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  1. AUGUST MAINTENANCE PACK FOR 20C
  1. Revision History
  2. Overview
  3. Learning and Development
    1. Learning Cloud
      1. Specializations, Courses, Course Offerings
        1. Access Optional Activities on Completed Specializations
        2. Sequencing and Completion Criteria for Activities within a Specialization
      2. eLearning
        1. AICC/HACP Content Opens in a New Tab
        2. Post Processing Rich Media and Processing Strategy Optimizations
        3. Preview Mode for eLearning Content
      3. Learning Records
        1. Current Learning Assignments Hidden
        2. Last Recorded Assessment Attempt Review
        3. Past Renewals Section Displayed in Enrollment Details
        4. Request Notification Enhancement
      4. Learning Recommendations
        1. Recommendation Categories in the Administrator Work Area
      5. Employee Self Service
        1. What to Learn Enhancements
        2. Optimized Learner Process Flow for Single Self-Paced Activity
      6. Manager Self Service
        1. Descriptive Flexfields Available in Assign to My Team
      7. Search and Browsing Catalog
        1. Enhanced Browse Catalog Button
        2. Enhanced the Optimized Learning Text Index Job
        3. Next Generation Search Engine
        4. Search Requires Three Characters
      8. Setup
        1. ESS Job Scheduling
  1. Update 20C
  1. Revision History
  2. Overview
    1. Talent Management
        1. Add Development Goal to Multiple Employees
    2. Questionnaire
        1. Provide Higher Values for Questionnaire Scores
      1. Questionnaires Replaced or Removed Features
        1. Questionnaire Setup Formatting Options Removed
  3. Career and Succession
    1. Career Development
      1. Career Development Redesigned User Experience
        1. HCM Experience Design Studio Support for Development Goal Library
    2. Talent Review and Succession Management
      1. Talent Review and Succession Management Redesigned User Experience
        1. Deep Links for Creating Succession Plans and Talent Pools
    3. Talent Review
        1. Super User for Talent Review
        2. Enable Background Colors on Talent Review Dashboard
        3. Disposal of Talent Review Data from HCM Cloud
      1. Talent Review Redesigned User Experience
        1. Print Profile in Talent Review Redesigned
    4. Succession Management
        1. REST Service for External Succession Candidates
    5. Profile Management
        1. Disposal of Person Profile Data
        2. Print Talent Profiles in Different Formats in Enhanced Talent Profile and Talent Review
        3. Talent Ratings Page Provides Complete Source and Date Information
        4. Search and Maintain Pending Worker Profiles
        5. Display Profile Item Descriptive Flexfields in Item Summary in Enhanced Talent Profile Pages
        6. Personalize List of Values (LOV) for Ratings in Enhanced Talent Profile Pages
        7. Competency Behaviors in Enhanced Talent Print Profile Report
        8. Personal Interest Level Now an LOV for the Competency Template
      1. Profile Management Redesigned User Experience
        1. Delete Anytime Feedback
  4. Performance
    1. Goal Management
        1. Performance Goal Administration Security Privilege Update
        2. Goal Management Digital Assistance Support
      1. Goal Management Redesigned User Experience
        1. Transaction Design Studio Support for Performance Goal Library
    2. Performance Management
        1. Check Eligibility for Performance Documents
        2. Data Loader Support for Performance Document Participants Selected By
  5. Learning and Development
    1. Learning Cloud
      1. eLearning
        1. Enhanced eLearning Course Player
      2. Employee Self Service
        1. Conditional Assessment Questions and Feedback in Offline Learning
      3. Foundation
        1. Added Communities to Learning Item Contribution Approval
        2. Enhanced the Optimize Learning Text Index Job
        3. Learning Cloud Now Uses the Transaction Console
        4. New Reconciliation ESS Jobs
      4. Instructor Led Training
        1. Adobe Connect Integration
      5. Learning Cloud Redesigned User Experience
        1. Manager and Learner Pages Redesigned
      6. Search and Browse Learning Catalog
        1. Improved Self-Service Search
  6. Recruiting
    1. Recruiting
        1. View Requisition and Candidate Number in All Pages
        2. Prevent Export of Inactive and Obsolete Items from Content Library
        3. Load Flexfields Using HCM Data Loader
        4. Move Job Applications to Prior Phase or State Using HCM Data Loader
        5. Update Requisitions Post Approval Using HCM Data Loader
        6. Load Fields Using HCM Data Loader
      1. Candidates and Candidate Job Applications
        1. Candidate Flexfields in Extra Info Tab
        2. Job Application Flexfields in Extra Info Tab
        3. Skip Prospect Candidate Process
      2. Candidate Sourcing
        1. Configuration of Mandatory Fields in Application Flows
        2. Capture Candidate Data Using Multiple Content Sections
      3. Candidate Interviews
        1. Multiple Seats Per Interview Slot
      4. Candidate Experience
        1. Job Requisition Flexfields as Search Filters in Career Sites
        2. Job Requisition Flexfields in Job Details Pages
        3. Configurable Favicon
        4. Update Profile Information Using Request Information Flow
        5. Inline Assessments in Internal Application Flows
      5. Job Offers
        1. Create More Job Offer Flexfields
        2. Configure Offer Approval Rules Based on Flexfields
        3. Create Offers with Salary Based on Payroll Frequency
        4. Candidates Explain Why They Decline Offers
      6. Screening Services
        1. Send PII Data to Background Check Partners
  7. HR Optimizations
    1. Transactional Business Intelligence for Talent Management
      1. Learning Cloud
        1. New Subject Area for Workforce Learning - Learning Records Real Time
      2. Recruiting
        1. Job Referrals Descriptive Flexfields
        2. Advanced Search Archiving Adjustments
        3. Prescreening Score at Questionnaire Level
        4. Content Library Plain Text Description
        5. Personalized Name for Candidate Selection Process Actions

