- Revision History
- Overview
- Career and Succession
- Performance
- Recruiting
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- Recruiting
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- Enhanced Candidate Search
- LinkedIn Recruiter System Connect Integration
- Detailed Completion Statuses for Background Checks
- Save Draft Job Applications
- Automatically Finish Processing Candidate Offers
- Internal Job Alerts
- Conditional Questionnaire
- Render Questions Dynamically Based on Candidate Responses
- Attach Documents to Candidates
- Skills Content Support
- Promote Similar Jobs
- Suspend a Job Requisition
- Editing Values on Non-Draft Job Requisitions
- Restricted Unconfirmed Job Applications
- Candidate Selection Process Reason for Disqualified Job Applications
- Default Primary Location from Work Location
- Automated Actions Based on Request for Information Status
- HTML Templates For Candidate Notifications
- Tax Credits Partner Category Reporting
- Reporting on Interview Scheduling
- Configure Internal Job Application Flow Sections Using the Experience Design Studio
- Tax Credits and Rehire Eligibility Database Items for CSP Fast Formulas
- Notifications to Inform Partners of Candidate Merge and Deletion
- National Identifier Masking
- Configure Offer Approval Rules Based on Additional Fields
- SMS Support for Candidate Communication
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- Recruiting
- Learning and Development
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- Learning Cloud
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- Updated Layout for Course, Offering, and Specialization Pages
- Updates to Manage Community Page
- Social Capabilities
- Use Learning Item, Course, Offering, and Specialzation Descriptive FlexFields as Search Filters
- Ability to Save and Reuse Search Criteria When Selecting Learners
- New Text Editor for Learning Administrators
- Replace Existing Video and PDF Content Items
- Profile Option Changes
- Reset Attempts in SCORM Content
- Ability to Preview the Alert Templates in Custom Alerts
- Update to Offering Activity Definition Has Changed Alerts
- Use REST API to Replace Video Content
- HDL – Undo Assignment from Completed to Deleted
- Two New Options for Alerts
- Resource Alert for Withdrawals
- Warning Message for Cloud Rich Media
- Reason for Completion Code
- How To Videos on the Administrator Dashboard
- Use Defined FlexFields to Build Rules for Approval Workflows
- Learning Cloud Replaced or Removed Features
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- Learning Cloud
- HR Optimizations
This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:
| Date | Feature | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 28 APR 2020 | Created initial document. |
HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:
- 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.
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.
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.
Oracle Learning Cloud enables you to make a transformational shift in learning delivery. Subject matter experts in your organization can easily publish videos and assemble tutorials to deliver on-demand and social learning. Collaboration features encourage continuous community feedback.
Be the first to add LinkedIn Learning content to Oracle Learning Cloud. When you enable this integration, you can import a single course at a time, or bulk load multiple courses. On import, an automatic process runs in the background to create content, courses, offerings, and activities associated with the content in Oracle Learning Cloud.
Oracle Performance Management supports features and functions for measuring and reporting worker performance.
March Maintenance Pack for 20A
This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:
| Date | Feature | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 28 FEB 2020 | Created initial document. |
HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:
- 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.
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.
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.
Oracle Learning Cloud enables you to make a transformational shift in learning delivery. Subject matter experts in your organization can easily publish videos and assemble tutorials to deliver on-demand and social learning. Collaboration features encourage continuous community feedback.
Use images in choice-based questions, and in answers for questionnaires. Questionnaires are associated to assessments or evaluations in Oracle Learning Cloud, and these image-based questions and answers are visible to learners.
Take note that the content and delivery mechanics of iCalendar files within Learning Cloud have been enhanced for ILT activities and offering change event alerts. The iCalendar file for offering activities now has more relevant information for events. The Organizer attribute of the iCalendar event is picked up from the system Manage Alerts tab in Setup.
Use the HCM Data Loader (HDL) Offering Load that now includes the following enhancements:
- Added Facilitator Type (Training Supplier or Instructor)
- Offering Coordinator is now a required field. It is already required in the user interface.
- Primary Classroom can have a Virtual Classroom value loaded Via HDL.
