August Maintenance Pack for 22B

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
29 JUL 2022			Created initial document.

Overview

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

• Release Updates (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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HAVE AN IDEA?

We’re here and we’re listening. If you have a suggestion on how to make our products better, please let us know. To enter an idea go to the Ideas Lab on Oracle Customer Connect. In this document wherever you see the light bulb icon after the feature name it means we delivered one of your ideas.

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Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

• HCM Common What's New - In this What's New you will find feature that are used across applications.
• 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.

DISCLAIMER

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

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

Human Resources

Global Human Resources

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

Seniority Dates

Assignment Category Attribute Available in HCM Data Loader for V3 Seniority Dates

Adjust the assignment category based V3 seniority dates using HCM Data Loader.

Journeys

Allow Journey Task to be Assigned to More than 500 AoR Representatives

Make use of the new profile option to allow the allocation of a journey task where the performer is derived based on areas of responsibility (AoR) and the number of derived representatives are 500 or more.

July Maintenance Pack for 22B

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
29 JUL 2022	HCM Communicate	Smart Buttons in Employee Communications	Updated document. Feature delivered in update 18C.
24 JUN 2022			Created initial document.

Overview

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

• Release Updates (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.

____________________

HAVE AN IDEA?

We’re here and we’re listening. If you have a suggestion on how to make our products better, please let us know. To enter an idea go to the Ideas Lab on Oracle Customer Connect. In this document wherever you see the light bulb icon after the feature name it means we delivered one of your ideas.

____________________

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.

DISCLAIMER

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

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

Human Resources

HCM Communicate

HCM Communicate provides communication teams a powerful way to create, target and track company communications sent to employees.  The product allows teams to granularly target communications to their employees, as well as retarget future communications based on employee engagement.  HCM Communicate provides an intuitive templated WYSWYG content creator that allows communication teams to quickly create engaging content.  The system allows communication teams to send out communication on behalf of others in the organization.  HCM Communicate provides a robust toolkit that allows organizations to engage effectively with their employees.

Configure Predefined Links for Employee Communications

Create predefined links that will be available to campaign managers when they create an employee email communication and insert a button or link containing a deep link.

Smart Buttons in Employee Communications

Allows the Campaign Manager to insert response choices, predefined links and external links as buttons or links as content in an email for better usability.

Campaign Engagement Statistics

View metrics that measure message success in terms of messages that are opened and links that are clicked. In the case where responses are solicited through a Get Responses campaign, engagement statistics also include response data.

Schedule Campaign Emails

Schedule campaign emails to be sent immediately or at a later time. This helps you to reach out to the target audience at the best possible time for maximum impact and engagement.

Create Follow-Up Emails

Send subsequent emails to the entire target audience or a subset of the target audience based on engagement factors such as response choices or whether or not the primary email was opened.

Create Email Templates

Create email templates that can be used by campaign managers when they create communication campaigns.

June Maintenance Pack for 22B

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
27 MAY 2022			Created initial document.

Overview

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

• Release Updates (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.

____________________

HAVE AN IDEA?

We’re here and we’re listening. If you have a suggestion on how to make our products better, please let us know. To enter an idea go to the Ideas Lab on Oracle Customer Connect. In this document wherever you see the light bulb icon after the feature name it means we delivered one of your ideas.

____________________

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.

DISCLAIMER

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

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

Human Resources

Employee Communications

Sender Profiles

Send emails on behalf of others to create professional looking communications.

Preview Campaign Emails

Preview campaign emails by sending test emails from the campaign emails list page. 

May Maintenance Pack for 22B

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
29 APR 2022			Created initial document.

Overview

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

• Release Updates (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.

____________________

HAVE AN IDEA?

We’re here and we’re listening. If you have a suggestion on how to make our products better, please let us know. To enter an idea go to the Ideas Lab on Oracle Customer Connect. In this document wherever you see the light bulb icon after the feature name it means we delivered one of your ideas.

____________________

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.

DISCLAIMER

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

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

Human Resources

Global Human Resources

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

Connections New Directory User Experience

Check out Connections, an invaluable resource for your workers to build and maintain relationships within your company. You get the latest, compelling, consumer grade, animated user experience that workers have come to expect. Connections leverages Oracle Search so your workers can quickly and easily find and connect with people. A person’s profile opens using visually engaging animation, like unfolding a multi-panel brochure. Connections includes an organization chart to help your workers understand and navigate your organization structure and identify relationships between coworkers

Journeys

Actions Displayed Consistently For All Journeys Tasks

Leverage the user experience enhancements in journey tasks that enable you to view relevant action buttons for each journey task.  Actions such as Done and Not Applicable appear for all tasks and other actions appear under the More Actions drop-down list.

Enhanced Video Task Type in Journeys

Make use of the improved video task type that now allows you to specify either a Media URL or Embedded URL for the video. 

