Update 22A

Revision History

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

Overview

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

• Release Updates (22A, 22B, 22C, and 22D)
• 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.

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Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

• Human Resources What’s New – In the Global Human Resources section you will find features on the base application in which other application are built upon. 

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for Talent and Compensation products.

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Compensation

Oracle Compensation enables your organization to plan, allocate, and communicate compensation using the most complete solution in the market. Make better business decisions using embedded analytics and a total com

Individual Compensation

Honor Individual Compensation Allocations in Job Offers when Multiple Element Entries Aren't Allowed

Copy individual compensation plan payments to the current assignment while processing an internal candidate's job offer. For these internal offers, the copy now occurs even when these conditions exist:

• The person already has the same individual compensation plan in their current assignment.
• The underlying element setup for the existing plan doesn't allow the creation of multiple element entries for the recurring element.

In earlier releases, you get a processing error because of the restriction against multiple element entries.

Workforce Compensation

Added Columns for Administer Workers View

View the full range of worksheet columns in the Administer Workers view.

Change in Predefined Alert When Primary Hierarchy Is Refreshed

Retain the predefined alert “Worksheet manager does not match line manager” when the Primary Hierarchy source is set to something other than Primary Worksheet Manager. Running the Refresh Workforce Compensation Data including the “Refresh primary manager hierarchy” parameter caused this alert to clear.

Disable Withdraw Worksheet Submission

Disable managers ability to withdraw their plan changes after they submit them.

Post Compensation Amounts to Simple Components

Post and distribute compensation amounts among the editable simple components by salary basis through user-defined configuration.

Update Of Information Icon In Worksheet Header

See a new information icon in the worksheet header. We updated the icon to a circle “i” icon instead of the circle “?” icon.

Update of Worksheet Approvals Task

Use new configuration options within the Approvals task setup to reduce manager confusion and streamline the approvals process.  The new configuration options include things such as enabling or disabling Request for Information, Change Access for Managers, and Export to Workbook task actions.

View Additional Eligibility Information

Use additional information provided in the Test Eligibility Profile feature at the plan and component level to better test your plan or component level eligibility.  The same information is also available in the Worker Eligibility Details report in View Administration Reports and lets you to view eligibility data from batch processing.

Grade Step Progression

All Assignments for a Person Included in the Same Grade Step Progression Batch Process Thread

Streamline updates to people with multiple concurrent assignments in grade step progression processes. We changed the way the Accept Updates child process, used by grade step progression batch processes, groups assignments into threads. It now handles all assignments for a person in the same thread.

Total Compensation Statement

Total Compensation - Person Communication Address Columns

Support the use of all person mailing address columns in the rich text format template.

Total Compensation Item - Monetary Unit of Measure

Streamline creation of fewer compensation items by using this more flexible solution. You no longer need to create separate items based on currency alone.

Transactional Business Intelligence Enterprise for Compensation

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

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

Additional Attributes to the Workforce Compensation Subject Areas

Enhance your reporting on compensation and compensation budget subject areas with the addition of new attributes from worksheet columns.

Grade Values in Salary Subject Areas

Enhance your reporting on salary and salary history subject areas with the inclusion of attributes related to grade values

Range Differential Profile Attributes in Salary Subject Areas

Improve your reporting on worker salary with the inclusion of the attributes related to range differentials.