- Revision History
- Overview
- Learning and Development
- Revision History
- Overview
- Learning and Development
- HR Optimizations
- Revision History
- Overview
- Career and Succession
- Performance
- Learning and Development
- Recruiting
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- Recruiting
- Candidates and Candidate Job Applications
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- Append Job Applications
- Add Skills to Candidate Using HCM Data Loader
- Add Skills to Job Applications Using HCM Data Loader
- Candidate Applications Track More Disability and Legislative Flexfield Information
- Candidate Data Disposal
- Candidate Type Displayed in Candidate Details
- Miscellaneous Attachments in Job Applications
- Remove Outdated Draft Job Applications
- Candidate Sourcing
- Candidate Experience
- Candidate Interviews
- Job Requisitions
- Job Offers
- Screening Services
- Recruiting
- HR Optimizations
August Maintenance Pack for 20B
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 JUL 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.
Notice the following enhancements to the What to Learn page:
- Required and Voluntary Learning Cards no longer show recently completed learning.
- Multiple recommendations for the same item are no longer consolidated into one card.
Completed learning was removed from this page, because it is already displayed on the View Transcript page. Showing recommendations multiple times helps users to view all recommendation comments for each item.
Descriptive Flexfields Available in Assign to My Team
Use Descriptive Flexfields when assigning items in My Team. Descriptive Flexfields display in the following scenarios:
- When a manager assigns learning to team members
- When a manager requests noncatalog learning for team members
- When a manager records external learning for team members
Preview Mode for eLearning Content
Use the Preview button after you upload SCORM elearning Content to preview the content in full page mode.
Last Recorded Assessment Attempt Review
Use the new Review Try button to see the answers you made on your last recorded assessment attempt. You cannot change any answers. This button is only available for assessment resources.
Current Learning Assignments Hidden
Notice that if you have no current assignments in a learning community, the Current Learning section is hidden from view. Displaying the Current Learning section only when learners have current assignments in a learning community improves the clarity and accuracy of the the page.
Past Renewals Section Displayed in Enrollment Details
Notice the following changes for course renewals:
- When learners are in a renewal course assignment, their current enrollment shows the previous completions in the Past Renewal section.
- When learners have past renewal enrollments, the Past Renewal section displays on the Enrollment Details page.
When a course is set up for renewals, it is beneficial for the learner to see past renewal completions for the course, so that they understand enrollment cycle.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 29 MAY 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.
Specializations, Courses, Course Offerings
Conditional Assessment Questions and Feedback in Offline Learning
Notice that Conditional Assessment Questions and Feedback now appear to learners in offline learning.
Enable BIPS Based Notifications for Learning Item Contribution
Enable the following profile options to deliver BIPS-based notifications for learning item contributions:
- BIP_EMAIL_NOTIFICATION, BIP_EMAIL_NOTIFICATION_HCM
- BIP_EMAIL_NOTIFICATION_HCM_WL
Enhanced the Optimize Learning Text Index Job
Notice that the Optimize Learning Item Keywords ESS Job has been enhanced to enable stop words for keyword searches. Stop words are words such as the, an, and, of, or, etc. that can be removed from the search index so that they are not used in determining the search result scoring. Stop words are always removed from field searches on items like course and offering titles.
Use the new Learning Cloud ESS jobs to expand and reconcile assignments and access groups:
- Process User Access - This job expands access groups destinations.
- Process Recommendation - This job expands assignment destinations and populates learning recommendation based on eligible users.
- Process Learning Records - This job expands assignment destinations and populates learning records based on eligible users.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 29 MAY 2020 | Learning Cloud/Specializations, Course, Couse Offerings: Learning Item Search Index Job Is Asynchronous | Updated document. Revised feature information. |
| 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.
Navigation to What to Learn Has Moved
Take note that What to Learn has been moved from the root navigation menu to the Quick Action navigation menu.
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.
Learning Request and Non Catalog Learning Request Approval
Use the learning request approval capability for learning item requests and non catalog learning item requests. A sample request approval workflow is already set up for you: requested learning approvals go to a user, and non-catalog learning requests go to the management hierarchy. If a learning item has prerequisites, the approval notification indicates what they are, whether they are mandatory, and if the learner has met the requirements of the prerequisites.
