October Maintenance Pack for 20C

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	Product	Feature	Notes
25 SEP 2020			Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this What’s New:

• Release Updates (20A, 20B, 20C, and 20D)
• 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.

This document outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in Oracle HCM Cloud. Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help you.

In addition to this document you will also want to review the Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud Functional Known Issues and Maintenance Packs (Document ID 1554838.1). These documents identify bug fixes and possible known issues. You will also need to review these documents based in the release update version you are currently on or will be moving to.

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 Talent and Compensation products.

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 in Release Readiness under Human Capital Management or via the Oracle Help Center under Cloud Applications > Human Capital Management.

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Feature Summary

HCM Common Architecture

This section covers features used across all HCM Applications.

Alerts Purge Settings and Process Schedule

Alerts notifications and associated process logs that are older than 90 days are now purged automatically on the first Sunday of every month. You can't update this predefined schedule. However, you can can create a new schedule or submit additional purge processes as per your requirements.

You can create a new schedule by using the Purge Alert Processing and Log Entries process in the Schedule Processes work area.

Use the the new default purge settings to automatically purge Alert notifications from the application.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

For more information about Alerts, see the Implementing Global Human Resources guide on the Oracle Help Center.

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

Load your element entry and costing information together in one file, with this new object for Payroll:

• Element Entry Costing

Simplify your element entry creation; you don't need to know the entry sequence of existing element entries, new element entries will be assigned the next available sequence number. Costing data is supplied with the element entry, on the same file line.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

The View Business Objects task provides details of all HCM Data Loader supported business objects.

Update 20C

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	Product	Feature	Notes
18 DEC 2020	HCM Common Features	New Enhancements to Transaction Console	Updated document. Revised feature information.
30 OCT 2020	HCM Common Features	New Enhancements to Transaction Console	Updated document. Revised feature information.
25 SEP 2020	HCM Common Features	HCM Digital Assistant - Chat Widget Configuration	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20C.
28 AUG 2020	HCM Common Features	Enhancements to the Human Capital Management Approval Rules Page	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20C.
31 JUL 2020	HCM Common Features	Enhancements to HCM Approval Rules	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20C.
31 JUL 2020	HCM Common Features	HCM Digital Assistant - New Features	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20C.
31 JUL 2020	HCM Common Features	New Enhancements to Transaction Console	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20C.
31 JUL 2020	HCM Common Features	Performance Improvements for HCM BIP-Based Approval Notifications	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20C.
31 JUL 2020	HCM Data Loader	Business Object Enhancements	Updated document. Revised feature information.
31 JUL 2020	HCM Data Loader Removed or Replaced Features	Business Objects Being Withdrawn	Updated document. Revised feature information.
26 JUN 2020	HCM Common Features	New Employee Summary Page in Person Spotlight	Updated document. Revised feature information.
05 JUN 2020			Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this What’s New:

• Release Updates (20A, 20B, 20C, and 20D)
• 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.

This document outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in Oracle HCM Cloud. Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help you.

In addition to this document you will also want to review the Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud Functional Known Issues and Maintenance Packs (Document ID 1554838.1). These documents identify bug fixes and possible known issues. You will also need to review these documents based in the release update version you are currently on or will be moving to.

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 Talent and Compensation products.

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 in Release Readiness under Human Capital Management or via the Oracle Help Center under Cloud Applications > Human Capital Management.

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Feature Summary

HCM Common Features

This section covers features used across all HCM Applications.

New Employee Summary Page in Person Spotlight

Enrich access to your employees' information with the new Employee Summary page in the person spotlight. You can now see an employee’s most-commonly used information, compiled from public and private information of the person spotlight in the Employee Summary page

How You Access the Employee Summary Page

1. From the Person Spotlight

Based on the configuration in the HCM Experience Design Studio, you can access the Employee Summary page from any page that launches the person spotlight window. For example, you can access the person spotlight from the My Public Info page (for self) or the My Team page (for a report). Out-of-the-box, the default page is Public Info.