Learning Redesigned ser Experience
Increase user satisfaction with the redesigned pages that now have the same look and feel on desktop and mobile devices. These redesigned pages are both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language. Clutter-free pages, with clean lines and just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit.
Manager and Learner Pages Redesigned
The learner and manager pages for Oracle Learning Cloud have been redesigned for ease of use and responsiveness on all devices. There are significant changes to the appearance and behavior of these pages. Additional details will be made available in the What's New, and in a forthcoming Newsfeed migration white paper, which will be located on My Oracle Support, Document ID 1504483.1.
NOTE: This new experience is turned off for 20A. You can enable it using a profile option.
Adaptive Height Profile Option for SCORM Player
Use the WLF_LEARN_ELEARNING_SCORM_DYNAMIC_RESIZE_ENABLED profile option to control how Oracle Learning Cloud displays SCORM content on a mobile device. If you set the profile option to Y, SCORM content is resized to use as much of a mobile device screen is possible. Setting the profile option to N causes SCORM content to display at a fixed height.
NOTE: This profile option is set to N by default.
Oracle Recruiting Cloud provides tools for hiring managers and recruiters to source and nurture candidates, create and manage job requisitions, screen and select candidates, create and manage job offers, and onboard new employees into the organization. It also provides career sites for employees and external candidates to search, discover and apply to jobs using a frictionless application process.
Prescreening Scoring in Questionnaires
Allow recruiting administrators to adjust scoring in job requisition template prescreening questionnaires.
Recruiting 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.
Candidate Authentication - Secure Links
Authenticate candidates using email or phone number and a PIN based verification process.
February Maintenance Pack for 20A
This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:
| Date | Feature | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 31 JAN 2020 | Created initial document. |
HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:
- 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.
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 oracle.com/readiness under Human Capital Management or via the Oracle Help Center at: docs.oracle.com under Cloud Applications > Human Capital Management.
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.
Oracle Learning Cloud enables you to make a transformational shift in learning delivery. Subject matter experts in your organization can easily publish videos and assemble tutorials to deliver on-demand and social learning. Collaboration features encourage continuous community feedback.
Set Minimum and Maximum Expected Effort for Specialization Using HDL
Use HDL to set the Minimum Expected Effort, and Maximum Expected Effort field values for specializations. Previously, you could only do this by entering values in these fields in the user interface. The Minimum Expected Effort, and Maximum Expected Effort fields are now available in the HDL .dat file, so you can set this information when you create or update a specialization using HDL.
Use the Learning Item Title Drop-Down List
Use the Learning Item Title drop-down list when searching for assignments for either an administrator or manager in the top level of the Manage Learners area. This field existed in previous versions of Learning Cloud, but it was a text box.
ESS Job Ensures Rollup of Successful Attempts
Enable an ESS job, called Process Unfinished Attempts to ensure the rollup of successful offering activity attempts, and complete offering, course and specialization assignments. This job is useful in situations where Internet connectivity problems, or integration issues between a SCORM content provider and Learning Cloud prevent the proper capture of successful completion rollups. This job ensures that when a successful activity attempt completes all activities for an offering, the offering, course or specialization assignment is also marked as complete.
Display Learning Outcomes on the Talent Profile for Renewal Assignments
Display learning outcomes on the learner's talent profile when they successfully complete renewal assignments.
January Maintenance Pack for 20A
This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:
| Date | Feature | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 20 DEC 2019 | Created initial document. |
HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:
- 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.
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 oracle.com/readiness under Human Capital Management or via the Oracle Help Center at: docs.oracle.com under Cloud Applications > Human Capital Management.
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.
Features under this section are available to all talent applications.
Enhanced REST Service for Worker Feedback
Leverage the enhanced personNotes REST service which now includes the feedback author name and recipient name.
REST Service for Feedback Visibility Options
Leverage the personNotesVisibilityOptionsLOV REST Service that provides the person notes visibility options list of values as defined in the Feedback Visibility setup task.
This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:
| Date | Feature | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 26 JUN 2020 | Profile Management: Use HCM Alerts with Enhanced Talent Profiles |
Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20A. |
| 28 APR 2020 | Talent Management: Simplified Navigation for Manager Talent Overview Pages | Updated document. Revised feature information. |
| 31 JAN 2020 | Profile Management: Mandatory Upgrade to Enhanced Talent Profile in 20A | Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20A. |
| 06 DEC 2019 | Created initial document. |
HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this New Feature Summary:
- 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.