Specializations, Courses, Course Offerings
Learning Item Search Index Job Is Asynchronous
Notice that the Rebuild Learning Item Indexes job, which runs when when you add a new learning item, is now asynchronous. In previous releases, this job ran automatically to update the search index. This job now runs every 5 minutes to maximize the efficiency of the rebuilding of the learning item index, especially in instances where large numbers of learning items are created or loaded at the same time.
NOTE: Because of this change, you may experience a short delay from the time you create a learning item until it is is available in search.
Notice the new Featured Learning label that displays to learners for courses and specializations that admins have designated as featured.
Use HDL to set the default access values for specializations, courses, and offerings. Previously, you could only do this in the user interface using the Manage Default Access button within Access Groups or Access List. The following HDL objects have been added:
- SPECIALIZATIONDEFAULTACCESS: Grants default access to all learners who access specializations prior to having an access group or an assignment.
- COURSEDEFAULTACCESS: Grants default access to all learners who access courses prior to having an access group or an assignment.
- OFFERINGDEFAULTACCESS: Grants default access to all learners who access offerings prior to having an access group or an assignment.
Enhanced Offering Learning Record HDL
Notice that a course learning record is now created when loading an offering learning record. There is no longer any need to run the Learn Migration ESS job to create the corresponding Course Learning Record and relations.
In previous releases, the Learning Record HDL Object did not create a corresponding course learning record when an offering learning record was created via HDL, which resulted in the possibility of having an orphaned offering learning record in the system. The Learning Migration ESS job had to be run to create a corresponding course learning records for these orphaned offering learning records.
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.
OTBI: Added the Workforce Learning: Learning Content Items Subject Area
Use the Workforce Learning: Learning Content Items Subject Area to report on the usage and uptake of eLearning (SCORM, HCAP, etc.), PDFs, and content videos. You can report using various dimensions such as publisher details, usage details, completed and unfinished attempts, and eLearning Specific Details, such as attempts allowed, and time per attempt.
OTBI - Add Assignment Attributes
Use the Assignment Profile Number, Assignment Number, and Assigned By Person Number attributes to report on assignments. These have been added to OTBI so you can extract all of the pertinent assignment data needed to do an HDL Learning Record load. The fields have been added to the following locations:
- Learning Record Details.Learning Record Number
- Learning Events.Assignment Profiles.Assignment Profile Number
- Learning Record Details.Assigned By Person Number
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 JUL 2020 | Goal Management: Performance Goals Approval Transactions OTBI Reporting | Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20B. |
| 26 JUN 2020 | Performance Management: Personalize List of Values (LOV) in Performance Pages | Updated document. Revised feature information. |
| 29 MAY 2020 | Recruiting: Append Job Applications | Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20B. |
| 28 APR 2020 | Learning Cloud/Learning Cloud Replaced or Removed Features: Contextual Learning Components Removed |
Updated document. Revised feature information. |
| 28 APR 2020 |
Recruiting/Job Offers: Access Job Offers When Not Part of the Offer Team |
Updated document. Revised feature information. |
| 28 APR 2020 |
Recruiting/Candidates and Candidate Job Applications: Candidate Applications Track More Disability and Legislative Flexfield Information |
Updated document. Revised feature information. |
| 28 APR 2020 |
Recruiting/Candidate Sourcing: Oracle Search |
Updated document. Revised feature information. |
| 27 MAR 2020 | Recruiting: Autocomplete Rules Support in Job Application Flow |
Updated document. Removed feature from update 20B. |
| 06 MAR 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.
Features under this section are available to all talent applications.
Performance Goals and Documents Integration with Global Transfer Process
Enhance the global transfer of workers from one legal employer to another, by including performance goals and documents in the Global HR Global Transfer Process. Select whether to move all the performance goals and documents from the selected assignment of the source work relationship to the new assignment for the destination work relationship, or only those performance goals and documents associated to specific review periods. If a new manager is selected as part of the global transfer, select to transfer current performance documents to that new manager.
Talent 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.
