Document History

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

Date Update Version Notes
21 DEC 2018 January Maintenance Pack for 18C Delivered new features in January Maintenance Pack for 18C.
28 JUN 2019 Update 18C Revised update 18C.
26 OCT 2018 June Maintenance Pack for 18B Delivered new features in June Maintenance Pack for 18B, which will also be included in the August Quarterly Maintenance Pack for 18B.
30 AUG 2019 Update 18B Revised update 18B.
27 APR 2018 May Maintenance Pack for 18A Delivered new features in May Maintenance Pack for 18A.
30 MAR 2018 Update 18A Revised update 18A.

January Maintenance Pack for 18C

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
21 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:

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal. If you are on Update 18A, you will only have features that are in 18A or the Monthlies for 18A, you will not have 18B features until you receive the 18B update. You can however read ahead on future release so you can make plans for when you will receive the next update.

If you are upgrading from Release 12, you should read all features up through the Release Update that you will receive in the upgrade, this can also be found in Cloud Portal.

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

Suggested Reading for all HCM 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):

Additional Optional Reading:

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.

HCM Data Loader

HCM Data Loader provides a flexible and efficient method of bulk loading business object data for data-migration and on-going incremental updates to Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud.

New Objects Supported

Extend Payroll data loading capabilities with support for these additional objects:

In addition, existing objects have been extended:

Update 18C

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
28 JUN 2019 HCM Common Architecture: Parallel Routing Policies for Approval Notifications

Updated document. Delivered feature in update 18C.

28 JUN 2019

Redesigned User Experience / HCM Common: Unsaved Changes Warning Disabled

Updated document. Revised feature information.

22 FEB 2019 Redesigned User Experience / HCM Common: Unsaved Changes Warning Disabled

Updated document. Revised feature information.

22 FEB 2019

Redesigned User Experience / Talent: Performance and Career Overviews for My Team

Updated document. Revised feature information.

21 DEC 2018

Redesigned User Experience / Time & Labor: Employee Time Card Self-Service Page Redesigned

Updated document. Delivered feature in update 18C

21 DEC 2018 Redesigned User Experience / Talent: Improved Person Spotlight Security and Design

Updated document. Delivered feature in update 18C

26 OCT 2018 HCM Data Loader: Enhancements to Recruiting Objects

Updated document. Delivered feature in update 18C.

25 SEP 2018 HCM Data Loader: New Business Objects Supported Updated document. Revised feature information.
07 SEP 2018   Created initial document.

Overview

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

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal. If you are on Update 18A, you will only have features that are in 18A or the Monthlies for 18A, you will not have 18B features until you receive the 18B update. You can however read ahead on future release so you can make plans for when you will receive the next update.

If you are upgrading from Release 12, you should read all features up through the Release Update that you will receive in the upgrade, this can also be found in Cloud Portal.

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

Suggested Reading for all HCM 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):

Additional Optional Reading:

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.

Application Security

Oracle Fusion Applications Security provides a single console where IT Security Managers and Administrators can perform various functions including user lifecycle management, role definition, security policy management(both functional and data), role hierarchy maintenance, username and password policy administration, and certificate management. The console also enables users to simulate the effect of security changes, to run security reports, and download a connector for integration with Microsoft Active Directory.

Email Validation in Manage Users

Validate work email addresses on the Create User and Edit User pages to identify duplicate values. Enable this validation, which is optional, by setting the PER_MANAGE_USERS_EMAIL_VALIDATION profile option.

Enable Audit of Role Delegation

Track delegation of roles by configuring audit of the Role Delegation business object. Review role delegation transactions in standard audit reports.

Support Linking of User Accounts to Person Records on the Edit User Page

Link standalone user accounts to person records on the Edit User page to correct mistakes, for example. Any currently linked account is automatically unlinked from the person record.

HCM Security

Includes enhancements to person security profiles, new-person task flows, role mappings, the Retrieve Latest LDAP Changes process, predefined job and abstract roles, and security setup.

New Validation of Data and Abstract Roles

Remove unwanted data security policies from copied roles. When you edit an abstract role on the Manage Data Roles and Security Profiles page, new validation rules are applied. If the abstract role is a copy of another abstract role with assigned security profiles, then your copy has the data security policies from the source role. In this case, a warning message provides instructions for removing the copied data security policies from your role to avoid unwanted data access. The same validation occurs for job roles when you create or edit a data role.

