Update 21C

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 (21A, 21B, 21C, and 21D)
• 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.

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 the base Talent and Compensation stand alone applications.

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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HCM Common

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.

Secure Access for Workers with Multiple Assignments

Secure user access for workers by using assignment-level security, if your organization allows them to have multiple concurrent assignments. The current out-of-the-box behavior supports person-based security access, which means a user having access to a person has access to all assignments and personal information for that person. Assignment-level security can now restrict a user’s access to a person’s assignment based on the user’s area of access. By enabling an assignment-level security profile option and regenerating your data grants and security profiles, your organization opts into this feature for your HCM Cloud implementation.

As stated in our initial release documentation for Update 20D, this feature offers a multi-phased implementation for HCM Cloud customers. For this release, we have made reporting enhancements in the Payroll OTBI subject area.  We are further expanding assignment-level security to provide a broader and more consistent user experience across HCM. The users will be restricted to only those assignments to which they have access and not all assignments of the person just because they can access that person.

HCM Security

Filter Users Based on Assignment Status in the Roles Autoprovisioning Job

Filter the users based on the Assignment Status parameter in the Roles Autoprovisioning ESS job. When this filter is applied, users with only specific assignment status type are processed.

Support for Legislative Data Group in Role Autoprovisioning

See how the role autoprovisioning capabilities are improved to support Legislative Data Group in the role mapping.

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.

Reduced Clicks To Summit Your File

Submit your selected file without reviewing the Import and Load HCM Data parameters. A new button has been introduced on the Import File page.

Visibility of Spreadsheet Data Loading Support

Identify which business objects support being loaded using HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader. The View Business Objects task and Overview spreadsheet, available from this task, have been enhanced to include the spreadsheet loading support available for each object.

Include Messages in the Failed Lines File

Include the messages raised when generating business object .dat files of the data lines that failed to be successfully loaded into Oracle HCM Cloud.

Business Object Enhancements

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

New Business Objects

Benefits

• Potential Life Events

Business Objects with Functional Changes

Global Payroll

• Payroll Element Definition

Business Objects With Attribute Changes

Compensation

• Market Data Survey Composites

Global HR

• Allocated Checklist

• Checklist Template

• Task Library

• Role Mapping

• Organization

• Organization Translation

Learning

• Learning Record

Talent Management

• Goal Plan

• Question

• Questionnaire

• Questionnaire Template

• Succession Plan

Enhanced Reporting

Extend your OTBI reporting for HCM Data Loader using these new folders:

• Imported Objects
• Spreadsheet Templates
• Spreadsheet Template Parameters
• Spreadsheet Template Roles
• Spreadsheet Data Sets

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.

Preview of Extracts Run to Verify Extracts Definition

Use the preview feature to verify the extracts design before finalizing the definition. Preview allows you to:

• Verify the output structure of a sample data set by providing specific parameter values for defined parameters, if any.
• Download the sample XML output generated to build your BI Publisher templates.
• Troubleshoot the failed extracts run for specific data conditions

Snapshot API for Synchronous Data Reads

Extract data synchronously using the objectSnapshots REST API. You can define the data elements that you want to view using the Extracts definition and call the objectSnapshots API to extract the data by passing a snapshot key which will be the threading database item defined in the Extracts.

HCM Common Architecture

This section covers architecture features used across all HCM Applications.

New Atom Feed for Cancelled Work Relationship

Subscribe to the new Atom feed, CancelWorkRelationship, to receive updates when a work relationship is cancelled. This feed is triggered when a worker's work relationship is cancelled in Oracle HCM Cloud.

HCM Common Features

This section covers features used across all HCM Applications.

Person Spotlight for HCM Experience Design Studio Enhancement

Enhance the user experience with the read-only tab names in Person Spotlight keeping the capability to translate the tab names, if required.

Autocomplete Rules for HCM Experience Design Studio Enhancements

Enhance the user experience authoring new rules in Autocomplete Rules for HCM Experience Design Studio with more capabilities. These are the new features added to the tool.

• Predefined rules delivered out-of-the-box that cover most common use cases for Document Records, Salary, and Workforce Structures (including Job and Position).
• New Person Disability business object available to default or validate values in a worker's disability record. For example, you can use this business object to validate registration dates don't overlap in a worker's disability records.
• Author rules from a person to their talent profile. For example, you can validate the education degree or certification validity, or both when promoting your worker. This is now possible using the new Get Profile view accessor to traverse from the Person business object to the Person Profile Education and Person Profile Certification business objects.
• Support of Extensible Flexfields business object available to default and validate values starting by the Additional Assignment Info region in employment actions. 
• Added hard stop error messages to prevent users from entering unsupported characters in Autocomplete messages.
• Changed the default operator to Is not null for attributes supported by an LOV.

Position Approvals: Route Approvals Based on the Incumbent

Define approval rules to route position approval notifications to the incumbent of the parent position, in addition to the initiator's hierarchy.

Performance Improvements for HCM BIP-Based Approval Notifications

In Update 20C a new XML Type column was introduced that replaced the existing DATA_CACHE column to improve the rendering time and overall performance of BIP-based approval notifications. We've added a new profile option that lets you continue to populate the DATA_CACHE column. If you are accessing the old DATA_CACHE column in your BIP data models, we recommend that you move to the new XML Type column as soon as possible. 

HCM Digital Assistant - Chat Widget Configuration

Use custom icons in HCM Digital Assistant and allow users to drag the chat widget using HCM Experience Design Studio for non Redwood-based user interfaces. Both these features are not available with Redwood-based user interfaces.

Changes to the Global Header Icons

The icons in the global header are refreshed to make them consistent with the new Redwood look and feel of the application.

Controlled Availability Features

Features under this heading are under the Controlled Availability Program. The Controlled Availability Program is a program for early testing and feedback of features, before they are included into the product line. You must request and be accepted into the Controlled Availability Programs to use these features. Please see the What's New for more information on being part of these programs.

NOTE: These features are not generally available to customers, customers must be approved to use these features. When these features are generally available to all customers they will be announced under their product area headings.

Oracle Search Person Index Updates

Use the Oracle Search person index optimized for better performance.