Review Period Simplification for Employees and Managers
Simplify review period selection for employees and managers in Goals and Performance responsive pages. The employee Goals page will now only display review periods for which the employee has an assigned goal plan, or if primary goal plan is used all review periods will display. Performance Management pages will display review periods for which performance documents or check-ins have been or can be created for. The manager Goals and Performance Overview page will display review periods that cover goals, performance documents, and check-ins.
Survey employees with our Questionnaires.
Randomize Questions in a Questionnaire Section
Randomize available questions in a questionnaire section by choosing Random question order in the Questionnaire setup page. Questions are randomly selected from the available pool of questions within a section in the questionnaire.
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.
Inactivate or Delete HR Assigned Development Goals
Let employees and managers inactivate or delete goals that have been assigned by administrators. Relevant FYI notifications are available to support the enhanced functionality.
Career Development 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.
Associate Learning with a Development Goal
Add related learning items that enhance your skills and knowledge to a new or existing development goal. Use this feature when no approvals are required for development goals (Bypass Approvals option is enabled for Development Goals in Transaction Console).
Administration of Library Goals Redesigned
Enhance your administration of library goals by making use of the newly redesigned page. The redesigned page supports multiple measurements, tasks and target outcomes, additional sort options and filters such as legal entity, business unit, department, and job family. You can edit library goal translations in a supported language. You can also delete any unused library goals.
Improved Career Development Pages
Access information readily using the improved Career Development and Explore Roles pages. The Career Outlook section now displays Current Role and Careers of Interest and the worker can now easily access the Explore Roles page. Reduce the clutter and display the required attributes using the Transaction Design Studio. For example, control the Scorecard display, Goals display in sections other than the development plan. The numeric rating and description are both displayed for the current and target proficiency levels on the Explore Roles page.
Improved Design to Assign Development Goals
Save time by assigning development goals to one or more of your direct reports in one action using Select All.
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.
Prepare Review Content Scheduled Process
Leverage the new scheduled process to submit talent ratings while preparing content for Talent Review meetings. The workers’ profiles are updated with the submitted ratings after the process has successfully completed.
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 Retired
Notice: From this release, you can use only the redesigned talent review dashboard which was released in 18B to conduct Talent Review meetings. The former talent review dashboard has been retired.
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.
Manage disposal of talent pool data to meet the data protection requirements of individuals and organizations. Define rule sets to handle the removal of Talent Pools data for a terminated employee that are no longer relevant. Submit a process to remove such data as needed.
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.
Track External Succession Candidates
Enhance your succession planning by tracking external candidates in succession plans. You now have the ability to add external candidates along with internal candidates in your succession plans.
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.
Print Talent Profile in PDF Format Available in Enhanced Talent Profile
Print the talent profile of an employee in the Enhanced Talent Profile version of the product by authorized users. Use the Print action in Skills and Qualifications to print all configured sections and talent ratings of the employee in PDF format.
Enhanced Talent Profiles Replaces Classic Profile Management
Enhanced Talent Profiles is now the only supported configuration of Profile Management. The Classic version of the product is no longer supported. Use the new configurable content sections to store and search your talent data.
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.
OTBI Support for Primary Goal Plan
Report specifically on workers and their goals in the primary goal plan for any review period in Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI), available for managers and administrators.
Performance Goals Approval Transactions OTBI Reporting
Report on Performance Goal Plan Approvals has been made easy using OTBI (Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence) . You can join the Workforce Goals - Goal Plan Assignments Real Time subject area and the Human Capital Management - Transaction Administration Real Time subject area using the Goal Plan Assignment ID and Object ID attributes maintained in respective subject areas to produce the reporting you require for goal plan approval details.
Goal 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.
Enhanced Administration for Library Goals
Enhance your administration of library goals by making use of the newly redesigned page. The redesigned page supports multiple measurements, tasks and target outcomes, additional sort options and filters such as legal entity, business unit, department, and job family. You can edit library goal translations in a supported language. You can also delete any unused library goals.
Assignment Status Filter for Performance Goals
Use the assignment status filter option when searching for performance goals as an Administrator. Assignment status includes active, inactive, and suspended states defined for a person’s assignment.
Ability to Cancel or Delete HR Assigned Performance Goals
Allow employees to cancel or delete goals that have been assigned by administrators. Relevant FYI notifications are also now available to support the enhanced functionality.