HCM Common Architecture

Parallel Routing Policies for Approval Notifications

Define routing policies that enable you to send approval notifications to multiple participants in parallel including multiple Areas of Responsibility (AOR). This feature also enables you to create multiple stages and multiple participants in serial or parallel mode in the BPM Worklist application.

HCM Data Loader

HCM Data Loader provides a flexible and efficient method of bulk loading business object data for data-migration and on-going incremental updates to Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud.

New Business Objects Supported

Extend data-loading capabilities with support for these additional objects:

Support for Oracle Benefits Objects

Load bulk data for Oracle Benefits with support for Participant Enrollment, Dependent Enrollment, Beneficiary Enrollment, and Person Habits.

Enhancements to Checklist Business Objects

Create onboarding checklists using new components added to the Checklist Template and Allocated Checklist business objects. Bulk load setup data for checklists using the new Task Library and Checklist Content Details business objects.

Enhancements to Talent Management Objects

Extend data-loading capabilities with support for:

Enhancements to View Business Objects

Expand your knowledge of a business object using the enhanced View Business Objects task. Your review of object attributes can now include flexfield segments. Other enhancements include details of available integration keys and user keys for attributes that are surrogate IDs, parent surrogate IDs, or foreign object references. Lookup types are now identified for relevant attributes.

Enable Audit of Data Loaded

Enable audit to monitor changes made to data that you load using HCM Data Loader. Capture audit data for objects and their attributes enabled for auditing.

Review and Set Configuration Parameters Efficiently

Set all configuration parameters that control HCM Data Loader and HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader functionality on the same page. Review default configuration values for bulk loading data and provide environment-specific overrides where appropriate.

Automated Maintenance of Stage Tables

Purge automatically data sets that have not been updated recently using an enhanced Delete Stage Table Data process. This process now also archives data sets automatically if the number of data lines in the stage tables remains high after any automatic purging of data sets is complete. If no schedule exists for the Delete Stage Table Data process, then a schedule is created automatically to run the process nightly.

Enhancements to Recruiting Objects

Extend your data loading capabilities with support for these additional objects:

The existing Job Requisition has been enhanced and now provides support for Language, Media Link and Media Link Language.

The existing Candidate Job Application now supports the bulk loading of candidate personal information.

HCM Extract

HCM Extracts provide a method for extracting data from your HCM applications that can be used for interfacing data to another source or extracting data to integrate reporting across systems. HCM Extracts provide a method for extracting data from your HCM applications that can be used for interfacing data to another source or extracting data to integrate reporting across systems.

Lock Extract Definition

Lock an extract definition when complete and ready for publishing to ensure it is not edited.

Extract Deleted Object Details

Extract key data about objects that have been deleted using the event object changes user entity HRC_EVT_OBJ_CHANGES_UE.

View the Context Setting User Entity List

View the context setting of the user entity list on the Context tab in the User Entity Details window.

Store Multiple Encryption Keys in HCM Extracts

Use multiple keys for encrypting data for outbound systems using HCM extracts.

HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader

HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader provides a flexible and efficient method of bulk loading business object data for data-migration and on-going incremental updates to Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud.

Secure Spreadsheets and Spreadsheet Templates for Bulk Data Loading

Secure access to spreadsheets for loading data in bulk. Authorize users, such as application specialists and administrators, to perform the Run Spreadsheet Data Loader task for specific objects only. Selectively enable users to create, save, upload, and view all data sets generated from a specified spreadsheet template.

Authorize selected users, such as application administrators, to perform the Manage Spreadsheet Templates task and import templates for selected objects. A new task, Manage Spreadsheet Business Object Access, enables you to configure this access. The Manage Spreadsheet Templates task and the Import action now restrict template access based on this configuration.

Simplified Configuration for List of Values

Validate your spreadsheet data entry by configuring lists of values for your spreadsheet columns. The Manage Spreadsheet Templates task now simplifies the configuration of lists of values sourced from lookups, value sets and view objects.

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.

The Self-Service Pages Redesigned below are all part of the Redesigned Cloud User Experience.

HCM Common

Profile Options Delivered to Enable Redesigned User Experience

Enable newly designed, mobile responsive pages, now using the delivered profile options. All profile values are delivered with a Site level value set to N. To enable new responsive pages, change the Site level value to Y for the pages you want to use. Prior to release 18C, you had to manually create the profile options to enable them. 

