute Delegate Position has been added. In a future release this attribute will be used for line manager synchronization based on the HCM Position Hierarchy.

All new position attributes are also supported when using HCM Data Loader.

End Global Temporary Assignment Process Changes

Streamline the process to end the global temporary assignment with the following enhancements:

• When you terminate the destination work relationship created as a global temporary assignment, you can only select the actions relevant to end global temporary assignment.
• You cannot terminate the source work relationship from which a global temporary assignment is created. You need to first end the destination global temporary assignment before terminating the source work relationship.

Local and Global Transfer Guided Process

Simplify transfer by now using the Local and Global Transfer guided process to transfer an employee in the same legal employer or to a new legal employer.

This new guided process:

• Is a simplified design to be responsive on mobile devices.
• Is a combination of the current Transfer and Change Legal Employer guided processes.
• Is available for HR Specialists, however you can also make this process available for Line Managers.

Improved Performance of Synchronize Person Assignments from Position Job

Enhance the user experience with improved performance of the scheduled job ‘Synchronize Person Assignments from Position’ with multiple sub job processing.

The calculation of the actual number of sub jobs varies depending on the quotient of number of impacted assignments divided by number of sub jobs defined in the new profile option PER_EMPL_POSSYNC_PROPOSED_ESS_JOB_NUM. If none was specified, then the system will use 10 as the default for the number of sub jobs to use as the basis for the calculation.

• If the quotient is less than 2,000, then the number of sub jobs is calculated as the number of impacted assignments divided by 2,000.
• If the quotient is between 2,000 and 10,000, the system will use the number of sub jobs the customer has specified in the new profile option or the default of 10 if nothing was specified in the profile option.
• If the quotient is more than 10,000, then the number of sub jobs created is the total of impacted assignments divided by 10,000.

Parameter for Document Record Descriptive Flexfield

Enhance user experience and accuracy of data by using flexfield segments that now have list of values dependent on the standard attribute. The Person ID attribute is now available as a flexfield parameter for the document record descriptive flexfield.

Expanded Representatives Service

Take advantage of the representatives external service for Employment (EmploymentRespExtService) that is now expanded to return up to 4 user representative lists.

Launch Points Added for Predefined HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader (HSDL) for Workforce Structures

Enhance the user experience with the launch points for predefined HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader (HSDL) spreadsheets for workforce structure objects provided from their respective user interfaces.

You can launch the predefined HSDL spreadsheets using the Manage in Spreadsheet button, which is added on the search page of the following workforce structure objects:

• Jobs
• Positions
• Grades
• Grade Rates
• Grade Ladders
• Departments
• Locations
• Job Families
• Legislative Data Groups

You can create and update workforce structure objects using these spreadsheets.

Deep Link for Create Document Records

Simplify the process for creating a document record for yourself in the HCM Cloud application. Make use of the new deep link to directly access the Create Document Record UI.

Limit Size of Photo Uploads

Ensure performance and application stability by limiting the size of photos that are uploaded. The recommended size for photos is less than or equal to 2 MB.  Because some users were uploading very large photos that were causing performance issues, an error message is added to prevent users from uploading a file of 20 MB or larger.

Simplified Configuration for Document Types

Streamline the setup of document types in the Manage Document Types page. The page is simplified with the removal of the attachment preferences section, which is no longer relevant for the responsive Document Records page.

Global HR Redesigned User Experience

Increase user satisfaction with the redesigned pages that now have the same look and feel on desktop and mobile devices. These redesigned pages are both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language. Clutter-free pages, with clean lines and just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit.

Manage Eligible Jobs Redesigned

Use the simplified Manage Eligible Jobs flow that has the same look and feel on desktop and mobile devices. This redesigned flow is both responsive and easy to use, with a modern look and conversational language. Clutter-free pages, with just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit your organization's requirements.

Global Payroll Interface

Deleted Data Report Enhancements

Automatically transfer the Deleted Data Report to a configured FTP location by extending the delivery options. Additionally, this report supports UCM and email delivery modes.

Filter Payroll Elements to Be Included in the Global Payroll Interface

Use the element group Global Payroll Interface Element Group if you want to specify the list of payroll elements to be included in the Global Payroll Interface. You can continue to extract all payroll elements without using this group.

Setting Offset and Auto Incrementing Parameter Dates for Scheduled Interface Runs

Schedule your Global Payroll Interface extractions to run at specified intervals with the Process Start Date and Process End Date parameters getting automatically set based on the extraction date. Use the delivered Profile Options For Payroll Interfaces user-defined table to offset the Process Start Date and Process End Date parameters according to your requirements.

Human Capital Management for Belgium

Oracle HRMS (Belgium) supports country specific features and functions for Belgium. It enables users to follow Belgium’s business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Hidden Statutory Dependent Flexfield

Use the field labeled Statutory Dependent in the Contact region, shown out-of-the-box for Belgium.

Prior to Release 13 Update 18A, the Statutory Dependent was stored in a segment on the Person Contact Relationship Information flexfield. This segment was changed in Release 13 Update 18A to a read-only field and was labeled Obsolete Statutory Dependent, to allow data migration in the transition period. Now, after a few release cycles, the read-only Obsolete Statutory Dependent has been hidden.