Update 22B

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
24 JUN 2022	Human Capital Management for Switzerland	Simplified Creation of the Statutory Deduction Calculation Card	Updated document. Feature delivered in update 22B.
24 JUN 2022	Human Resources / Person	Enhanced Computation of Total Adjustments in Calculate Seniority Dates Process	Updated document. Feature delivered in update 22B.
29 APR 2022	Workforce Directory	Enhanced My Team	Updated document. Revised feature information.
25 MAR 2022	Human Resouces/ Journeys	Analytics Task Type in Guided Journeys	Updated document. Feature delivered in update 22B.
25 MAR 2022	Human Resouces/ Journeys	Availability of Assignment Identifier in Move to HR Action	Updated document. Feature delivered in update 22B.
04 MAR 2022			Created initial document.

Overview

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

• Release Updates (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.

____________________

HAVE AN IDEA?

We’re here and we’re listening. If you have a suggestion on how to make our products better, please let us know. To enter an idea go to the Ideas Lab on Oracle Customer Connect. In this document wherever you see the light bulb icon after the feature name it means we delivered one of your ideas.

____________________

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.

DISCLAIMER

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

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

Human Resources

Global Human Resources

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

Autocomplete

Autocomplete Rule for Address Business Object

Improve user productivity and save time by using the delivered KW Validate Address Line 3 rule to validate the governorate entered as free text in address line 3 of the Kuwait address style.

Autocomplete Rule for Person Legislative Information Business Object

Improve user productivity and save time by using the delivered GB Validate Teachers Pension Temporary NI Number rule to add validation to the TPS Temporary NI Number field in the UK Person Legislative Information region.

Autocomplete Support for When and Why Business Object When Creating or Editing a Job Offer

Improve productivity and save time by using additional validations in the When and Why business object when you create or edit a job offer.

Document Records

Prefill Document Record Flexfield Attributes by Scanning an Attachment

Simplify document record creation by allowing users to prefill document record flexfield attributes by scanning them from an attachment. For example, you can scan the flexfield attributes that you want from an attachment and prefill them in the Document Details page without having to manually enter the values.

Enhanced Deep Links for Document Records

Leverage the enhanced deep links in Document Records that now support passing of additional parameters to directly access application pages without additional clicks or navigation.

Control Display of Attachments Section on Document Records Page

Make use of the Minimum Attachments attribute by setting its value to -1 on the Document Type setup page. This will control the display of the Attachments section on the Document Records page.

Track How Document Records are Created

Identify the method by which a document record was created.

Replace Document Record Attachments Using HDL

Overwrite an existing attachment for a document record with a new attachment using HCM Data Loader.

Employment

Payroll Section in Change Assignment Flow

Enhance the ability of users to enter payroll information in the newly added Payroll section of the Change Assignment flow.

Direct Reports Section Added to Employment Info Page

Enhance user experience by adding the Direct Reports section to the Employment Info page.

Salary Section Added to Employment Info Page

Enhance user experience by adding the Salary section to the Employment Info page.

Additional Compensation Section Added to Employment Info Page

Enhance user experience by adding the Additional Compensation section to the Employment Info page.

Journeys

Analytics Task Type in Guided Journeys

Take advantage of the new Analytics task type that allows users to view Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI) analysis directly within a guided journey task.

Availability of Assignment Identifier in Move to HR Action

Take advantage of the assignment context when configuring eligibility profiles used in journey templates and tasks for the Move to HR scenarios.

Contextual Journeys to Orchestrate Business Processes

Streamline your business processes by leveraging contextual journeys. These journeys allow you to put together tasks that need to be performed to complete the entire business process.

Guided Journeys to Assist Complex HCM Flows

Support users by providing guidance such as tutorials, company policies, and best practices, in the context of an HCM flow, by using guided journey tasks.

Trigger Journey Tasks Based on Activation Criteria

Define an Activation Criteria for a task to be activated based on the response provided in a preceding task.

Configure Text for Buttons and Links Per Journey Task

Take advantage of the capability to provide personalized text for buttons and links for each journey task.

Employee Can View Journey Tasks Assigned to Others

Enable employees to view tasks assigned to other task performers. Employees can view such tasks as part of their own assigned journeys.

Task Description Available in Journey Task Selection LoV

Find relevant tasks easily from the task library when adding tasks to an assigned journey or when creating or editing a personal journey. The task LoV is enhanced to include the task description attribute.

Update Assigned Journey and Task Attributes Based on Modified Journey Template

Sync specific assigned journey and task attributes with the updates you make to the journey templates and tasks by running the Update Assigned Journey Attributes Based on Modified Journey Template process.

Expire Assigned Journey Tasks

Auto-close incomplete tasks by setting an expiration duration that automatically moves the tasks to a closed status.

Control Keyword Search on Journey Pages Using Enhanced Criteria

Improve search performance on Journey pages by controlling the search criteria based on a new profile option.

Use Document Included in Document Task Setup Instead of Creating Copy

Improve performance using the configuration option that enables you to use the original documents attached in a Document task setup in a contextual journey. When the task is assigned, instead of creating a copy of the attached documents for the assigned task, the application will reference original documents from the setup.

Embedded Learning Task Type in Journeys

Benefit from the new Embedded Learning task type that allows users to access learning content directly within a journey task.