August Maintenance Pack for 20C

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date Product Feature Notes
31 JUL 2020     Created initial document.

Overview

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

  • Release Updates (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.

Learning and Development

Learning Cloud

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

Access Optional Activities on Completed Specializations

Access optional activities within a completed specialization enrollment, or completed specialization section. This lets learners participate in reviewing other learning activities. These completed activities won't be recorded as part of an already completed specialization enrollment. Completion of these optional activities will be reflected on learner transcripts.

Sequencing and Completion Criteria for Activities within a Specialization

Be among the first to try sequencing for specializations. You can indicate the order in which the sections and activities in a specialization are to be completed, and you can define completion criteria for them as optional or required. This enhancement lets your organization enforce the adherence of the order in which sections and activities are to be completed for specializations.

eLearning

AICC/HACP Content Opens in a New Tab

Notice that AICC/HACP Content now opens in a new tab with a full page view. This makes the content easier to view, and provides a better interoperability with external providers.

Post Processing Rich Media and Processing Strategy Optimizations

Use the new options on the Background Processing tab in Setup to optimize the following background processing jobs:

  • Video Transcoding and Processing
  • Process Learning Cover Art Image
  • Upload SCORM Package

The new options let you indicate whether you want the jobs to run immediately after uploading, and the maximum number of job threads you want to process in concurrently. You can run a maximum of 5 concurrent job threads. If you set the number of maximum concurrent job threads to 5 this means if you have 10 items to process, 5 jobs will always be running to process each individual item until there are no items to process. This enhancement lets you more efficiently process large numbers of rich media items using concurrent jobs. If you upload hundreds of items in short succession, there will not be hundreds of jobs running. Instead, the parent job will continuously spawn concurrent jobs up to the configured maximum value, until there are no more items to process.

Preview Mode for eLearning Content

Use the Preview button after you upload SCORM elearning Content to preview the content in full page mode.

Learning Records

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.

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.

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.

Request Notification Enhancement

Use the enrollment item deep link that displays in approval notifications to navigate directly to the Enrollment Details page. Not all the information in the enrollment details displays in the approval notification. This enhancement provides the approver with access to the enrollment details page so they can view all of the information needed to make an approval/rejection decision.  Notifications are sent for learning item, and noncatalog learning item requests based on the approval workflow setup.  

Learning Recommendations

Recommendation Categories in the Administrator Work Area

Select a Recommendation Category while recommending learning to users. By categorizing recommendation enrollments, administrators are better able to organize their recommendations.

You can categorize recommendations by:

  • Career interests
  • Learning departments
  • Current job or role for current job
  • Colleagues

Employee Self Service

What to Learn Enhancements

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.