Oracle Performance Management supports features and functions for measuring and reporting worker performance.
Reassign Performance Documents for Terminated Managers Process
Transfer easily employee's performance documents where the performance document manager is terminated, or their assignment is inactive, to a new performance document manager, with the new scheduled process Reassign Performance Documents with Terminated Managers. Performance documents can be reassigned to the employee's new manager, or the manager of the terminated manager, to complete the evaluations.
Personalize List of Values (LOV) in Performance Pages
Enhance the user experience by only displaying relevant data in client list of values in responsive Performance pages, using personalization to hide or show attributes.
Associating Check-In Templates with Review Periods
Control the creation of check-in documents by associating check-in templates with review periods. You can associate the check-in templates with all or specific review periods. Check-in documents can only be created for the associated review periods. Already created check-in documents are not impacted if the check-in template is disassociated from a review period.
Disposal of Check-In Document Data
Support data protection requirements of individuals and organizations by disposing of employees check-in document information. Define rule sets to handle the removal of check-in document information for a terminated employee that are no longer relevant. Submit a process to remove such data as needed.
Data Loader Support for Check-Ins
Streamline processing check-ins using HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader or HCM Data Loader. You can now mass create, update or delete check-ins for employees.
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.
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 mobile devices. If you set the profile option to Y, SCORM content is resized to use as much of a mobile device screen as 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.
Reconcile Learning Rich Media ESS Job
Use the new Reconcile Learning Rich Media ESS job to reconcile SCORM, AICC, and PDF files with the actual rich media items that are on our rich content provider. This job enables you to see what content matches, and what does not match. If content on the rich content provider has no equivalent metadata in the database, it is removed from the rich content provider. Content metadata in the database that has no associated rich media is marked as deleted in the database.
Target Data Rates for Local Transcoded Videos
Choose the quality or bitrate setting of transcoded videos, and indicate whether videos are still (slow animations, or screen captures). Still videos should be transcoded differently than videos that are full motion (action movies).
See the two restrictions have been imposed to make Communities easier to use and understand for learners and learning administrators:
- You can only assign learning items to learners within a Community if those learning items exist in the Community’s catalog.
- You can no longer add offerings to a Community catalog.
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 on the Setup.
Assign Learners to Noncatalog Items
Assign learners non-catalog items from the top level manage learners page. You can assign noncatalog items as voluntary or required, but not as recommendations. You can set the Initial Assignment Status to Bypass Completed, Complete Pending Approval, or Request Approved.
NOTE: It isn't possible to set noncatalog items to Active.
Bypass and Complete Courses and Specializations
Use the Bypass and Complete status in the Change Status drop-down list on the Learners > Learning Assignments tab to mark learners' courses or specializations as complete. (Previously, this action was called Mark Complete.) When you select this status, a new window opens and you can enter additional information about the completion. On the same page, you can select Bypass and Complete from the Mass Actions drop-down list for courses and specializations. There is also a new Bypass and Complete status available in the Assignment Status drop-down list when searching for learners. This enables you to search for learners who have completions that were performed using the Bypass and Complete actions.
NOTE: If you had assignments that were marked as complete by an administrator prior to this release, upon upgrade, the status of those items will change from Complete to Bypass and Complete.
Undo accidental or unwanted Bypass and Complete actions for courses and specializations using the Undo Bypass Complete option in the Change Status drop-down list. This option is only available at root level Manage Learners page for items that are in a Bypass Complete status.
Enhanced Title and Keyword Search for Administrators
Take note of the enhanced learning item title and keyword search for administrators. This ensures uniformity for keyword and title searches in the administration area, and REST across all learning item objects (specializations, courses, offerings, and communities), improving both search performance, and search results.
Manually Reconcile Dynamic Assignment Profiles
Use the new Reconcile button to add newly eligible users to a group, and to remove users who are no longer eligible. Clicking Reconcile triggers a one-time reconciliation of a dynamic assignment profile, using the data security predicates of the Run As user. Dynamic assignment profiles are used when defining Local Access Groups, Global Access Groups, and Initiatives.
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.