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 oracle.com/readiness under Human Capital Management or via the Oracle Help Center at: docs.oracle.com under Cloud Applications > Human Capital Management.
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.
Features under this section are available to all talent applications.
Remove Inactive Review Periods
Simplify review period selection for employees and managers in Goals and Performance responsive pages by hiding inactive review periods using a dedicated profile option. Unused review periods can also be deleted to further focus on relevant data.
Simplified Navigation for Manager Talent Overview Pages
Simplify managers' navigation of employees' talent information with a new consolidated app under My Team called Career and Performance. Switch easily between existing responsive pages Goals and Performance Overview, Career Overview and Evaluate Performance using vertical tabs. Add a performance goal to multiple employees at the same time. View the first employee row expanded by default, to indicate managers can expand the other rows to see additional information.
Survey employees with our Questionnaires.
Score Defined in Questionnaire
Define the score for question answers directly in each questionnaire now. Questions that are reused across multiple questionnaires, can now have a different score in each questionnaire. If the score is not changed in the questionnaire, the score from the question is used.
Images in Questions and Response Choices
Include images in both questions and responses now. You can add an image in any type of question. Additionally, you can add an image for each response choice in choice-based questions.
HCM Data Loader and HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader for Questionnaire Objects
Import Questionnaire Templates, Questions, and Questionnaire setup data using the HCM Data Loader. Import any type of questions within the questionnaire, including the response choices in choice-based questions. You can have images in questions and attachments for questionnaire information.
Oracle Career Development provides tools for workers and managers to manage their career interests and development plans. These tools include recommendations on roles based on workers’ qualifications, comparisons to target roles and required development needs for workers. You can establish development goals and manage development progress, by managing the roles of interest for the worker and comprehensive development plan for workers.
You can now manage your near and long-term career development strategies using a development plan. Based on your role permissions, you can create and manage your development goals within your development plan. You can tag goals with Development Intents. Development Intents are tags that allow you to organize and track your goal towards future development.
Additional Content Types and Learning Support on Explore Roles Page
View Work Requirements, Memberships, Honors, and Awards for a role when exploring roles. You can also view and download attachments related to the role.
Learning is integrated with Career Development now. The Related Learning Items are displayed when learning items are available for Competencies, Skills and Certifications.
Disposal of Development Goals and All Related Data from HCM Cloud
Manage disposal of development goals and all related data to meet the data protection requirements of individuals and organizations. Define rule sets to handle the removal of development goals and all related data for a terminated employee that is no longer relevant.
Oracle Fusion Talent Review is an analytic product enabling your organization to review and evaluate data from the profile, performance, goals, career development, and compensation management solutions.
Talent Review Redesigned User Experience
Increase user satisfaction with the redesigned pages that now have the same look and feel on desktop and mobile devices. These redesigned pages are both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language. Clutter-free pages, with clean lines and just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit.
Spotlight Link for Talent Review Members While Preparing Review Content
Leverage the Spotlight link provided for the people you review while preparing review content to get additional information.
REST Service for Granting Manager Access
Leverage the talentReviewManagersLOV REST service while searching for managers in the Grant Access task in Talent Review.
Talent Review 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.
Former Talent Review Dashboard To Be Retired
Notice the former talent review dashboard will be retired in Update 20B. The redesigned talent review dashboard which was released in Update 18B will be the default dashboard as of 20B.
Oracle Succession Management helps to create succession plans to replace key personnel. Succession plans identify workers who are ready now, or can develop the necessary skills, for jobs and positions that aren't currently vacant, insuring, a smooth transition and help you to manage candidate development.
Succession Management Redesigned User Experience
Increase user satisfaction with the redesigned pages that now have the same look and feel on desktop and mobile devices. These redesigned pages are both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language. Clutter-free pages, with clean lines and just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit.