Optimized Learner Process Flow for Single Self-Paced Activity

Notice that when there is a single activity on a self-paced offering, learners no longer have to choose an offering, because there is only one. They can now simply click Launch to enroll in the offering and go directly to the activity player. Similarly, when there is a specialization with a single course activity, and this is the next course activity in the specialization assignment, when learners drill down into a specialization enrollment and click Launch, they are enrolled in the course and offering, and the player opens for that specific course, offering activity. This works with all the online, self-paced content types (SCORM, HACP/AICC, Video, Assessments and PDF). This optimized process flow reduces the number of clicks needed begin single self-paced activities.

Manager Self Service

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

Search and Browsing Catalog

Enhanced Browse Catalog Button

Use the enhanced Browse Catalog button on the My Learning page to search for learning by Featured Learning, Highest Rated, and Community Categories. This lets learners quickly find learning by walking through the catalog, or by using user defined community categories. It also allows learning departments to set up browsing taxonomies that are custom to their business needs.

Enhanced the Optimized Learning Text Index Job

Notice that the Optimize Learning Text Indexes ESS Job has been enhanced to enable stop words for keyword searches by default. In the past, we allowed the user to configure this, but this has now been removed because it was proven that when enabled, the product provides a better search experience.  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.

Next Generation Search Engine

Be among the first to use the next generation search engine. When this feature is enabled, you will notice faster response times, and quality search results, especially for large learning catalogs.

Search Requires Three Characters

Notice that an error message displays if you enter two characters or fewer in the Search bar and press Enter. This enhancement was done to improve user experience with auto suggestion and search.

Setup

ESS Job Scheduling

Notice that with Release 20C, some Oracle Learning Cloud ESS jobs are pre-configured to run automatically at the following times:

  • Learn Migration - scheduled to run at 12:45am (UTC) every day.
  • Rebuild Learning Item Indexes - scheduled to run every 5 mins (UTC).
  • Video Transcoding and Processing - scheduled to run at 1:00AM (UTC) every day.
  • Process Learning Cover Art Image - scheduled to run at 2:00AM (UTC) every day.
  • Upload SCORM Package - scheduled to run at 3:00AM (UTC) every day.
  • Optimize Learning Text Indexes - scheduled to run at 02:30AM (UTC) every month 25th day.

If you already scheduled these jobs to run on a different schedule prior to this update, this change will not override your current settings.

This enhancement ensures that ESS jobs are scheduled to run out-of-the box, so that the Oracle Learning Cloud functionality requiring them function as expected. You can modify these schedules to suit your organization's needs.

Update 20C

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date Product Feature Notes
31 JUL 2020 Profile Management Personal Interest Level Now an LOV for the Competency Template

Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20C.

26 JUN 2020 Performance Management Data Loader Support for Performance Document Participants Selected By Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20C.
26 JUN 2020 Learning Cloud/Learning Redesigned User Experience Manager and Learner Pages Redesigned

Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20C.

26 JUN 2020 Learning Cloud/Instructor Led Training Adobe Connect Integration Updated document. Revised feature information.
26 JUN 2020 Learning Cloud/Foundation New Reconciliation ESS Jobs Updated document. Revised feature information.
05 JUN 2020     Created initial document.

Overview

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

  • Release Updates (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.

Talent Management

Features under this section are available to all talent applications.

Add Development Goal to Multiple Employees

Leverage the ability to add a development goal to multiple employees at the same time on the Career Overview page.

Questionnaire

Survey employees with our Questionnaires.

Provide Higher Values for Questionnaire Scores

Define higher value for questionnaire scores that are more than 3 digits. This allows a questionnaire to have higher number of questions with each of these questions having higher scores, resulting in an overall score of more than 3 digits.

Questionnaires 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.

Questionnaire Setup Formatting Options Removed

See that the Questionnaire template and Questionnaire setup pages are updated to align with the responsive flow patterns and the configuration options such as page layout, maximum number of questions per page, and the new page check box in the Sections region are removed.

Career and Succession

Career Development

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.

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.

HCM Experience Design Studio Support for Development Goal Library

Use HCM Experience Design Studio to configure the user experience for development goals in the development goal library. You can define rules to specify the attributes that are visible and those that are required.