Unsaved Changes Warning Disabled

Navigate away from a page easily in the Enhanced User Experience if you have not saved or submitted information. Warning messages are now disabled for all HCM transactions to simplify the user experience. Users can now walk around in the application without having to confirm that the data will be lost if they have not saved or submitted. If you prefer to see the save changes message, you can enable it by changing the Site level value to Y for the profile option HCM_SAVE_CHANGES_WARNING_ENABLED.

Configure Quick Actions on Me, My Team, and My Client Groups

Configure how frequently used actions must appear and what should be their order (on the Me, My Team, and My Client Groups tabs), when using the News Feed default homepage layout. Actions are displayed based on the user's security access.

HCM Global Search Enhanced

Search for actions using commonly used synonyms in the enhanced HCM global search. For example, search for the Add Absence action using the words "sick", PTO, or "vacation". Up to 10 synonyms are delivered for the most frequently used quick actions and can be modified by each customer. Also now search for any commonly used actions from global search. When an action is available from multiple home page tabs (for example, Me, My Team, My Client Groups), the tab name is appended to the action. This helps the user know which version of the action to select depending on who they want to take the action on. For example, a user who is a line manager and an HR specialist may be able Promote direct reports and employees in their HR area of responsibility. When searching for Promote, two actions are returned - Promote - My Team and Promote - My Client Groups. After selecting the appropriate action, you can search for the person to promote.

New Client LOVs

Search for and select the value you want using new client list of values (LOVs) in newly available mobile responsive pages. In addition, if you want to change the search logic of client LOVs from "contains" to "starts with", change the Site level profile value of the delivered corresponding profile options to Y. Previously, you had to create profile options, however now they are delivered you just need to set it to Y.

Improved Person Spotlight Security and Design

Increase usability with the improved design and security of the person spotlight. You can view only the tabs applicable to you based on your security profile or view all tabs using the Show More arrow.

HCM Security

My Account and Manage User Account Redesigned

Increase ease of use and responsiveness on all devices with the redesigned My Account and Manage User Account pages. These redesigned interfaces have a fresh appearance and use conversational language. Clutter-free pages, with just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit your organization's requirements.

Absence

Add Absence Self-Service Page Enhanced

Increase user satisfaction with the new absences pages that have the same look and feel on desktop and mobile devices. Several Absence Management features are now available in the redesigned Add Absence page. The added features include support for:

Benefits

Further Redesigned Self-Service Pages

Complete your enrollments end-to-end using the new redesigned landing and enrollments pages. If you waited to use the Benefits Landing Pad functionality until the full self-service enrollments flow was delivered, the time is now. With this release participants are able to self-report life events, update contacts, make enrollment or perform any other actions related to self-service benefits, either on their desktops or their mobile devices. The first thing you’ll notice is that the landing page has additional buttons to enable you to complete your enrollment activities. The pages offer improved navigation, communication, and clutter free pages. The train stops and the review page have been removed, to enable participants to scroll through all the enrollment selections for each plan type grouping quickly and easily, and make necessary elections.

Human Resources

New Person Flows Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with New Person self-service flows that now have the same look and feel on desktop and mobile devices. These redesigned flows are both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language. Clutter-free pages, with just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit your organization's requirements. The New Person pages are now the same for users with the line manager and HR Specialist roles.

Personal Information Redesigned Self-Service Pages Enhanced

Increase user satisfaction with Personal Information pages that now have the following enhanced features:

Seniority Dates Redesigned

Use the simplified Seniority Dates 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.

Manage Allocated Checklists Page Redesigned

View the Manage Allocated Checklists page for Line Manager. It has been redesigned for ease of use and is responsiveness on all devices.

Document Records Changes

Access document records from a separate section in the Personal Information work area. In addition to this change, the Manage Document Records task is now renamed as Document Records under Quick Actions for an employee.

Printing the Directory Organization Chart

Print the organization chart for a worker from the Public Info page or your own organization chart from the Directory or the My Organization Chart task. Line managers can print the organization chart of their team from the My Organization Chart task. The organization chart shows the managerial hierarchy for a worker. For example, if you are an employee without any direct reports, the organization chart shows your manager and peers and if you are a line manager, the organization chart shows your direct reports.

When you print the organization chart, you can select the hierarchy levels you want to display and the visual orientation.  You can select which information you want to display in the printed organization chart. These settings apply to all the employee cards in the organization chart.  You can preview the organization chart print before it is generated and finally it can be saved as an image file.