Contextual Learning Components Removed
Take note that all contextual learning components added by administrators have been removed. Oracle Learning Cloud will have a new way to link learning to objects coming in 20B starting with an integration to goals. This will include:
- Ability for employees to associate learning tied to goal outcome during goal creation.
- Ability for employees to associate and launch learning assignments with a development goal.
- Ability for managers to assign learning to a single employee when creating a performance or development goal.
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.
Candidates and Candidate Job Applications
Add information to job applications on behalf of candidates. Recruiting users will now have the ability to supply Talent Profile, flexfield and sensitive information data, add attachments, and answer job application questionnaires when candidates are unable to provide this information through job application and request information flows. Candidate supplied information can’t be edited to ensure the information they submitted remains intact.
Add Skills to Candidate Using HCM Data Loader
Load skills while creating or updating candidates using HCM Data Loader.
Add Skills to Job Applications Using HCM Data Loader
Load skills while creating external candidate job applications using HCM Data Loader.
Candidate Applications Track More Disability and Legislative Flexfield Information
Collect additional information in candidate job applications, including standard disability fields and legislative flexfields relevant to any country where the requisition is hiring. These fields can be configured per country for compliance purposes and are displayed as external candidates apply. Sensitive responses aren't visible to recruiters and managers during the hiring process, but they're stored and become visible in standard places and pages after the candidate gets hired. Internal mobility candidates don't see these additional sections and fields while applying to jobs, but their current information in these fields is also captured alongside external applicants to support consistent and thorough reporting.
Manage the disposal of candidate data to meet data protection requirements of individuals and organizations. Configure person information removal policies to obfuscate or purge data of candidates marked for deletion. Submit a process to remove such data as needed.
Candidate Type Displayed in Candidate Details
View the candidate type in candidate files. In job applications, you can view the candidate type when the candidate submitted the job application. The job applications list can be filtered by the candidate type at time of apply.
Miscellaneous Attachments in Job Applications
Allow candidates to add multiple file attachments of different types to job applications.
Remove Outdated Draft Job Applications
Remove automatically draft job applications that weren’t updated by the candidates in the past 30 days. If the candidates decide to apply for the job after a draft was removed, they have to start the job application process from scratch.
Use Oracle search for specific features of Oracle Recruiting Cloud.
Use advanced search tools to do a focused candidate search or an explorative search. In addition to previous filters, you can do a boolean search and use criteria such as Candidate Details (Name, Language, Source, Medium), Location (Postal Code, Location), Education (School, Degree, Major), Experience (Job Title, Years of Experience) and Company (Current, Past). You can also use the modifiers AND, OR, NOT, and PARENTHESES “()” in boolean search strings.
Requisitions and Offers Can Respect Hiring Status of Positions
Enforce respecting the hiring status of positions when creating requisitions and offers, to ensure that hiring activities happen only for approved positions. Based on a global setting, you can conduct hiring activities that respect the positions' value of Approved, and not allow hiring activities for positions that are Proposed or Frozen.
Configuration allows requisitions to be created only for approved positions or for positions in any hiring status. Often recruiting starts in advance of approving a position, in order to collect a list of good candidates, but this can be more strictly controlled if desired. The same configuration governs whether offers can be created only for positions that are approved. If a position gets frozen during the offer process, you will be notified and the candidate's offer will be unable to move forward to be hired.
Referral Additional Information
Define flexfields for referrals to allow agency users or employees to enter additional information while referring a candidate to a job. Use the Referral Descriptive Flexfields task to define flexfields for the Agency Referral and Employee Referral seeded contexts. View additional information on a prospect or job application in a new section called Referral Additional Info. Users with the Update Referral Additional Information privilege can update referral additional information of a prospect or job application.
Allow your external candidates to search for jobs in a postal code area.
Default Current Jobs Radius Search
Expand internal candidate's job search results with a default 25 mile radius applied to internal candidate's location in Current Jobs.
Communication Preference for External Candidates
Allow your external candidates to set communication preference so that they can decide to receive recruiting communications by email and SMS.
Display Distance to Job on External Career Site
Show external candidates the distance between the candidate location and the job location. Allow to sort jobs based on distance so that it's easier to identify jobs located nearby.