For example, you can access the Employee Summary page for yourself after selecting Public Info from Directory. By default, the Contact Info and Assignment sections are expanded.

Employee Summary for Self

As a manager, you can access the employee summary for others, from where you can download the contact information in .vcf format.

Employee Summary for Others

2. From Quick Actions On My Team Page

As a manager, you can also access the Employee Summary page from the quick action of the same name available on the My Team tab, after selecting a person in the person search.

Employee Summary Quick Action

What You See in the Employee Summary

Based on your security role, you can view these details on the Employee Summary page.

Section	View
Contact Info	Expanded by default.
Assignment	Expanded by default.
Managers & Direct Reports	Expanded by default.
Representatives	Not expanded by default.
Current Salary	Not expanded by default.
Feedback	Not expanded by default.
Learning	Not expanded by default.
Skills and Qualifications	Not expanded by default. Sections are hidden if there is no information.

Other Sections Collapsed by Default

Current Salary Region

Learning Region When Expanded

Talent Regions When Expanded

Profiles Regions When Customers Migrate to Enhanced Talent Profile

You can see the profiles related sections if you have migrated to Enhanced Talent Profile. These sections are collapsed, by default and display only when there are values.

Steps to Enable

How You Configure the Employee Summary Page

Using the Person Spotlight task in the HCM Experience Design Studio, you can configure the page name, set defaults, and order of appearance of the page.

Employee Summary in the Person Spotlight Out-of-the-Box

From the Transaction Design Studio, you can configure the look and feel of the Employee Summary page. By default, all regions are visible.

You can configure the page attributes for all the tabs displayed in the person spotlight when the Employee Summary page is the default page:

• Employee's View of Their Salary
• Manager View of the Employee's Salary**
• Assignment
• Representatives
• Contact Info
• Managers and Directs
• Accomplishments*
• Areas of Study*
• Career Preferences*
• Certifications*
• Competencies
• Education*
• Education Level*
• Highest Education Level*
• Honor or Award*
• Language*
• Membership*
• Previous Employment*
• Skills*
• Special Projects*
• Technical Post Details*
• Work Preferences*

*Any personalization done to the pages attributes for the talent profile sections applies both to the employee summary and the associated tabs under the same name displayed in the person spotlight.

**This section should be used to control salary attributes displayed to Line Managers, and other power users such as HR Specialists who are allowed to see employee's salary.

Tips And Considerations

You need to migrate to the Enhanced Talent Profile to see the Profiles section. For information on how to do that, see the Talent Management What's New and the feature: Enhanced Talent Profiles Replaces Classic Profile Management.

Role Information

Each region of the employee summary is secured using the same privileges as the original region. This table summarizes the roles required for this feature:

Region	Aggregate Privilege Name and Code	Roles
Assignment	Access Person Gallery (ORA_PER_WORKER_GALLERY_SEARCH_DUTY)	Employee    Line Manager    Contingent Worker    HR Specialist    HR Analyst    HR Manager
Contact Info	Access Person Gallery (ORA_PER_WORKER_GALLERY_SEARCH_DUTY)	Employee    Line Manager Contingent Worker    HR Specialist     HR Analyst    HR Manager
Current Salary	View Compensation Details for Worker (ORA_CMP_PORTRAIT_COMPENSATION_DUTY)	Employee    Line Manager    Compensation Manager Compensation Specialist   Human Resource Analyst    Human Resource Specialist    Benefits Manager    Benefits Specialist    Benefits Administrator Contingent Worker
Feedback	Function Security Privilege - Manage HCM Person Role (HRT_MANAGE_HCM_PERSON_NOTE_PRIV)  - Secures access to the Feedback region. This privilege is included in the predefined Employee role. Aggregate Security Privilege - View HCM Person Note (ORA_HRT_VIEW_HCM_PERSON_NOTE) - Secures access to the content displayed in this region.	Employee    Line Manager    HR Specialist
Learning	Function Security Privilege - View Learning Assignment (WLF_VIEW_LEARNING_ASSIGNMENT_PRIV)	Manager Learner
Managers and Directs	Access Person Gallery (ORA_PER_WORKER_GALLERY_SEARCH_DUTY)	Employee Line Manager    Contingent Worker    HR Specialist     HR Analyst    HR Manager
Talent Profile Sections (i.e. Skills and Qualification Sections)	Function Security Privilege - View Person Skills and Qualifications or Edit Person Skills and Qualifications (HRT_VIEW_PERSON_SKILLS_AND_QUALIFICATIONS_PRIV or HRT_EDIT_PERSON_SKILLS_AND_QUALIFICATIONS_PRIV). Secures access to the region displaying all talent profile sections.  These privileges are included in duty role. Access to each individual section in the talent profile sections can be configured by customers using Profile Management task Profile Content Section Access (My Client Groups ? Profiles ? Profile Content Section Access).	HR Specialist    Employee    Contingent Worker    Line Manager
Representatives	Access Person Gallery (ORA_PER_WORKER_GALLERY_SEARCH_DUTY) The above privilege contains the function privilege View Worker Portrait (PER_VIEW_WORKER_PORTRAIT_PRIV)	Employee   Contingent Worker    Line Manager    HR Specialist    HR Analyst

Personalize Saved Searches for Yourself or for Your Organization

Many HCM pages such as Team Compensation, Team Time Cards, or Team Schedule deliver a set of filter criteria associated to a delivered saved search out-of-the-box. You can personalize the filter criteria for yourself or for your organization. To personalize for your organization, you need to activate a sandbox and enable the Page Composer tool. This requires you to have the Human Capital Management Application Administrator job role.

All users can personalize the filter criteria associated with the default saved search for themselves. For example, you can personalize the filter criteria from My Team > Team Time Cards.

Show Filters

Here’s how you personalize a saved search for yourself.

1. Click the Personalize Filters icon in the Filters region.
2. Select the criteria you need.
3. Click Save in the Personalize Saved Search: Pending Approval dialog box.
4. Click Save in the Saved Search region to create a new saved search.

You can see here that out-of-box the department filter appears after the line manager filter.

Personalize Saved Search Available for All Users

If you're a functional administrator having the Human Capital Management Application Administrator role, you can see more options when you access the same pages. You can do these actions.

• Personalize the filter criteria for yourself, and
• Personalize the filter criteria for others using the Configure for Others option. As an organization, you may prefer to set your own saved searches and associated filter criteria that make sense for your business. The saved searches become available to all users eliminating the need for individual users to configure it themselves, thereby saving time. Any configuration changes for others are applied at the site level meaning it's applicable for the whole organization.

Personalize Saved Search Available for Functional Administrators

Here’s how you personalize the filter criteria for others.

1. Click the Personalize Filters icon in the Filters region.
2. Click Configure for Others.
3. Enable a unified sandbox.

4. Add the Page Composer tool in your unified sandbox

5. Select the filter criteria that’s applicable for your organization in the Personalize Saved Search: Pending Approval dialog box.
6. Click Save in the Personalize Saved Search: Pending Approval dialog box.
7. Click Save in the Saved Search region to create a new saved search.

8. Rename the proposed saved search name and mark it as default.

9. Test your changes before publishing the sandbox.

The new filter criteria are now available to all users who can access the personalized page. Note that department is now hidden in the Filters region but it’s still available in the Personalize Saved Search: Pending Your Approval dialog box.

You can personalize any saved searches in HCM Cloud pages.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Role Information

You must be granted the Human Capital Management Application Administrator role to enable a sandbox.

New Enhancements to Transaction Console

The Transaction Console now provides the ability for administrators to select multiple stuck or terminated transactions on the Transaction Summary page and resubmit them on behalf of the initiator. This action creates a new transaction with the original data, eliminating the need for users to re-enter the data.

The timeline component on the Transaction Detail page shows the all of the previous stages in addition to the resubmit action.