Information Sharing Pages Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with the redesigned Information Sharing flow that now has the same look and feel on desktop and mobile devices. The pages are responsive and easy to use, with a modern look and conversational language. In addition, the internal and external information sharing flows are now separate tasks so that you can vary the security for each task based on your business needs.

Global Payroll

Manage Payment Method Preferences Page

Use the new Manage Payment Method Preferences page to easily configure payment method preferences within a legislative data group in the redesigned user experience. For example, preferences can be set to restrict the payment types available for selection when employees create personal payment methods or limit the number of personal payment methods each employee can create.

Payroll for Canada

Year-End Documents in Employee Self-Service

Provide employees direct access to their year-end documents through the new responsive self-service pages.

Payroll for the United States

Year-End Documents in Employee Self-Service

Provide employees direct access to their year-end documents through the new responsive self-service pages.

Recruiting

Current Jobs Pages Redesigned

Increase internal candidate satisfaction with Current Jobs pages that now has the same look and feel on a desktop or mobile device. These redesigned pages are both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language. The page offers clutter-free pages with just the essential fields in job searches and job detail pages making easy access to a user’s favorite jobs, job applications, referrals, and job offers. Applying to and referring colleagues to jobs is quick and straightforward.

Talent

Performance on Person Spotlight Redesigned

Increase ease of use and responsiveness on all devices with the redesigned Performance tab on person spotlight. Simplify the navigation for employees to their Performance related information. Access Performance Documents, Anytime Documents, and Check-Ins from the same page. The functionality previously accessible from the My Evaluations page is now available in the Performance tab on person spotlight. Line managers and users with the required security access can also view other employees Performance information from person spotlight.

Performance and Career Overviews for My Team

Increase managers’ visibility of overall talent information using the new manager pages Performance Overview and Career Overview. From Performance Overview view performance and goals information including: performance document status, counts of anytime documents and check-ins, completed performance goals and latest performance ratings. Actions include add anytime documents, anytime feedback or performance goals for employees. From Career Overview view succession, development goals and other talent rating information. Refine the employee list using filters consistent with other My Team pages. Use Page Composer to hide defaulted information or display hidden fields.

Career Development Self-Service Pages Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with the Career Development pages that now have the same look and feel on a desktop or a mobile device. The redesigned pages are 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.

Most Goal Management Features Added to Redesigned Pages

Take advantage of the new Goal Management features that are now available in the redesigned responsive pages.  The added features include all remaining goal attributes that were not included in the previous release including flexfields, goal measurements, goal tasks, goal sharing, goal alignment, and goal approvals.  Stay tuned for the following features are not yet available: notifications, goal target outcomes, goal plan sets, organization goals.

Contextual Notes Self-Service Page Redesigned

Increase the user satisfaction with the embedded Contextual Notes that now has the same look and feel on a desktop or a mobile device. This redesigned page is both responsive and easy to use with a modern look and a conversational language. The clutter-free page, with clean lines and just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit your organization needs.

Succession Planning Spotlight Redesigned

Enhance the user experience with the new Succession Planning page in Person Spotlight. This redesigned page is both responsive and easy to use on any device. You can access both succession plan details and talent pool details from this page. The succession plan and talent pool details sections display only the essential fields that you need, but you can personalize them to suit your organization's requirements.

Time & Labor

Employee Time Card Self-Service Page Redesigned

Reduce time spent reporting time with these newly delivered features: copy time card and favorite. Also, your employees who report time using time collection devices or web clock can find incomplete or in error time cards and fix any missing in or out events.

June Maintenance Pack for 18B

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 OCT 2018   Created initial document.

Overview

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

It is important for you to know what Release Update you environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal. If you are on Update 18A, you will only have features that are in 18A or the Monthly and Quarterly updates for 18A, you will not have 18B features until you receive the 18B update. You can however read ahead on future release so you can make plans for when you will receive the next update.

If you are upgrading from Release 12, you should read all features up through the Release Update that you will receive in the upgrade. This can also be found in Cloud Portal.

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

Suggested Reading for all HCM 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):

Additional Optional Reading:

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.

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.

The Self-Service Pages Redesigned below are all part of the Redesigned Cloud User Experience.

Payroll for the United States

Tax Withholding Enhancements for the Employee

Facilitate your employees’ tax withholdings entries through the new enhanced user responsive tax withholding entry page.