Spotlight Link for Succession Candidates and Talent Pool Members
Leverage the Spotlight link available for these people to get more information about them:
- Candidates of a succession plan
- Members of a talent pool
View Number of Plans a Candidate Is On
Enhance your succession planning by viewing these candidate counts:
- The total number of plans in which the person is a candidate
- The number of plans that you can access in which the person is a candidate
By default, you can see only the count for the number of plans that you can access. You can’t see the count that shows the total number of plans the person is a candidate on.
Additional Page Parameter for Succession Planning
Leverage the newly added page parameter for incumbents. This page parameter allows you to embed an analytic to report on details about the incumbent of a succession plan.
Disposal of Succession Plan Data
Manage disposal of succession plan data to meet the data protection requirements of individuals and organizations. Define rule sets to handle the removal of Succession Management data for a terminated employee that are no longer relevant. Submit a process to remove such data as needed.
Oracle Fusion Profile Management provides a common foundation for the talent suite of products and other Oracle Cloud applications to retrieve, insert, and update talent profile information. Profile Management also supports the HR specialists, line managers, matrix managers, and employees in performing critical HR talent functions. Managing people and job profiles, career planning functions, managing, and tracking talent data can be also done through Profile Management.
Competency Behaviors Feature Added to Enhanced Talent Profile
Refine job requirements by specifying behaviors for competencies included in job profiles .Behaviors are now available in the Enhanced Talent Profile
Manage disposal of the notes data to meet the General Data Protection Regulation requirements on protection and privacy of individuals and organizations. Define rule sets to remove notes data for a terminated employee that are no longer relevant.
Mandatory Upgrade to Enhanced Talent Profile in 20A
Act now, you must upgrade to Enhanced Talent Profile Management prior to the application of HCM Cloud Release 20B. HCM Cloud Release 20A is the last release to perform this upgrade.
Use HCM Alerts with Enhanced Talent Profiles
Use HCM Alerts to send worklist and email notifications in the Enhanced Talent Profiles, this replaces Events Notifications.
Oracle Goal Management enables you to transform business objectives into goals across various organization levels, providing a clear line of sight from managers to employees. Business leaders can communicate high-level initiatives which managers can translate into goals for their employees.
Goals Redesigned User Experience
Increase user satisfaction with the redesigned pages that now have the same look and feel on desktop and mobile devices. These redesigned pages are both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language. Clutter-free pages, with clean lines and just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit.
Enhanced Goal Plan Management with Primary Goal Plan
Improve your goal plan administration by leveraging the new primary goal plan feature. The primary goal plan is available across review periods and administrators won’t need to create a goal plan for every review period. You will continue to have the ability to define and use multiple goal plans for each review period if required.
The primary goal plan also simplifies the user experience for employees and managers.
Ability to Edit Goal Weights Inline
Use the optional user experience for entering and editing individual goal weights. Before this release, you had to use only the Edit Weight goal action to edit the weights of goals in a goal plan. Now you have the option to perform an inline edit of the weight of individual goals in a goal plan.
Disposal of Performance and Development Goals Data
Use HCM Data Loader to dispose performance goals data of terminated employees. This enables you to meet the data protection requirements of individuals and organizations. Define rule sets to remove performance goal information and submit a process to remove the data when you want to.
Oracle Performance Management supports features and functions for measuring and reporting worker performance.
Configure Performance Approval Rules Based on Setup and Ratings
Facilitate more specific Performance Management approval rules using additional attributes for performance template, document type, process flow, numeric ratings and calculated score.
Print Options for Performance Document
Focus attention when reviewing printed from responsive performance documents by selecting to print feedback from specific contributors or evaluation topics.
Disposal of Performance Document Data
Support data protection requirements of individuals and organizations by disposing of employees performance document information. Define rule sets to handle the removal of performance document information for a terminated employee that are no longer relevant. Submit a process to remove such data as needed.
Performance Redesigned User Experience
Increase user satisfaction with the redesigned pages that now have the same look and feel on desktop and mobile devices. These redesigned pages are both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern look and conversational language. Clutter-free pages, with clean lines and just the essential fields, can be personalized to suit.
Completing a Questionnaire in a Performance Document Simplified User Experience
Increase user satisfaction when completing a questionnaire in the responsive performance document using a simplified flow. When selecting the questionnaire from the performance document overview page the questionnaire will now display in edit mode by default. A banner to remind users to submit the performance document when they have finished providing feedback is also displayed at the top of the performance document overview page.