Human Capital Management for Czech Republic

Oracle HRMS (Czech Republic) supports country specific features and functions for the Czech Republic. It enables users to follow the Czech Republic’s business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Seeded Value for the Address Type

Comply with local cultural, business, and regulatory requirements by capturing the needed person information:

• The predefined value Temporary Address is seeded for the Address Type.

Human Capital Management for Italy

Oracle HRMS (Italy) supports country specific features and functions for Italy. It enables users to follow Italy’s business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Additional Information at Organization and Person-Level

Enter additional information for employees such as disciplinary actions, trade union, and roles in the organization. You can store the applicable INPS and INAIL positions at the legal employer level, and associate the employee with those positions. You can define a collective agreement grade structure and record the collective agreement related information at employee-level.

Human Capital Management for Mexico

Oracle HRMS (Mexico) supports country specific features and functions for Mexico. It enables users to follow Mexico’s business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Unpaid Absences

Set up absence types and plans for unpaid absences based on the legal rules for maternity, sickness and other unpaid leave.

Human Capital Management for Slovakia

Oracle HRMS (Slovakia) supports country specific features and functions for Slovakia. It enables users to follow Slovakia’s business practices and comply with its statutory requirements.

Seeded Value for the Address Type

Comply with local cultural, business, and regulatory requirements by capturing the needed person information:

• The predefined value Temporary Address is seeded for the Address Type.

HCM Country and Vertical Extensions

Oracle HRMS (Country and Vertical Extensions) supports multiple country specific features and functions for a variety of countries.

Worker Data Validation Report

Increase legislative compliance by using the Worker Data Validation Report to verify data for localizations. The reports show missing or invalid HR information.

Localization specific validation is provided at the person and employment data levels. The validation consists of checking the existence of various HR attributes (Name and Address attributes, national identifiers, passport details, Contract Type etc.). In addition, other validations are enabled where required by localizations, for example: cross validation between the national identifier and other attributes, validation of the national identifier and of the passport number, coexistence of multiple national identifiers, uniqueness of records for certain Contact Types.

Review the What’s New document for more details on the validations enabled for each localization.

Worklife Solutions

Employee Wellness

Oracle Employee Wellness supports corporate initiatives to improve employee fitness and health through the use of opt-in wellness features. This application integrates with popular fitness tracking services to simplify and automate the acquisition of exercise data from a wide range of devices.

Wellness Tasks

Create wellness tasks such as “Get Your Annual Physical Checkup“. Similar to corporate goals and competitions, you can reward employees who successfully complete a wellness task.

Points Award Type

Award points to employees who successfully complete wellness goals, competitions, and tasks. Wellness Administrators can use monthly point reports to track and monitor points earned by employees. Administrators can also generate  points report on demand.

Wellness News

Post news articles or information that enables employees to learn more about their company’s corporate wellness program.

Workforce Reputation Management

Oracle Workforce Reputation Management harnesses social networks to help organizations discover, mobilize, and retain talent. This functionality provides insight into workers' social reputation and influence while also monitoring workers' social media usage compliance and mitigating social media risk.

Enhanced Skill Search

Enhance your search capability using the improved skill search feature. Skill search has been enhanced to support related terms analysis. Managers can continue to use natural language to find employees by skill and location. Skill search results will now display employee results that are “related” to the search criteria, to discover hidden talent that might have been previously overlooked.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Oracle Corporate Social Responsibility represents a corporation's initiatives to take responsibility for its effects on the environment and social well-being. Corporate social responsibility is increasingly becoming a decisive factor in HR processes to recruit, retain, and motivate the most qualified employees.

Calendar Integration for Upcoming Projects

Streamline the management of volunteering projects by using the new calendar integration feature. Employees who have registered for volunteering projects can now easily add their upcoming project dates to their calendar. The calendar integration is compatible with email clients that are operable with .ics file types.

HR Optimization

HCM Transactional Business Intelligence

Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence is a real time, self service reporting solution offered to all Oracle® Cloud application users to create ad hoc reports and analyze them for daily decision-making.  Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence provides human resources managers and specialists, business executives, and line managers the critical workforce information to analyze workforce costs, staffing, compensation, performance management, talent management, succession planning, and employee benefits.

Don’t want to start from scratch building a report or analytics? Check out the library of sample reports for all products on Customer Connect on the Report Sharing Center.

Human Resources

Support for Extended Lookups

Enhance your reporting on the Person Real Time subject area with the enhancement that supports the extended lookup for the attributes "Person Work Permit". In addition corrected the "Visa Permit Category"  attribute to map to the correct lookup,

Workforce Modeling

New Subject Area - Workforce Management - Workforce Modeling Real Time

Enhance your reporting capabilities on Global Human Resources with the ability to report on Workforce Models. A new subject area Workforce Management - Workforce Modeling Real Time has been added. This subject area allows you to report on the workforce models, the proposed changes like transfer, promotion, terminate, change manager, change location and so on.