Update 18B

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
30 AUG 2019 Redesigned User Experience / HCM Common: Redesigned Oracle HCM Cloud Mobile App

Updated document. Revised feature information.

25 JAN 2019 HCM Common Featue: Redesigned SmartNav and Single List of Actions

Updated document. Delivered feature in update 18B.

21 DEC 2018 Redesigned User Experience: Enhanced Role Based Quick Actions

Updated document. Revised feature information.

25 SEP 2018 Redesigned  User Experience / Time and Labor: Employee Time Card Self-Service Page Redesigned

Updated document. Delivered feature in update 18B.

27 JUL 2018 HCM Data Loader: View Business Objects Task Updated document. Delivered feature in update 18B.

29 JUN 2018

HCM Data Loader: New Business Objects Supported

Updated document. Delivered feature in update 18B.

29 JUN 2018 HCM Data Loader: Automatic Validation of Maximum Concurrent Threads for Load

Updated document. Delivered feature in update 18B.

25 MAY 2018

Redesigned User Experience / HCM Common: Person Spotlight Redesigned

Updated document. Revised feature information.

27 APR 2018

HCM Common Feature: Redesigned Oracle HCM Cloud Mobile App

Updated document. Delivered feature in update 18B.

27 APR 2018

HCM Common Feature: Alerts Composer Updated document. Revised feature information.

27 APR 2018

Redesigned User Experience / HCM Common: HCM Page Configurations Simplified

Updated document. Delivered feature in update 18B.

27 APR 2018 Redesigned User Experience / HCM Common: Faster Rendering of Values Using Client List of Values (LOVs) Updated document. Delivered feature in update 18B.
06 APR 2018   Created initial document.

Overview

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

It is important for you to know what Release Update you environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal. If you are on Update 18A, you will only have features that are in 18A or the Monthly and Quarterly updates for 18A, you will not have 18B features until you receive the 18B update. You can however read ahead on future release so you can make plans for when you will receive the next update.

If you are upgrading from Release 12, you should read all features up through the Release Update that you will receive in the upgrade. This can also be found in Cloud Portal.

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

Suggested Reading for all HCM 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):

Additional Optional Reading:

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.

Application Security

Oracle Fusion Applications Security provides a single console where IT Security Managers and Administrators can perform various functions including user lifecycle management, role definition, security policy management(both functional and data), role hierarchy maintenance, username and password policy administration, and certificate management. The console also enables users to simulate the effect of security changes, to run security reports, and download a connector for integration with Microsoft Active Directory.

Link Standalone User Accounts to Person Records on the Create User Page

Streamline user management by linking standalone user accounts to person records on the Create User page. For example, you can now link user accounts created using SCIM APIs or on the Security Console in this way.

Securing Access to Oracle Recruiting Cloud Candidates with Job Offers

Secure access to candidates with job offers from Oracle Recruiting Cloud. This feature enables you to manage candidates securely in Oracle HCM Cloud before onboarding starts.

Security Enhancements for Manage User Account Page and My Account Page

Control access to user account pages. The Manage User Account and My Account pages are now secured separately to enable appropriate user access.

HCM Common Features

This section covers features used across all HCM Applications.

Alerts Composer

Use the Alerts Composer tool to send informational notifications to Oracle HCM Cloud users. This tool enables you to configure the notification templates and add recipients. Notifications are triggered based on predefined conditions for two types of Alerts.

Preview HCM Data Security for a User

Investigate data-access issues for a named user using the new Preview HCM Data Security task in the Workforce Structures work area. Review the user's current roles and areas of responsibility, and analyze how access to a specific secured resource is either enabled or prevented, as appropriate. Apply this understanding to correct the user's data-access issues.

Redesigned SmartNav and Single List of Actions

Use the newly designed SmartNav to quickly initiate an action on a person. In redesigned, responsive pages, SmartNav is available where ever there's a person image in the header region of the page. In classic, non-responsive pages, the SmartNav is replaced with a new icon.

A single list of actions is now used in Smartnav, as well as global search and action menus. These actions are directly linked to quick actions available to you.

HCM Data Loader

HCM Data Loader provides a flexible and efficient method of bulk loading business object data for data-migration and on-going incremental updates to Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud.

Enhanced Validation of Date-Effectivity Attributes

Prevent invalid use of the ReplaceFirstEffectiveStartDate and ReplaceLastEffectiveEndDate attributes. New validation identifies the use of these objects for objects that are not date-effective.