Steps to Enable

You must create and enable the profile option HCM_TAC_RESUBMIT_ACTION.

To create the profile option, navigate to Manage Profile Options:

1. Click Create.
2. Profile Option = HCM_TAC_RESUBMIT_ACTION.
3. Profile Display Name = HCM_TAC_RESUBMIT_ACTION.
4. Application = Global Human Resources.
5. Module = Global Human Resources.
6. Start Date = Pick a date in the past (for example 1/1/51).
7. Under Profile Option Levels, for Site select the check box for both Enabled and Updateable.

To enable the profile option, navigate to the Setup and Maintenance work area:

1. Search for and click the Manage Administrator Profile Values task.
2. Search for and select the profile option.
3. Click to add a new Profile Value.
4. Select the Level as Site.
5. Enter TRUE in the Profile Value field.
6. Click Save and Close.

HCM Digital Assistant - New Features

The HCM Skills have been modified to support the following new features:

• Autocomplete - Autocomplete provides suggestions to end users to better form the utterance and select the specific entity value. For it to work, you must add autocomplete suggestions to the skill’s intents. Then, whenever the user types a character in the input, the intents’ autocomplete suggestions display in a popup to suggest the best format and to minimize user errors. The HCM skills includes predefined autosuggestions to help facilitate accurate utterances.
• Extending Digital Assistants and Skills with Rebasing - In addition to being able extend HCM skills, you can now extend any digital assistant that you pull from the Skill Store and then later rebase that digital assistant to take advantage of updates to the original.
• Enhanced intent to view or update your feedback or feedback about your team - View or update feedback for yourself or about your reports.
• Enhanced intent to view teams absences - View absences for your reports.

• Autocomplete feature provides suggestions to end users to better form the utterance and select the specific entity value. This helps business with more accurately formed utterance for efficient conversation flow.
• You can now extend any digital assistant that you pull from the Skill Store and then later rebase that digital assistant to take advantage of updates to the original.
• Improved productivity with access to feedback for yourself or about your reports from the widget.
• Improved productivity with access to teams absences  from the widget.

Steps to Enable

Autosuggestions can be enabled or disabled from the Digital Assistant configuration setting available in the HCM Design Studio. Other new features do not require any additional setup.

For setup information of the Digital Assistant refer to these links:

• Activate Digital Assistant:  https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/paas/digital-assistant/tutorial-hcm-setup/
• Oracle Skills page: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/paas/digital-assistant/skills.html
• Use the procedures described in the Configuration Considerations for HCM Skill section in the HCM Digital Assistant White Paper in document Interact with HCM and Recruiting Using Oracle Digital Assistant (Document ID 2530856.1).

Enhancements to HCM Approval Rules

For the Change Personal Information flow, the Transaction Console > Approval Rules tab has a new check box that enables you to check for null values if the approval rule contains conditions with an attribute that could have a null value.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Performance Improvements for HCM BIP-Based Approval Notifications

To improve the rendering time and overall performance of BIP-based approval notifications, a new XMLType column has been introduced that replaces the existing DATA_CACHE column. Going forward, be sure to use the new XMLType column in your customer-modified reports.This enhancement not only helps performance, but also gives added protection for future upgrades.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

For all future customer-defined modifications, refer to these documents on My Oracle Support:

• Fusion HCM BIP Notifications: Best Practice to Customize the Report Template, Data Model or Sub-Template (Doc ID 2647434.1)
• Configurable Notifications and Subject Lines (Doc ID 2331021.1)

Enhancements to the Human Capital Management Approval Rules Page

Now users are able to route their approvals to the supervisor hierarchy that belongs to the assignment from which the transaction was initiated.

Prior to this enhancement, users were only able to send approval notifications through the management hierarchy of the worker's primary assignment. Now, users will also have the flexibility to use the management hierarchy of the worker's assignment for which the transaction is initiated. This is especially useful when workers have multiple or nonprimary assignment transactions.