Oracle Recruiting Cloud provides tools for hiring managers and recruiters to source and nurture candidates, create and manage job requisitions, screen and select candidates, create and manage job offers, and onboard new employees into the organization. It also provides career sites for employees and external candidates to search, discover and apply to jobs using a frictionless application process.
Allow the hiring team to search for candidates using additional attributes such as Willing to Travel, Willing to Relocate, Referred, Endorsed, Prospect, Source, Medium, Language, License, Pool, Job, Job Title, and Field of Study.
LinkedIn Recruiter System Connect Integration
Integrate with Recruiter System Connect (RSC) for sharing transactional recruiting data between Oracle Recruiting Cloud and LinkedIn Recruiter. In Oracle Recruiting Cloud, recruiters can access the LinkedIn Profile page and review In Mails and Notes from LinkedIn Recruiter. In LinkedIn Recruiter, recruiters can see if LinkedIn members are already in Oracle Recruiting Cloud, they can view job applications of those members and their progression within the selection process, they can export prospects from LinkedIn to Oracle Recruiting Cloud.
Detailed Completion Statuses for Background Checks
Get more details directly in Oracle Recruiting Cloud with new background check statuses. You don't need to navigate to the partner's portal to get that info.
Allow career sites to save draft job applications automatically for external candidates. When a draft job application is created, candidates get notified and they can access the saved draft using a direct link. Draft job applications aren't visible to recruiters or hiring managers until they're submitted by candidates.
Automatically Finish Processing Candidate Offers
Process quickly candidates who have accepted their job offers by progressing them automatically into the final HR phase of the hiring lifecycle with all their assignments and compensation lined up properly. Various types of candidates or candidates on certain requisitions can get progressed forward at various times, by configuring according to the needs of your business. Also, more information is provided to the right users when occasionally a candidate's progression into the final HR phase doesn't go smoothly the first time. New sections displayed on the offer page and new states within the lifecycle indicate what went wrong and how it can be fixed in order to complete the hiring process successfully.
Notify internal candidates when newly posted job requisitions match their preferences. Current Jobs was enhanced to allow internal candidates to subscribe to job alerts and manage their job preferences, including locations, job families, and organizations. Talent Communities was also enhanced to allow users to define candidate types and organizations. The frequency to send job alerts to candidates is configurable with a new setting.
Ask your candidates additional questions based on their answers from previous application flows.
Render Questions Dynamically Based on Candidate Responses
Display questions to candidates dynamically based on their answers within the current application flow.
Attach Documents to Candidates
Attach additional documents, such as notes about off-line conversations, to candidate files, prospect records, and pool members. These documents are only visible to the hiring team.
Capture skills from candidates while they apply for a job. The hiring team can review the skills on a job application and search candidates based on skills.
Make job discovery easier for your external candidates by promoting jobs similar to the ones currently viewed.
Suspend a job requisition to indicate it is currently on hold, preventing further actions on its job applications until the requisition is resumed.
Editing Values on Non-Draft Job Requisitions
Change values on job requisitions that are no longer in the draft phase.
Restricted Unconfirmed Job Applications
Consider unconfirmed job applications as restricted if the candidate selection process contains restricted phases.
Candidate Selection Process Reason for Disqualified Job Applications
Set a candidate selection process reason automatically on disqualified job applications.
Default Primary Location from Work Location
Default the primary location of a job requisition from its work location.
Automated Actions Based on Request for Information Status
Perform actions automatically on job applications when a request for information has a specific status.
HTML Templates For Candidate Notifications
Create and manage HTML templates that can be used for specific career site notifications, ad hoc email communications with candidates, and campaigns. Templates can be global in nature or assigned to specific career sites. Content is controlled by the content library.
Tax Credits Partner Category Reporting
Improve your reporting on partner information about tax credits by reporting on all transactions.
Reporting on Interview Scheduling
Augment your reports by including the interview schedule defined at the job requisition level and selected by a candidate in your reports.
Configure Internal Job Application Flow Sections Using the Experience Design Studio
Use HCM Experience Design Studio to configure which sections are visible in the internal job application flow when internal candidates apply to jobs.