Support for Oracle Learning Objects

Bulk load data for Oracle Learning with support for Classroom Resource, Course, Course Offering Pricing Defaults, and Offering Custom Pricing objects.

The Course Learning Item object is now deprecated. Instead use the Course object.

Schedule Regular Deletion of Stage Table Data

Improve performance by deleting HCM Data Loader stage table data regularly, for example, weekly. The Delete Stage Table Data page has been enhanced to simplify the scheduling process and enable easier identification of the data sets to be deleted.

Automatic Validation of Maximum Concurrent Threads for Load

Validate automatically the maximum concurrent threads that you can use when loading data. A new configuration parameter holds information about your environment configuration to use as input to the validation.

New Business Objects Supported

Extend data-loading capabilities with support for additional objects. For Oracle Learning, the Instructor Resource and Specialization objects are now supported. For Oracle Global Payroll, these objects are now supported:

View Business Objects Task

Review the details of supported business objects using the View Business Objects task, which replaces the Initiate Data Load task. Ensure that latest details are available for business objects using the Refresh Object and Refresh All Objects buttons, which also generate up-to-date templates. The Refresh Object and Refresh All Objects actions replace the Generate Template and Generate Templates actions.

HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader

HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader provides a flexible and efficient method of bulk loading business object data for data-migration and on-going incremental updates to Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud.

Delete Data Using HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader

Extend your use of spreadsheets for managing data in bulk. You can now create spreadsheet templates that support either deletion or creation and update of business objects.

Delete Stage Table Data

Improve performance by regularly purging stage table data for your spreadsheet uploads. On the new Delete Spreadsheet Stage Table Data page, you can identify spreadsheet data sets to delete. You can also create a schedule to perform regular maintenance of the spreadsheet stage tables.

Test HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader Process Flow and Connections

Validate HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader end-to-end process flows and connections without committing data to the application tables. The Test HCM Data Loader Process Flow and Connections process has been extended to test HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader.

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.

The Self-Service Pages Redesigned below are all part of the Redesigned Cloud User Experience.

Redesigned Oracle HCM Cloud Mobile App

Access the redesigned HCM user experience using the Oracle HCM Cloud mobile app that you download directly onto your mobile device. Oracle HCM Cloud is available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The new mobile app gives you access to the same redesigned user-experience as when you use a mobile browser. You can use the same mobile responsive features enabled in the desktop application in the new version of the mobile app.

You will have a consistent user experience whether using your desktop computer, mobile browser, or the new native mobile app. The new mobile app uses the same security and configuration as the desktop application. No extra security or configuration is needed to use the new mobile app.

The existing Oracle HCM Cloud mobile app is renamed to Oracle HCM Cloud (Original) and can no longer be used. Existing customers must enable new mobile responsive pages in HCM Cloud and implement the new Oracle HCM Cloud app to enjoy a seamless experience between desktop and mobile.

HCM Common

Person Spotlight Redesigned

Increase ease of use and responsiveness on all devices with the redesigned person spotlight. Use the person spotlight to get a complete view of your profile. Line managers and users with the required security access can also view other people's public information as well. Person spotlight provides a single-click access to different details of your person record within a single work area. You can see the following tabs based on your security access:

Directory, Organization Chart, and Public Information Pages Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with the Directory, Organization Chart, and Public Information 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 just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit your organization's requirements. 

My Team, Team Compensation, and Team Talent Manager Self-Service Pages Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with the My Team, Team Compensation and Team Talent manager self-service pages that have been combined and redesigned for ease of use and responsiveness on all devices.  The team overview and also views of a manager's team compensation and talent are incorporated into a single work area.  You can disable the position view and show positions incumbents as assignments or requisitions.  To make the pages clutter-free, several fields are hidden out-of-the-box, but you can display them using Page Composer.

Anytime Feedback Self-Service Page Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with the Anytime Feedback page that now have the same look and feel on desktop and mobile devices. This redesigned page is both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language. Clutter-free page, with just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit your organization's requirements.