In the Transaction Console > Approval Rules page, for the Management Hierarchy approval group, users can now specify either a primary or current assignment hierarchy. Select Worker or Worker's Current Line Manager in the Approval Chain Of field in combination with the Assignment Type:

Management Hierarchy

This enhancement sends approval notifications to managers with workers who have multiple or nonprimary assignments.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

HCM Digital Assistant - Chat Widget Configuration

Use HCM Experience Design Studio to modify the user interface and features of the HCM Digital Assistant chat widget.

The Digital Assistant Configuration UI provides options to:

1. Configure features and functionality options such as speech access, auto suggestions, speech auto send, local conversation history, and bot audio responses
2. Provide company-specific texts for tooltips, placeholder text and header text
3. Personalize the widget layout such as height, width, or theme
4. Modify text and background colors
5. Include company-specific icons in the chat widget

User friendly interface to configure features and functionality of the Digital Assistant Chat Widget.

Steps to Enable

You need to sign-in as a user who is allowed to create a sandbox.

Key Resources

• Oracle Digital Assistant - Extending FADigitalAssistant and the HCM Skill document
• Customize the Chat Widget  (Digital Assistant Client SDK document)

Applications Security

Oracle 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.

SelfDetails REST API

Use the SelfDetails REST API to retrieve personal information of the logged-in user as well as user session details such as language code, currency code, and time zone.

Steps to Enable

Review the REST service definition in the REST API guides, available from the Oracle Help Center > your apps service area of interest > REST API. If you're new to Oracle's REST services you may want to begin with the Quick Start section.

Role Information

You can make the feature accessible by assigning or updating privileges and/or roles. Details are provided in the User Account REST API documentation.

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.

Initiate File Processing from Mobile Devices

You can now import and load bulk-data files from your mobile device. Use the Import File action, available on the Recent File Loads task, to select the WebCenter Content server file to be processed.

Import File

Select a File

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Your file must be uploaded to the HCM Data Loader import directory on the WebCenter Content server in order to initiate processing.

Business Object Enhancements

Extend your data loading capabilities with these new and enhanced business objects.

New Business Objects for Compensation

Business Object	Description
Stock	Repository of stock grants and shares for employees.
External Data	External compensation data used to complete Total Compensation Statements and to view in Workforce Compensation.

New Business Objects for Payroll

Business Object	Description
Cost Account Combination	Manage the cost account combinations by enabling, disabling, or changing the start or end dates of the account combination.
Cost Cross-Validation Rule	Payroll cost cross-validation rules for the segments that contain information to create rules, such as condition and validation filters.

New Business Object for Absence Management

Business Object	Description
Absence Certification	Administrative records of document types, or other information that workers provide to receive an entitlement for absence, which is subject to certification requirements.

New Business Object for Recruiting

Business Object	Description
Referral	A structured program to find job candidates A referral can be added by an employee, to refer to internal and external candidates. External candidates can also be added via agencies.

Extended Business Object Hierarchies for Learning

Business Object	New Component	Description
Course	Course Default Access	Default access to apply to all learners accessing courses, prior to having an access group, or an assignment.
Course	Offering Default Access	Default access to apply to all learners accessing offerings, prior to having an access group, or an assignment.
Specialization	Specialization Default Access	Default access to apply to all learners accessing specializations, prior to having an access group, or an assignment.

Extended Business Object Hierarchy for  Absence Management

Business Object	New Component	Description
Absence Entry	Absence Entry Attachment	A document attached to an absence record, such as a doctor's note to validate a health condition for sickness absence.