Tax Credits and Rehire Eligibility Database Items for CSP Fast Formulas
Define fast formula conditions on candidate selection process actions using tax credits and rehire eligibility information.
Notifications to Inform Partners of Candidate Merge and Deletion
Inform partners of candidate merge and deletion using the new notification service.
Protect personally identifiable information of your external candidates by applying mask on national identifiers.
Configure Offer Approval Rules Based on Additional Fields
Configure job offer approval rules based on many fields pertaining to offers. This includes new fields for salary based on components and based on rates, and other compensation. This also includes fields related to the selected offer letter and any associated position into which the offer is hiring.
SMS Support for Candidate Communication
Allow candidates to apply for jobs and review their profile in the candidate self service using a phone number or email. All communication to candidates regarding their applications, interviews, job offers can be delivered using SMS messages. Customers must license SMS delivery provider of their choice and configure it to enable this feature. The Recruiting Content Library provides SMS message templates in addition to existing email templates.
Oracle Learning Cloud enables you to make a transformational shift in learning delivery. Subject matter experts in your organization can easily publish videos and assemble tutorials to deliver on-demand and social learning. Collaboration features encourage continuous community feedback.
Updated Layout for Course, Offering, and Specialization Pages
See the change to the layout on the course, offering, and specialization pages. Infotiles have been replaced with tabs. There is no change in the functionality.
Updates to Manage Community Page
Take a look at the Manage Community page to see the new Definition tab. This tab provides an overview of a community’s settings, name, and description. Click Edit Learning Community to update the details of the Community.
Additionally, there are some enhancements to community membership and administrator access:
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Admin Created Communities - Administrators who have permission to manage an admin community can now manage community membership, assignments, etc
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Membership - You can now change a community member to a community manager.
Take advantage of new social capabilities. In previous releases, social capabilities were delivered using an integration with Oracle Social Network (OSN).
Oracle Learning Cloud has new commenting and conversation functionality. You can keep using the OSN social capabilities until you are on the Current User Experience, but once moved, the older functionality goes away.
NOTE: None of the existing social data from OSN will migrate over when you move to the responsive pages.
Use Learning Item, Course, Offering, and Specialzation Descriptive FlexFields as Search Filters
Use learning item, course, offering, and specialization Descriptive FlexFields, based on the context, as filters to search results across multiple places in Learning Cloud. This means you can now make use of learning Descriptive FlexFields to query results and use them across various specialist transactions.
Ability to Save and Reuse Search Criteria When Selecting Learners
See the new prompt that displays when you select users for assignments by learning assignment criteria or person criteria.
New Text Editor for Learning Administrators
Check out the new rich text editor text box for Learning Administrators, and it appears larger in the user interface.
Replace Existing Video and PDF Content Items
Replace existing video and PDF files for content items. When you edit the basic information for a video or PDF content item, there is a new Replace option available for selection from the More Actions drop-down list.
See the following profile options that were created in a previous releases of Learning Cloud to control the availability of certain features before they were released to a wider audience. The functionality associated with them is now available to all, however the following changes have been made:
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WLF_RBA_USE_SQL - Enables you to use an analysis object with the mass assignment functionality to assign more than 75,000 records. Refer to the July Maintenance Pack for 19B and the November Maintenance Pack for 19C for details on this enhancement. This profile option has been removed, and the functionality is enabled for everyone.
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WLF_ROLLUP_FAILED_SCORM - Used to determine how rollup completions occur for failed SCORM, AICC/HACP or assessment backed activities. Refer to the November Maintenance Pack for 19D for details on this enhancement. This profile option is now set to N by default.
IMPORTANT: If you set WLF_ROLLUP_FAILED_SCORM to Y prior to 19D, you will need to set it back to Y after the update.
Reset Attempts in SCORM Content
Reset all learner attempts for SCORM content on the SCORM content Details page. You can choose either Reset Ongoing Attempts or Reset Ongoing and Completed Attempts. When you select either option, a job runs in the background, and a window displays the progress of the reset.
Ability to Preview the Alert Templates in Custom Alerts
Preview message alert templates before messages are sent. If you use token values in the message content, they will appear as actual values in the previews. This gives you a better idea of how a message reads to end users.