Double Opt In for External Candidates
Set and manage double opt in settings for job alerts and recruiting marketing communications to external candidates. Settings can be global or set by the country or countries where the organization exists. A record of the location, acceptance of the double opt in, timestamp, and text of the double opt in message is created for auditing purposes.
Configure if candidates are required to provide their national identifier or date of birth in a job application form.
Allow career sites to save draft job applications automatically for external candidates. The feature is now enabled by default and requires additional setup.
Interview Scheduling Integration with Office 365
Provide interview organizers visibility into interviewers' calendars while scheduling interviews with Office 365 integration. Interview organizers can see interviewer's availability while scheduling and managing interviews and creating interview slots on candidate managed schedules. Scheduled interview events are sent to interview organizers and interviewers in Office 365. As interviews are modified, they’re updated directly in the interviewers' and organizer's calendars.
Additional Restrictions on Job Requisition Numbers
Prevent requisitions from being created when using characters in the requisition number that can cause issues when integrating with other systems.
Automatically Open Job Requisitions
Open and post job requisitions automatically once they're approved.
Configure Job Requisition Creation Options
Configure which creation options are available to users creating job requisitions.
Design Job Requisition Pages for Specific Recruiting Types and Countries
Define the content displayed in job requisition pages based on the recruiting type and country of the job requisition.
Extend Requisition Approval Rules with Flexfields
Build job requisition approval rules based on job requisition flexfields.
Design Job Offer Pages to Include Flexfields
Define which flexfields are displayed in job offer pages.
Access Job Offers When Not Part of the Offer Team
Allow broader access to job offers by users who aren't part of the offer team, by defining data roles based on person security profile.
Design Job Offer Pages for Specific Countries
Define the content displayed in job offer pages based on the country of the job offer.
Job Offer Flexfields Can Get Default Values
Create job offers with their flexfields pre-filled by values from the requisition or the candidate who is receiving the offer. Within the Page Composer tool, administrators can configure which of the offer's flexfields will be created with initial values getting pulled from existing information about the person or about the requisition for which they're being recruited.
Populate Job Offer's Salary from Grade Ladder
Populate the value of a job offer's salary based on the grade and grade ladder specified in the candidate's assignment. If the job or assignment section of the job offer defines a grade or a grade ladder with or without a step, then the associated salary will get pre-filled by default in the compensation section of the job offer.
Assessment Score as Job Application Filter
Filter your list of job applications using the assessment score filter.
Edit Screening Services in Non-Draft Job Requisitions
Change screening services configuration in job requisitions that are no longer in the draft phase.
Inline Assessments in Application Flow for External Candidates
Let external candidates fill inline assessments before they submit their job applications.
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.
New Attribute Related to Performance Goal Plan - Primary Flag
Enhance your reporting on performance goal plans with the addition of an attribute to determine if the goal plan is primary or not.
Enhancement to Potential, Risk of Loss Dimensions in Performance Rating Subject Area
Enhance your reporting on potential and risk of loss dimensions under the Performance Rating Real Time subject area with the addition of new attributes.
New Workforce Learning Subject Area
Use the new subject area for Workforce Learning called Learning Content Items Real Time. You can now report on the usage and uptake of learning content items, such as eLearning (SCORM, HCAP, etc.), PDFs, and content videos. You can report using various dimensions such as publisher details, usage details (like completed and unfinished attempts), and eLearning specific details (like attempts allowed, and time per attempt).
NOTE: Access to this Subject Area must be enabled using a new aggregate privilege called Report eLearning Content. This aggregate privilege is seeded in the Learning Specialist role: ORA_WLF_LEARNING_SPECIALIST_JOB.
Learning Subject Area Enhancement
Take note that the Learning Subject Area has been enhanced, and you can now report on the Learning Record Number, Assigned by Person Number, and Assignment Profile Number attributes.
HR Phase Status Adjustments in Reporting
Fine-tune your reporting based on the HR phase's step definition. Phase status metrics are aligned with the defined statuses.
Post Apply Data Capture in Reporting
Enhance your reporting by including post apply data information in your recruiting reports. You can include the flow name and e-signatures for each flow in addition to post apply questionnaires and answer data.
Additional Candidate Details in Reporting
Allows you to find information pertaining to deletion, merging, and various other flags added to the candidate reporting capabilities.