Talent Review and Succession Management

Talent Review and 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.

Deep Links for Creating Succession Plans and Talent Pools

Use deep links to quickly create succession plans and talent pools. You can use deep links to bypass the Succession Planning Overview page and directly create a new succession plan. You can also bypass the Talent Pools Overview page and directly create a new talent pool.

Talent Review

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.

Super User for Talent Review

Leverage the ability to create a talent review super user and access all talent review meetings in your organization. The super user can make updates to any talent review meeting.

Enable Background Colors on Talent Review Dashboard

Enhance your talent review meeting experience by enabling background colors for each configured box on the meeting dashboard. The background colors can provide a visual cue about each box.

Disposal of Talent Review Data from HCM Cloud

Manage disposal of Talent Review data to meet the data protection requirements of individuals and organizations. Define rule sets to handle the removal of Talent Review data for a terminated employee that are no longer relevant. Submit a process to remove such data as needed.

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.

Print Profile in Talent Review Redesigned

Leverage the responsive version of Print Profile on the talent review dashboard and print profiles of employees in the review population.

Succession Management

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.

REST Service for External Succession Candidates

Leverage the REST Service for searching for external succession candidates in a succession plan in Succession Management.

Profile Management

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.

Disposal of Person Profile Data

Support data protection requirements of individuals and organizations by disposing of worker profile information. Define rule sets to handle the removal of person profile information for a terminated employee that is no longer relevant. Submit a process to remove such data as needed.

Print Talent Profiles in Different Formats in Enhanced Talent Profile and Talent Review

Print the talent profile of one or more workers in the Skills and Qualifications page and Talent Review work area by authorized users. Use the Print action and choose sections from among the configured sections and talent ratings of the profile, and choose the format of the file: PDF, HTML, Excel, or RTF. PDF is the default.

Talent Ratings Page Provides Complete Source and Date Information

Provide ratings on the Talent Ratings page for comprehensive source information, including the application the rating came from, the Talent artifact or person that created the rating, and the date-effectivity of the rating.

Search and Maintain Pending Worker Profiles

Search for, view, and update pending worker profiles in the Enhanced Talent Profile version of the product by authorized users. HR Specialists and Managers can now search for and access pending worker profiles from the My Team and Profiles Admin work areas respectively. 

Display Profile Item Descriptive Flexfields in Item Summary in Enhanced Talent Profile Pages

Display descriptive flexfields for profile items in the summary view of profile items on the Skills and Qualifications page in Enhanced Talent Profile. When enabled, flexfields are displayed in the summary of all items in a section, even when no values have been provided.

Personalize List of Values (LOV) for Ratings in Enhanced Talent Profile Pages

Enhance the user experience by personalizing the new client list of values (LOV) for ratings supported by rating models on the Talent Ratings, and Skills and Qualifications pages.

Competency Behaviors in Enhanced Talent Print Profile Report

Print the behaviors associated to competencies in a person's profile using the delivered print profile report. 

Personal Interest Level Now an LOV for the Competency Template

See how now the Personal Interest Level in the Competency template is displayed as a List of Values (LOV).

Profile 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.

Delete Anytime Feedback

Manage worker feedback by allowing Human Resource Specialists to delete feedback given to a worker on their Feedback page. The HR Specialist role can delete feedback for workers for whom they have access.

Performance

Goal Management

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.

Performance Goal Administration Security Privilege Update

Take notice that the Performance Goal privilege, HRG_MANAGE_PERFORMANCE_GOAL_BY_HR_PRIV, has been updated to exclude the Benefits privilege, BEN_MANAGE_BENEFIT_ELIGIBLITY_PROFILE_PRIV, for accessing the Eligibility Profile. Your custom Goals administration roles will need to specifically include this Benefits privilege to access the Eligibility Profile feature.

Goal Management Digital Assistance Support

Wow your Managers with the use of the digital assistant to determine which of their team members do not have goals for the relevant review period. This way they can quickly identify those team members’ who require immediate attention for goal management.

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.

Transaction Design Studio Support for Performance Goal Library

Use Transaction Design Studio to configure the user experience for performance goals in the performance goal library. You can define rules to specify the attributes that are visible and those that are required.