Business Objects with New Attributes

These existing business objects are introducing new attributes:

Compensation

Business Object	Component	New Attributes
Salary Basis	Salary Basis	RangeErrorWarning

Global HR - Checklists

Business Object	Component	Attribute Changes
Task Library	Task Library	Attribute TaskConfiguration is replaced by attributes: EnableAttachments EnableComments HideNoteTitle Additionally, the following attributes are removed: EligibilityProfileId EligibilityProfileName
Checklist Template	Tasks	Attribute TaskConfiguration is replaced by attributes: EnableAttachments EnableComments HideNoteTitle
Allocated Checklist	Tasks	Attribute TaskConfiguration is replaced by attributes: EnableAttachments EnableComments HideNoteTitle

Recruiting

Business Object	Component	Attribute Changes
Candidate	Candidate Email	PrimaryEmailFlag UseForCommunication EmailType
	Candidate Phone	PrimaryPhoneFlag UseForCommunication
	Candidate Profile	SectionContext SectionId
Candidate Job Application	Candidate Job Application	ReturnToPriorPhaseFlag ReturnToPriorStateFlag
	Candidate Job Application Profile	SectionContext SectionId
	Candidate Personal Information	AccommodationRequest Attribute5 Attribute6 Attribute7 Attribute8 AttributeDate2
Candidate Pool	Candidate Pool Member	AddedByPersonId AddedByPersonNumber AddedFromPoolId AddedFromPoolName AddedFromPoolStatus AddedFromRequisitionId AddedFromRequisitionNumber Source

Talent 

Business Object	Component	New Attributes
Goal Plan	Goal Plan	CanDelHrGoal

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Use the View Business Objects task to review the latest business object information.

HCM Data Loader Removed or Replaced Features

From time to time, Oracle replaces existing features with new features, or removes existing features. Replaced features may be put on a path of removal, the features below will let you know what update you will have to have moved to the newer feature.

As a best practice, you should move to the newer feature as soon as possible for full support and to stay up with the latest updates that the product offers. Any feature that is removed, will have an Update in which that feature is no longer available. Please make necessary plans to move off the feature by the Update indicated, as it will no longer be available.

Business Objects Being Withdrawn

Business Objects Discontinued in Release 21A

From release 21A onwards, these objects are no longer available and you will not be able to load data for these objects.

Global HR - Worker

Within the Worker object hierarchy, the following child components are no longer used in the application, and the values are not visible on any user interface:

• WorkTermsGradeSteps
• WorkTermsSupervisor
• WorkTermsWorkMeasure
• WorkTermsExtraInfo

Learning

• Course Learning Item (CourseLearningItem.dat) is now replaced by Course (Course.dat)
• Course Learning Item Translation (CourseLearningItemTranslation.dat) is now replaced by Course Translation (CourseTranslation.dat)

Business Objects Discontinued in Release 21B

From release 21B these Global Payroll objects are no longer be available and you will not be able to load data for these objects.

Global Payroll - Costing

New objects replace some cost objects such as:

• Cost Allocation Account (CostAllocationAccount.dat) is replaced by Cost Allocation Account (CostAllocationAccountV3.dat)
• Cost Allocation (CostAllocation.dat) is replaced by Cost Allocation (CostAllocationV3.dat)
• Cost Information (CostInfo.dat) is replaced by Costing Options (CostInfoV3.dat)

Global Payroll - Define

• User Table (UserTable.dat) is replaced by User-Defined Table (UserDefinedTable.dat)
• User Table Translation (UserTableTranslation.dat) is replaced by User-Defined Table Translation (UserDefinedTableTranslation.dat)
• User Table Column Translation (UserColumnTranslation.dat) is replaced by User-Defined Table Column Translation (UserDefinedTableColumnTranslation.dat)
• User Table Row Translation (UserRowTranslation.dat) is replaced by User-Defined Table Row Translation (UserDefinedTableRowTranslation.dat)

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

The View Business Objects task provides the latest business object status and information.

HCM Spreadsheet 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.

Secured Business Objects Now Available to Business Users

Extend your business users' bulk-loading capabilities for an object. Spreadsheets based on these objects now implement the user's data security and can be shared with business users.

• Worker
• External Bank Account
• HCM Group

Steps to Enable

When creating a new spreadsheet template, the template security automatically defaults to the setting where data is uploaded as the session user. For existing templates based on these objects, you can update the template configuration and set the user type to session user

Once you configure the user type for a template as the session user, you can then assign which job roles have access to the template and configure what data set operations they can perform.

