December Maintenance Pack for 23D

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	Module	Feature	Notes
22 NOV 2023			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 (23A, 23B, 23C, and 23D)
• 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.

Global HR Replaced or Removed 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.

Checklists and Onboarding to be Replaced with Journeys in Update 24D

Start using Redwood Journeys for Onboarding. Redwood Journeys was introduced in Update 21A.

As of Update 24D Onboarding will no longer be available or supported through the Responsive pages, it will only be available and supported via Journeys. Why wait, start your journey to Journeys today.

November Maintenance Pack for 23D

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	Module	Feature	Notes
27 OCT 2023			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 (23A, 23B, 23C, and 23D)
• 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:

• 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 ensuring compliance and increasing total workforce engagement.

Enhanced User Experience for Journeys on Mobile Devices

Benefit from an improved user interface with easily readable content when using Journeys on mobile devices.

Update 23D

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	Module	Feature	Notes
29 SEP 2023	Global HR / Employment	Extensible Flexfields Available in Redwood Collective Agreements	Updated document. Revised feature information.
01 SEP 2023			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 (23A, 23B, 23C, and 23D)
• 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:

• HCM Common What's New - In this What's New you will find features 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 applications 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 ensuring compliance and increasing total workforce engagement.

Document Records

Audit Mass Download of Document Records

Audit your mass download of document records by accessing the log data generated during the mass download process and stored in database tables. This log data contains information such as which document records were downloaded, which workers they were downloaded for, which user downloaded them, and so on.

Employment

Add Nonworkers as Managers in Responsive Employment flows

Enhance responsive employment processes by now allowing nonworkers to be selected as managers.

Extensible Flexfields Available in Redwood Collective Agreements

Enhance the Redwood Collective Agreements page with the ability to use extensible flex fields.

Journeys

Configure Journey Task Completion Criteria for Each Journey and Task

Leverage the configuration option to define rules for journey task completion. The rules can be based on data in the supported application objects.

Additional Attributes Displayed When Selecting Workers on Journey Pages

Select the correct worker assignment when you assign a journey, reassign a task, or add a new task.

Journey Alerts Support Token Translations

Translate token values in the subject and body of the journey alerts to the preferred language of the alerts' recipient.

Copy Content from Journey Pages

Copy content easily from journey pages and paste them as needed.

Subtitles for All Journey Categories

Configure a subtitle by using the Message tab of the journey template that's displayed to a worker when their journey is assigned.

Specify Archive Duration when Creating Journeys

Set the archive duration for journeys templates when you create a journey from the Explore tab.

Specify Task Expiry when Creating Journey Tasks

Specify an expiry duration when you create journey tasks. This automatically moves the tasks to a closed status once the expiry duration is reached.

Quick Action for Assigned Journeys Page

Open the Assigned Journeys page directly for a worker using the new Assigned Journeys quick action. This quick action is available for HR professionals.

Redwood Experience

These pages or flows have been recreated in the Redwood tool set Visual Builder Studio (VB Studio) to improve your user experience. The pages or flows look and act like Redwood pages or flows, to help create cohesiveness through the application.

Redwood Experience for Mass Download of Document Records Page

Enrich the user experience with the new Mass Download of Document Records page developed using the Redwood toolset. The page is built from the ground up using Visual Builder Studio (VBS) to give you a unique experience of Oracle applications.

Add Document Records on Redwood Employment Contracts Page

Enhance the Redwood Employment Contract page with the ability to add document records.

Actions Menu Added in Redwood Employment Info Page

Enhance the Redwood Employment Info page with the ability to launch transactions from the Actions menu.

Redwood Experience for Viewing Employment Details

Enrich the user experience with the new View Employment Details page developed using the Redwood toolset. The page is built from the ground up using Visual Builder Studio (VBS) to give you a unique experience of Oracle applications.

Redwood Experience for Person Types

Enrich your user experience with the new Person Types page developed using the Redwood toolset.  The page is built from the ground up using Visual Builder Studio (VBS) to give you a unique experience of Oracle applications.

Redwood Experience for Person Name Styles

Enrich your user experience with the new Person Name Styles page developed using the Redwood toolset.  The page is built from the ground up using Visual Builder Studio (VBS) to give you a unique experience of Oracle applications.

Redwood Experience for Create and Duplicate Jobs

Enrich the user experience with the new Jobs create and duplicate pages developed using the Redwood toolset. The page is built from the ground up using Visual Builder Studio (VBS) to give you a unique experience of Oracle applications.

Redwood Experience for Create and Duplicate Positions

Enrich the user experience with the new Positions create and duplicate pages developed using the Redwood toolset. The page is built from the ground up using Visual Builder Studio (VBS) to give you a unique experience of Oracle applications.