Performance Management

Oracle Performance Management supports features and functions for measuring and reporting worker performance.

Check Eligibility for Performance Documents

Check easily whether an employee is eligible for a performance document using the new Check Eligibility action from the HR administration page Performance Document Eligibility. You can also identify the reason if the employee is not eligible for a performance document.

Data Loader Support for Performance Document Participants Selected By

Facilitate who you want to record as selecting a participant to provide feedback on an employee's performance document, using HCM Data Loader (HDL) or HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader (HSDL). You can enter the employee, manager or HR as the user who selected a participant.

Learning and Development

Learning Cloud

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.

eLearning

Enhanced eLearning Course Player

Be the first to try the enhanced eLearning course player with Oracle Learning Cloud.

Employee Self Service

Conditional Assessment Questions and Feedback in Offline Learning

Notice that Conditional Assessment Questions and Feedback now appear to learners in offline learning.

Foundation

Added Communities to Learning Item Contribution Approval

Take note that there is now support for triggering learning item contribution approval when you create or edit a self-service community.

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.

Learning Cloud Now Uses the Transaction Console

Notice that Oracle Learning Cloud now uses the Transaction Console for Completion Approval Transactions. Complete information about the Transaction Console is available in the chapter called "Monitor and Troubleshoot Transactions" of the Oracle Applications Cloud Using Common Features guide.

New Reconciliation ESS Jobs

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.

Instructor Led Training

Adobe Connect Integration

Use the Adobe Connect integration with Oracle Learning Cloud. When you enable this integration, you can create and update Adobe Connect web conferencing events directly in Oracle Learning Cloud. Instructors (hosts) and learners (attendees) can access training using web conferencing links located within offerings.

Learning Cloud Redesigned User Experience

Manager and Learner Pages Redesigned

Notice that 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.

The new Oracle Cloud Learning Responsive pages are now generally available and mandatory for all customers in the 20C update. If you haven't already performed the Oracle Learning Cloud migration over to Responsive, review the document on My Oracle Support called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to Newsfeed User Experience (Document 2399671.1). It was created to help you fast-track your migration to Oracle Learning Cloud Responsive pages. Additionally, live office hours with product development, and recordings of previous office hour sessions are available to help answer questions you might have about the migration. You can find information about these office hours on customer connect located on the Cloud Customer Connect HCM events page.

Search and Browse Learning Catalog

Improved Self-Service Search

Take note that the self-service search has been updated to behave similarly to other popular consumer sites. When you enter a search string and press Enter on your keyboard, search results are displayed based on that keyword search string. In the past, users could only select an auto suggestion item to view the search results.

Recruiting

Recruiting

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.

View Requisition and Candidate Number in All Pages

View the requisition number or candidate number in various pages of the product to always be aware of which requisition or candidate is being viewed or worked with.

Prevent Export of Inactive and Obsolete Items from Content Library

Prevent inactive or obsolete content items of the Recruiting Content Library from being exported as part of the setup data export done in the Setup and Maintenance work area.

Load Flexfields Using HCM Data Loader

Use HCM Data Loader to load the following flexfields:

  • candidate flexfields
  • candidate referral flexfields
  • job application flexfields

Move Job Applications to Prior Phase or State Using HCM Data Loader

Move candidate job applications to the prior phase or state of the selection workflow using HCM Data Loader.

Update Requisitions Post Approval Using HCM Data Loader

Update requisitions once they're approved using HCM Data Loader.

Load Fields Using HCM Data Loader

Use HCM Data Loader to load the following fields:

  • candidate organization preference
  • candidate preferred email, phone, and communication channel

Candidates and Candidate Job Applications

Candidate Flexfields in Extra Info Tab

Define flexfields to allow recruiting users to enter extra information about candidates. The Extra Info tab in candidate files is divided into two sections to display those flexfields: Candidate Extra Info and Extra Internal Info.

Job Application Flexfields in Extra Info Tab

Define flexfields to allow candidates and recruiting users to enter extra information about job applications. The Extra Info tab in job applications is divided into two sections to display those flexfields: Application Extra Info and Extra Internal Info.