Key Resources

For more information, see the following help topics in the Integrating with HCM guide located in the Oracle Help Center:

• HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader Templates
• How You Associate a User Name with a Data Upload

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 Diagnostics Report

You can now run diagnostics on an HCM Extracts definition to generate a report on the design recommendations, missing or incorrect design choices, and take corrective actions. You can also run diagnostics for a specific HCM Extracts run to identify the phase-wise timing for these processes and recommendations to improve the process time for subsequent runs.

From Home>Tools>Scheduled Processes, search for the Extracts Process Diagnostics Report process in the Scheduled Processes work area. This process generates diagnostics information for a specific HCM Extracts process. For the design-time diagnostics of an extracts definition, use the new scope, Design Time Diagnostics and select the extract as scope value and then submit the job.

Scheduling the Extracts Process Diagnostics Report Process for the Design Time Diagnostics Scope

NOTE: Design-time diagnostics can be generated for customer-defined extract definitions, while runtime diagnostics can be generated for any extract instance.

After it’s complete and successful, review the log and report for extract details in the Information section, dependencies, warnings, and potential solutions in the report section.

Process Results

NOTE: Design-time diagnostics can be generated for customer defined extract definitions, while runtime diagnostics can be generated for any extract instance.

The report that provides recommendations for improving and optimizing the Extracts design. Some of the items include:

• Usage of RESET UEs in the extracts definition
• Threading DBI usage for incremental and changes-only extracts
• Usage of historic UEs in threading data groups
• Delivery options and the associated BIP reports, if any
• Design practices that are commonly seen to impact extracts performance including usage of advanced conditions, override conditions, and record the sort order

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

You can also run the process for Design Time Diagnostics scope from the Validation region in the Extracts Definitions page of the Data Exchange work area.

Key Resources

For more information see the Submit Processes section in the Scheduled Processes chapter of the Using Common Features guide located in the Oracle Help Center.

IMPORTANT Actions and Considerations

REPLACED OR REMOVED FEATURES

From time to time, Oracle replaces existing Cloud service features with new features or removes existing features. When a feature is replaced the older version may be removed immediately or at a future time. As a best practice, you should use the newer version of a replaced feature as soon as the newer version is available.

Product	Removed Feature	Target Removal	Replacement Feature	Replaced In	Additional Information
HCM Data Loader	Business Objects Being Withdrawn	21A & 21B	None	N/A	See the What's New for some of the replacements.

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ORACLE DECOMMISSIONED THE HCM CLASSIC SIMPLIFIED USER INTERFACE IN UPDATE 20B

The new and redesigned HCM Responsive User Experience has been available and promoted as our standard since Update 18B. If you are still using the older HCM Classic Simplified User Interface, please begin transitioning to the HCM Responsive User Experience.

For information, video links and next steps, please see Document ID 2399671.1 - HCM Responsive User Experience Setup Information

Highlights of New User Interface:

We’ve taken the employee and manager self-service pages to the next level by redesigning them to look and behave the same on desktop and mobile devices. We’ve also changed the look and feel of the pages to provide a better experience for end users.

Pages and messages look more modern and use simpler, more conversational language so that you can more easily read and understand content across all devices. The pages are clutter-free and clean and display only those fields that are required to complete the task. You can personalize the pages and add more fields that are hidden by default. For most self-service tasks, you’re asked what you want to do, and the task is broken down into a series of steps based on your choice.

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KNOWN ISSUES / MONTHLY AND STATUTORY MAINTENANCE PACK

Oracle publishes a Known Issues document for every Update to make customers are aware of potential problems they could run into and the document provides workarounds if they are available.

Oracle also publishes Maintenance Pack and Statutory Maintenance Pack documentation of bugs that are fixed in the monthly or statutory patching.

To review these documents you must have access to My Oracle Support:

Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud Functional Known Issues and Maintenance Packs (Document ID 1554838.1)