Additional Seeded Journey for Benefits

Minimize configuration efforts by duplicating a seeded journey and modifying it to build specific journeys to suit your business requirements.

OAuth 2.0 Enabled for DocuSign Integration with Journeys

Enhance the security of journeys integration with DocuSign that is now OAuth 2.0 enabled.

Person

Enhanced Computation of Total Adjustments in Calculate Seniority Dates Process

Check out the enhanced Calculate Seniority Dates process, so that the Total Adjustments value is computed appropriately for multiple adjustments and assignments while using the fast formula.

Enter Document Records for Family and Emergency Contacts

Enhance the Human Resource professionals experience by entering Document Records for contacts using the responsive Family and Emergency Contacts.

Transaction Design Studio Improvements for Personal Info Responsive Pages

Control the display of the specific flexfield segments and the approvals Comments and Attachments by specific page sections using the Transaction Design Studio for the Personal Details, Contact Info, Identification Info, and Family and Emergency Contacts responsive pages. 

Simulate Person, Area of Responsibility and Share Information Approval Rules

Simulate and test person, area of responsibility, and share information approval rules on the Approval Rules page in the Transaction Console. You can now test rules without having to recreate and submit any new transactions. This enhances the approval rules creation and testing process.

Workforce Structures

Evaluation Criteria Available in Position and Job Responsive Flows

Extend the ability to use Evaluation Criteria feature in responsive position and job flows. Additionally, capture work conditions as a scoring parameter under the Hay system.

Additional Configurable Sections for Position Details, Job Details, and Location Details in Transaction Design Studio

Enhance the user experience with additional configurable sections for position, job, and location details actions in the Transaction Design Studio.

Improved Ship-To Location List of Values

Improve the user experience with the Ship-to Locations LOV on the location responsive pages that now shows only ship-to locations.

Generate DBIs for Grade Legislative EFF

Include grade legislative extended flexfields (EFF) in fast formulas to extend your application. You can now generate database items (DBIs) for grade legislative extensible flexfields (EFF).

Human Capital Management for Bahrain

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

Additional Information at a Person Level

Use Transaction Design Studio person rules which are automatically available for correspondence language, frequency, probation end date, probation period, working hours, person contact attributes, person visa attributes, date of birth and tax reporting unit.

Human Capital Management for Germany

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

Enhanced Disability Report

Use the new version of the German Disability Report to:

• Create the disability result files for third-party software IW-Elan with the new file extension *.txt
• Produce a new result file b with information about the creator and owner of these files

Human Capital Management for Russia

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

Additional Field Added to the Russian HCM Address Format

Use the new optional attribute 'Element of the Planning Structure' that's been added to the Russian Supplemental Taxation and Reporting Address Style. The display order of the address attributes is also slightly changed, with ‘House Number’ preceding the ‘Section’ field.

Human Capital Management for Switzerland

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

Simplified Creation of the Statutory Deduction Calculation Card

See that now the automated process of creation of the Swiss Statutory Deduction calculation card during the employee's hire process has been simplified. The card is now created without association, which means you don't need to set up Reporting Establishments as sub-task of setting up Legal Reporting Units.

Human Capital Management for United Kingdom

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

Transaction Design Studio Improvements for Personal Info Responsive Pages: Legislative Information

Enhance the user experience by adding flexibility to configure the rules at segment level for Legislative Information in the Transaction Design Studio.

Workforce Directory Management

Oracle Workforce Directory Management allows you to find colleagues and view organization charts.

Enhanced My Team

See the enhanced My Team features:

• Back button added
• Additional sort orders for sorting positions to allow you to sort positions based on Openings or FTE count

Enhanced Directory Organization Chart

See that we have added user person type as a hidden attribute that can be personalized into the organization chart using Page Composer.

Global Payroll Interface

Oracle Global Payroll Interface sends personal payroll information to third-party payroll providers and imports payslips and processed payroll data into Oracle HCM Cloud. You can configure payroll interfaces using the ‘Global Payroll Interface’ template to extend and augment your data feed to third-party payroll systems. If you import processed payroll data or payslips from your third-party payroll provider, the data is available for further reporting and analysis.

Perform a Baseline Extraction of ADP Global Payroll Interface

Avoid full extract file generation from ADP Global Payroll Interface V1 and V2. You must perform a baseline extraction after moving to this release. This will avoid a full file getting extracted.

Transactional Business Intelligence for Human Resources

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 in Assignment Event Real Time Subject Area

Enhance your reporting on Assignment Event Details with the addition of new attributes related to Assignment Status.

Enhanced Common Dimensions

Improve your reporting on common dimensions with the inclusion of additional attributes in the Location, Job, Position, and Person Address.

New Subject Area - General Survey Reporting

Augment your OTBI reporting with a new subject area to report on general survey related questionnaire responses.

New Attributes in HCM Integrations Real Time Subject Area

Enhance your reporting on the HCM Integrations Real Time subject area with the addition of new attributes related to Data Loader.

Renamed Attributes in Assignment Subject Areas

Take note that the attribute Proposed Worker Type is renamed to Proposed Person Type in the assignment subject areas.