Skip Prospect Candidate Process

Allow Recruiting users and agents to skip the prospect candidate process when adding and submitting candidates to job requisitions. Users will now have the option to create a job application on behalf of the candidate when adding or submitting candidates to requisitions. Recruiting users will also have the ability to convert existing prospect candidates into job applications from the prospect candidate list. The job applications list filters were enhanced to make it easy to find which job applications were created on behalf of candidates.

Candidate Sourcing

Configuration of Mandatory Fields in Application Flows

Create rules in Transaction Design Studio to set fields as mandatory in apply flows, request information flows, and talent community flows. This applies to blocks using profile content sections.

Capture Candidate Data Using Multiple Content Sections

Capture candidate data using multiple profile content sections. Administrators can configure multiple template sections such as Licenses and Certifications, Degrees, Languages, Previous Employment, and Skills. Candidates can enter supported profile data when applying for a job, updating their information, or when signing up in a talent community. Recruiters can review the profile data relevant to their business in job applications, candidate files, prospect records, and pool members. Recruiters can search for candidates using the multiple content sections from keyword search, advanced and basic filters.

Candidate Interviews

Multiple Seats Per Interview Slot

Enable multiple candidates to schedule their interviews during the same interview time slot. Candidate managed interviews now allow users to define how many seats are available per interview slot for candidates to schedule against to better facilitate group interview events. Candidates will only see one interview slot when scheduling and interview schedulers will be able to review and manage the scheduled candidates from the interview time slot.

Candidate Experience

Job Requisition Flexfields as Search Filters in Career Sites

Allow external candidates visiting career sites to filter job search results using job requisition flexfields. Flexfields are added as search filters by creating rules in Transaction Design Studio.

Job Requisition Flexfields in Job Details Pages

Add job requisition flexfields to job details pages in external and internal career sites and agency portals. Flexfields are added to job details pages by creating rules in Transaction Design Studio. 

Configurable Favicon

Add a personalized favicon to your external career sites to reflect your company branding and create consistent brand experience for your candidates. 

Update Profile Information Using Request Information Flow

Allow your external candidates to update certain profile information using the Request Information feature.

Inline Assessments in Internal Application Flows

Let internal candidates fill inline assessments before they submit their job applications.

Job Offers

Create More Job Offer Flexfields

Create more flexfields within each job offer to track additional information beyond the standard fields. Instead of 30 free-text fields you can now create 90; instead of 20 number fields you can now create 30. 

Configure Offer Approval Rules Based on Flexfields

Configure the approval cycle for job offers based on flexfields defined as global segments on the offer and on the offer's assignment, and those defined as both global and context-based segments on the requisition for which this offer is hiring. These approval rules must be configured within the worklist, not in Transaction Console. Job offer approval rules can also be configured based on information about the job requisition for which the offer is hiring. Lastly, the candidate's proposed representative can now be configured to provide approval for internal candidates' offers. 

Create Offers with Salary Based on Payroll Frequency

Create job offers that include salary which relies on payroll period frequency. Also, offers can now be created with individual compensation plans whose eligibility relies on Payroll.

Candidates Explain Why They Decline Offers

Allow candidates who decline their job offers to select a reason from a configurable list, and to provide a text explanation. This supports the recruiting team to take any next actions for a specific candidate and to understand overall trends in hiring success rates.

Screening Services

Send PII Data to Background Check Partners

Activate the option to send the National Identifier and date of birth to background check partners.

HR Optimizations

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.

Learning Cloud

New Subject Area for Workforce Learning - Learning Records Real Time

Use the new subject area: Workforce Learning - Learning Records Real Time to configure learning record related analysis objects. This new subject area will replace the Learning Records folder in Workforce Learning - Learning Management Real Time.

Recruiting

Job Referrals Descriptive Flexfields

Enhance your reporting by using referral descriptive flexfields in your recruiting reports.

Advanced Search Archiving Adjustments

Enhance your reporting by using new filters and search query attributes when search archiving is activated and Oracle Search is being used.

Prescreening Score at Questionnaire Level

Enhance your reporting by using possible answer scores updated at the questionnaire level in your recruiting reports.

Content Library Plain Text Description

Enhance your reporting by using the "Content Item Plain Text Version Description" field in your recruiting reports.

Personalized Name for Candidate Selection Process Actions

Enhance your reporting by using customer defined names for actions and action events in your recruiting reports.