HCM Page Configurations Simplified

Manage configurations for HCM using the new HCM Page Configurator. HCM Page Configurator makes it much easier to make and maintain your changes. You can:

Faster Rendering of Values Using Client List of Values (LOVs)

Replace existing list of values (LOVs) with fast and easy client LOVs across most of the redesigned mobile responsive pages, except where the list contains only a few values. Client LOVs provide the following benefits over the traditional list of values:

HCM Home Page

New Home Page News Feed Layout

Maximize your HCM Cloud experience using the new homepage News Feed layout. The new layout puts everything you need on one streamlined, modern, and simplified page. The homepage is the sum of many parts. The news feed layout unifies new or redesigned features to enhance your HCM user experience. This includes:

Streamlined HCM Main Menu

Get where you want to go easier with the consolidated and streamlined HCM entries in the main menu. HCM menu groups now appear in the first positions of the main menu. Most HCM menu entries are consolidated under Me (About Me), My Team, and My Client Groups (My Workforce) to make it easier to find what you’re looking for based on the role you’re acting in. Payroll and Benefits Administration still exist as their own menu groups. Menu entries that don’t have any subordinate entries under them are now consolidated into a new menu group called Others.

New HCM Global Search

Search for yourself or another person and take action directly from the global search window. When you search for and select yourself, you are presented with suggested actions you can perform on yourself. When you search for and select another person, you are presented with suggested actions you can perform on that person as either their line manager or as an HR professional. You can also click on any person’s name to go directly to their spotlight. In addition, you can search for a predefined list of actions to initiate directly from the global search. 

You can enable different search groups to appear in the Global Search window such as your own Recent Searches and Popular Searches in your organization.

Enhanced News and Announcements

Check out news and announcements that are now displayed on the News Feed Home page. A new Administrator page allows you to configure the type of announcement, define the subject, add a photo and text, and set an end date for the announcement when the announcement is no longer available. Active announcements are global and are available to all employees in your organization.

Enhanced Role Based Quick Actions

Initiate actions quickly for yourself, your team, or your organization using the enhanced actions available on the new Me, My Team, and My Client Groups tabs when using the News Feed layout for the home page.

The tabs display an initial set of actions based on your functional security privileges. Only those actions for which you have the functional security privilege to perform are displayed. Click Show More to access all your available actions grouped under the appropriate heads.

Absence Management

Absences Self-Service Pages Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with absences pages that now have the same look and feel on desktop and mobile pages. The redesigned pages are both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language. You can personalize the clutter-free page with just the essential fields.

The redesigned pages are:

Benefits Management

Self-Service Landing Pad Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with the redesigned self-service landing pad and selected pages, as the first phase of enabling the enrollments functionality for all devices. You can now perform some of your benefits self-service tasks using both desktop and mobile devices. There is the same look and feel on both 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.

The pages we’ve redesigned in this release are the self-service Benefits Landing Pad and the Enrollment summary pages, including the Program Plan Selection and Enrollment Details pages. If your organization has already closed open enrollment, and you do not self-report or expect your employees to do anything other than verifying enrollments in self-service benefits, you can use the redesigned pages immediately. If your open enrollment period is imminent, or if you want participants to self-report life events, update contacts, or perform any other actions, we suggest you wait for further enhancements coming in the next releases.

Compensation Management

Compensation Self-Service Pages Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with compensation pages that now have the same look and feel on desktop and mobile pages. The redesigned pages are both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language. You can personalize the clutter-free page with just the essential fields.

The redesigned pages are:

Global HR

Personal Information Redesigned Self-Service Pages Enhanced

Increase user satisfaction with Personal Information pages that now have enhanced features.  For example, the pages now provide disability self-disclosure, flexfields that are hidden out-of-the-box, support for local name record, approvals, and access to employment and compensation information.

Employment Manager Self-Service Flows Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with Employment manager self-service flows that now have the same look and feel on desktop and mobile devices. These redesigned flows are both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language. Clutter-free pages, with just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit your organization's requirements.

Document Records and Document Delivery Preferences Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with Document Records and Document Delivery Preferences self-service flows that now have the same look and feel on desktop and mobile devices. These redesigned flows are both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language. Clutter-free pages, with just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit your organization's requirements.

Enhanced Representatives Region for Employee and Manager Self-Service Pages

Enhance the user experience with a new look and feel of the Representatives region on the employee and manager self-service pages. In case of multiple assignments, human resource (HR) representatives can filter the assignments in the Person and Employment management user interfaces.

Payroll for China

Employee View Social Security Accounts Self-Service Page Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with the employee view social security account information self-service page. It now has the same look and feel, is responsive, and easy to use on both desktop and mobile devices, with a modern look and conversational language. It has a clutter-free design with clean lines and just the essential fields. Personalize this page to suit your requirement.

Talent Management

Goal Management Self-Service Pages Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with the Goal Management 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 just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit your organization's requirements.