Update to Offering Activity Definition Has Changed Alerts
Use the new Send Alert action on the home page for ILT and Blended offering types. This action lets you manually send the Offering Activity Definition has Changed alerts to Learners and Instructors. In addition, these alerts are now sent automatically when activities are added or removed from an offering.
Use REST API to Replace Video Content
Use the REST API to replace video content.
HDL – Undo Assignment from Completed to Deleted
Use HCM Data Loader (HDL) to undo assignments by moving them from completed to deleted.
Specializations can go from:
- Complete to Delete
- Withdrawn to Delete
For courses the following is supported:
- Always allow courses to go from Withdraw to Delete.
- Prevent movement from Complete to Delete for course learning records in case of selected course offerings.
For offerings there is now support to allow an offering to go from Complete to Delete.
Take note in the Setup, there are two new options on the Alerts tab:
- Default Organizer for Calendar Meeting Invites – enter a default email address for meeting organizers.
- When Available, Use Primary Offering Coordinator as the Organizer for Calendar Meeting Invites – indicates you want to use the email address of the primary offering coordinator, if it is indicated for the offering. If this is selected, and a primary offering coordinator is not listed for the offering, or the offering coordinator's primary email address is null, then the Organizer element for the .ics file uses the Default Organizer for Calendar Meeting Invites, if one is indicated, or <olc@example.com>.
Resource Alert for Withdrawals
Alert learners when they are withdrawn from an assignment, using the new resource alert: WLF-00011 - Recently Withdrawn Assignments. Example alert content is included, and you can customize it as you choose.
Warning Message for Cloud Rich Media
See if your environment has been configured with Akamai. If it has not been configured you will see a new warning message on the Administrator dashboard that your environment is not configured for Oracle Learn Cloud Rich Media Platform.
Select the No Show option in the Reason for Completion drop-down list for activities that are instructor-led onsite and instructor-led online. This option indicates that a learner was not present for instructor-led activities.
How To Videos on the Administrator Dashboard
Watch training videos that are embedded on the Administrator Dashboard. By default the first video of the playlist is shown and ready to be played.
Use Defined FlexFields to Build Rules for Approval Workflows
Use the learning item Defined FlexFields, and offering start date and end dates to build rules for approvals. For example, you can use an offering end date to auto approve a learning assignment withdrawal x number of days out. You can auto approve learning requests based on Defined FlexFields values.
Learning Cloud 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.
Take note Contextual Learning has been removed. Administrators can no longer add components to a page. If they remove any previoulsy added components, they will not be able to add them back. All contextual learning components added by administrators will be completely removed in the 20B release.
Transactional Business Intelligence for Talent Management
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.
Report on the primary offering coordinator, including key information about the person such as name, department, phone, email contact, and manager name. A course offering can have an offering coordinator who helps manage the offering. This person may be different than the instructor.
Report on the offering capacity rules such as maximum capacity, waitlist mode, waitlist rules, and the current count of booked seats.
Offering Activity Instructor, Training Supplier and Classroom
Report on instructors, classrooms, and any associated training suppliers used for each offering activity.
Course Completion Reason Code and Comments
Report on completion reasons and completion comments. If learning specialists manually mark learners as complete, they enter a completion reason code and completion comments. The following new column attributes are available in the Learning Record folder under Learning Record Details:
- Completion Type
- Completion Reason
- Completion Comment
Workforce Performance Subject Areas Enhanced for Performance Template Dimension
Enhance your reporting on performance templates by using the attributes that allow you to determine if the respective template is configured for display check-Ins, requested feedback, or anytime feedback notes in the employee's performance document.
Rating Model Category Enhancement to Performance Rating Subject Area
Improve your reporting on performance ratings of the workers with the inclusion of the attributes related to the rating model categories. These attributes are added to the Workforce Performance - Performance Rating Real Time > Performance Rating > Rating Level:
- Category Name
- Category Description
- Lower Boundary
- Upper Boundary
Enhance your reports by incorporating the maximum possible score at the questionnaire level and review how it applies to a job application based on the candidate’s answers.
Job Requisition Dimension Adjustments
Improve your reports by including attributes about internal and external descriptions to the job requisition dimension in the recruiting subject areas.