Redwood Experience for Grades

Enrich the user experience with the new Grades page developed using the Redwood toolset. The page is built from the ground up using Visual Builder Studio (VBS) to give you a unique experience of Oracle applications.

Associated Profiles Section on Redwood Jobs and Positions Pages

Access the associated profiles section to manage the profile association on these Redwood pages:

• Jobs
• Positions

Filter Action Reasons Based on User's Roles on Workforce Structures Redwood Pages

Filter the Action Reason drop-down list on the Positions, Jobs, Job Families, Locations, and Departments Redwood pages based on the logged-in user's security roles.

Read-Only Access to Redwood Workforce Structure Pages

Enhance the user experience by now providing an option to view these Redwood workforce structures pages as read-only:

• Departments
• Job Families
• Jobs
• Locations
• Positions

Workforce Structures

Introducing Position Budgeting

Enhance your position budgeting process by loading budgets and validating against those budget values when managing individual positions.

Add the Scheduling Group Attribute for Jobs

Group your similar jobs using the scheduling group attribute for the purpose of scheduling.

Scheduling Group and Job Function Added to Oracle Search for Jobs

Enhance your search experience when searching for jobs with the addition of Scheduling Group and Job Function to Oracle Search.

Improved User Experience for Selecting LOVs on Position, Job, and Location Pages

Select a value from the list easily with the removal of the recent items feature in the client-side LoVs on Position, Job, and Location pages.

Common

View Fusion Analytics about Your Team

 View insights of your organization as a manager on the My Team page and explore these insights further using Fusion Analytics.

Suppress Email Alert Notifications in Nonproduction Environments

Test the email alert notifications in nonproduction environments when using the Email communication method in the Alerts Composer tool. You can configure the BPM worklist application preferences to provide a test notification email address. If you leave this email setting as null, no email notifications are sent to anyone in nonproduction environments.

For the Email communication method, no email notifications are sent to the recipients specified in the individual alert templates in nonproduction environments.

For the Worklist communication method, the existing behavior remains unchanged. In both the production and nonproduction environments, notifications are sent to the email address specified in the BPM worklist email address preference. If this address isn't specified, email notifications are sent to the recipients provided in the individual Alert templates.

Human Resources / Employment Replaced or Removed 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.

Prepare for Discontinuation of Support for Share Personal Info in Update 24B

Support for Share Personal Info will be discontinued in the 24B update. Access to the feature will be removed in an upcoming update.

Human Capital Management for France

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

New Values for Contract Type, Contract Subtype, and Reason for Hire

Use the new values for Contract Type and Subtype, as well as for "Reason for Hire". These are seeded values for France; they were added to comply with local legislative requirements.

Human Capital Management for United States

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

Manage Locations Task Enhancement for US HR Reporting

Simplify your EEO-1, VETS, and California Pay Data reporting with the addition of a new table on the Locations task.  This table provides you with the ability to associate reporting info with a tax reporting unit (TRU), including multiple unit numbers.  Prior to this feature, you had to define separate locations whenever a TRU had multiple unit numbers associated with a location.

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 Payroll Interface for ADP Global Payroll V2

Perform a baseline extraction of the Payroll Interface for ADP Global Payroll V2 to ensure that a full file doesn't get extracted.

Global Payroll Interface For Absence Template Supports Advance Absence type

Use the enhanced Global Payroll Interface for Absences template to generate payroll interfaces to integrate day-wise and assignment-wise absence records with third-party payroll vendors.

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.

Human Resources

New Subject Area To Report On Survey Journeys

Augment your reporting on responses given by workers to Survey Journey questionnaires using the new subject area Workforce Management - Survey Journey Responses Real Time.

Enhancements to Documents of Record Subject Area

Improve your reporting on the following subject areas, with the inclusion of a new attribute to report on the tags associated with the document type:

• Workforce Management - Documents of Record Real Time
• Workforce Management - Documents of Record Archive Real Time.

Flexfields Added to Documents of Record Archive Subject Area

Enhance your reporting on Workforce Management - Documents of Record Archive Real Time with the addition of the following flexfields:

• PER_DOCUMENTS_OF_RECORD_DFF
• PER_DOC_OF_RECORD_LEG_DDF.

New Attributes in Areas of Responsibility Subject Area

Enhance your reporting on Areas of Responsibility setup information with the addition of the attributes that determine if the Area of Responsibility is used for approvals or journeys.

New Flexfield for Position Dimension

Enhance your reporting on position dimension across all the HCM OTBI subject areas, with the support for the flexfield related to job evaluation named PER_EVALUATION_CRITERIA_DFF.