Time and Labor

Employee Time Card Self-Service Page Redesigned

Increase employee satisfaction with the employee time card self-service page that has the same look and feel on desktop and mobile devices. This redesigned page is both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language. The clutter-free page, with clean lines and just the essential fields, can be personalized. To save time, employees can directly access current time cards using the newly delivered Current Time Card quick action. The newly delivered responsive page layout enables you to define how your employees report their time from any device.

May Maintenance Pack for 18A

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
27 APR 2018   Created initial document.

Overview

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

Suggested Reading for all HCM 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):

Additional Optional Reading:

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.

HCM Data Loader

HCM Data Loader provides a flexible and efficient method of bulk loading business object data for data-migration and on-going incremental updates to Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud.

Purge Person Data in Test Environments

Purge person and related data using the Purge Person Data in Test Environments process. During system implementation and testing, developers often need to iteratively load, test, purge, and reload HCM data. This new process simplifies the purging of person data from test environments.

Support for Oracle Time and Labor Objects

Bulk load data for Oracle Time and Labor with support for Event Action and Event Group.

Update 18A

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
30 MAR 2018 HCM Extract: View Database Item Group List

Updated document. Delivered feature in update 18A.

16 FEB 2018 HCM Extract: Disable Bursting

Updated document. Delivered feature in update 18A.

12 JAN 2018   Created initial document.

Overview

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

Suggested Reading for all HCM 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):

Additional Optional Reading:

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.

Application Security

Oracle Fusion Applications Security provides a single console where IT Security Managers and Administrators can perform various functions including user lifecycle management, role definition, security policy management(both functional and data), role hierarchy maintenance, username and password policy administration, and certificate management. The console also enables users to simulate the effect of security changes, to run security reports, and download a connector for integration with Microsoft Active Directory.

User Provisioning Diagnostics

Simplify the support and maintenance of users and role provisioning by running the User History report on the Edit User page. The User History report is a diagnostic report for the selected user.

HCM Data Loader

HCM Data Loader provides a flexible and efficient method of bulk loading business object data for data-migration and on-going incremental updates to Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud.

New Business Objects Supported

Extend data-loading capabilities with support for additional objects, including Schedule Request, Absence Reason, Progression Grade Ladder, Progression Grade Rate, and Progression Rule.

Create Default Working Hour Pattern Record Automatically

Automate the creation of default working-hour patterns records for worker assignments by including a SET instruction in the Worker.dat file when you use HCM Data Loader.

HCM Extract

Leverage Reusable HCM Extract Calculation Card Templates

Use the new HCM Extract Calculation Card templates when creating Payroll Interface extracts to take advantage of payroll specific data groups that are delivered and updated by Oracle, without the need to manually modify extracts that use these templates when updates are delivered by Oracle.

Disable Bursting

Disable bursting for the payslip if you want to produce a single PDF output without using bursting feature of BIP report. Select None as the delivery type on the Deliver page when creating a delivery option for the HCM extract. Select Disable in the Bursting field to disable the bursting options associated with the BIP report.

View Database Item Group List

Use the full database item group list that includes both the direct and derived database items available in the user entity details.

HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader

HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader provides a flexible and efficient method of bulk loading business object data for data-migration and on-going incremental updates to Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud.

New Template Parameter Configuration

Refine the scope of some configuration parameters by setting them in spreadsheet templates. Specify values that apply to all spreadsheets generated from the template and support the use cases for which the template was designed.

Redesigned User Experience

These redesigned pages are both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language.

Redesigned Cloud 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.

The Self-Service Pages Redesigned below are all part of the Redesigned Cloud User Experience.

Global Human Resources

Personal Information Self-Service Pages Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with Personal Information 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 just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit your organization's requirements.

Global Payroll

Payroll Self-Service Pages Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with Payroll 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.

Time and Labor

Web Clock Self-Service Page Redesigned

Increase user satisfaction with the web clock self-service page that now has the same look and feel on desktop and mobile devices. This redesigned page is both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language. The clutter-free page, with clean lines and just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit. The redesigned page includes a new elapsed time counter. The counter lets workers see how much time has elapsed since the most recent In button was clicked or tapped on the web clock. The access to daily time events within the same page is simplified. Workers see, at a glance, all the in or out clicks or taps. As a result, workers more accurately click or tap the next event and identify mistakes, such as missing events. Animation and improved behavior clearly identifies the button to click or tap.