November Maintenance Pack for 20D

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
20 NOV 2020	HCM Data Loader	Enhancements to Import and Load Data	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20D.
30 OCT 2020			Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this What’s New:

• 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.

This document outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in Oracle HCM Cloud. Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help you.

In addition to this document you will also want to review the Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud Functional Known Issues and Maintenance Packs (Document ID 1554838.1). These documents identify bug fixes and possible known issues. You will also need to review these documents based in the release update version you are currently on or will be moving to.

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 Talent and Compensation products.

Optional Reading for HCM Products (Depending on what products are in your cloud service):

• Talent Management Cloud (All Talent applications)
• Workforce Rewards Cloud (Compensation, Benefits, Payroll and Global Payroll Interface)
• Workforce Management Cloud (Absence Management and Time and Labor)

Additional Optional Reading:

• Common Technologies and User Experience (This documents the common features across all Cloud applications and is not specific to HCM)

NOTE: All of these documents can be found in Release Readiness under Human Capital Management or via the Oracle Help Center under Cloud Applications > Human Capital Management.

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Feature Summary

HCM Data Loader

HCM Data Loader provides a flexible and efficient method of bulk loading business object data for data-migration and on-going incremental updates to Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud.

Changes to Data Set Retention

HCM Data Loader provides two sets of staging tables; the primary tables are where processing occurs and to keep bulk loading performant the volume of data should be minimized. The secondary tables are where data sets that need to be retained for extended periods are moved to. Holding data in the secondary tables won't impact the performance of bulk loading other data, but it does take additional time to move the data set data from the primary to secondary staging tables. You can only retain data sets for an extended period if they contain data for business objects that support validate or roll back.

You now control which data sets are moved to the secondary staging tables so they are retained beyond the standard retention period.

NOTE: By default, no data sets are moved to the secondary staging tables.

You override the default behavior using the Configure HCM Data Loader task, or by providing the SET EXTEND_DATA_SET_RETENTION Y instruction in files you potentially need to roll back.

Only retain for an extended period, data sets that you may need to roll back.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

References to protected data sets in the user interface have been replaced with extended retention data sets.

Enhancements to Import and Load Data

Roll back successfully loaded element entries, or extend the retention period of a data set containing element entries from the Import and Load Data task. The Load button, available on the Business Object table, is replaced with the Submit button.

When you select a business object which supports roll back, the Submit button provides access to initiate roll back, or extend the retention period of the data set.

You can now roll back or extend the data set retention of a data set containing a business object that supports roll back, from the Business Objects table, in the Import and Load Data task.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

You can only roll back objects that support roll back which have data successfully loaded.

You can only extend the retention period of the data set if it isn't already extended.

Update 20D

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
18 DEC 2020	HCM Common Features	New Enhancements to Transaction Console	Updated document. Revised feature information.
20 NOV 2020	HCM Common Features	Controlled Availability Features	Updated document. Revised feature information.
30 OCT 2020	HCM Common Features	Hidden Attributes in Business Objects in Configure Business Objects Task	Updated document. Revised feature information.
30 OCT 2020	HCM Common Features	New Enhancements to Transaction Console	Updated document. Revised feature information.
25 SEP 2020	HCM Common Features	Hidden Attributes in Business Objects in Configure Business Objects Task	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20D.
25 SEP 2020	HCM Common Features/Replaced or Removed Features	HCM Data Loader (HDL) Must Be Used For All Payroll Objects	Updated document. Delivered feature in update 20D.
04 SEP 2020			Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this What’s New:

• 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.

This document outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in Oracle HCM Cloud. Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help you.

In addition to this document you will also want to review the Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud Functional Known Issues and Maintenance Packs (Document ID 1554838.1). These documents identify bug fixes and possible known issues. You will also need to review these documents based in the release update version you are currently on or will be moving to.

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 Talent and Compensation products.

Optional Reading for HCM Products (Depending on what products are in your cloud service):

• Talent Management Cloud (All Talent applications)
• Workforce Rewards Cloud (Compensation, Benefits, Payroll and Global Payroll Interface)
• Workforce Management Cloud (Absence Management and Time and Labor)

Additional Optional Reading:

• Common Technologies and User Experience (This documents the common features across all Cloud applications and is not specific to HCM)

NOTE: All of these documents can be found in Release Readiness under Human Capital Management or via the Oracle Help Center under Cloud Applications > Human Capital Management.

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We welcome your comments and suggestions to improve the content. Please send us your feedback at oracle_fusion_applications_help_ww_grp@oracle.com. Indicate you are inquiring or providing feedback regarding the HCM Cloud What’s New for Release 13 in the body or title of the email.

Feature Summary

Applications Security

Oracle Applications Security provides a single console where IT Security Managers and Administrators can perform various functions including user lifecycle management, role definition, security policy management(both functional and data), role hierarchy maintenance, username and password policy administration, and certificate management. The console also enables users to simulate the effect of security changes, to run security reports, and download a connector for integration with Microsoft Active Directory.

Regenerate Data Security Profiles and Grants Job Set

Use the new Regenerate Data Security Profiles and Grants Job Set to streamline conversion of existing security profiles and data roles. You can now easily change existing data security grants and security profiles in mass.  

Role regeneration is necessary for all roles, custom or seeded, which is common particularly after an upgrade. Data roles based on seeded job roles must be regenerated when you upgrade to reflect any new changes, such as DSPs, against seeded roles in Update 20D. 

Although this process runs automatically after the update, all upgrading customers must verify successful completion of this process. Validation steps are detailed in Tips and Considerations section.

This new Regenerate Data Security Profiles and Grants Job Set regenerates all roles, including those based on seeded job roles.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

We expect that this job set process will complete by the time your updated environment is released back to you; however, it may still be in Running status. You need to wait until the status is Succeeded or Completed before starting any regression testing. The process may take longer for larger organizations.

To check the status of your job set, follow the steps below.

1. Login as Login as an IT Security Manager user (or a user with IT Security Manager access).
2. From the Navigator, select Tools > Scheduled Processes
3. Search for Regenerate Data Security Profiles and Grants

If your job set fails, please manually rerun the job set process. If that attempt also fails, then open an Oracle Service Request.

To run the Regenerate Data Security Profiles and Grants Job Set:

1. Login as an IT Security Manager user (or a user with IT Security Manager access).
2. From the Navigator, select Tools > Scheduled Processes.
3. Click Schedule New Process and select Job Set in the dialog box.
4. Select Regenerate Data Security Profiles and Grants and click OK.

Regenerate Data Security Profiles and Grants Job Set

Key Resources

Please refer to the 20D HCM Common What's New for the Secure Access for Workers with Multiple Assignments feature for more information.

HCM Data Loader

HCM Data Loader provides a flexible and efficient method of bulk loading business object data for data-migration and on-going incremental updates to Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud.

Business Object Enhancements

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

New Business Objects

Absence Management

Business Object	Description
Absence Category	An absence component which is used for grouping absences types for reporting and analysis. For example, you can create an absence category called family leave and associate with it absence types, such as maternity, paternity and child care.

Benefits

Business Object	Description
Affordable Care Act Override	You can override the codes in the Affordable Care Act, also known as ACA, reports with relevant override reasons. You typically change the reported codes in bulk when you migrate from a legacy application during a merger or acquisition, or during the middle of a year.

Global Payroll

Business Object	Description
Rate Definition	The rules defining rates across Oracle HCM, such as payroll overtime rates and absence accrual rates.

Enhanced Business Objects

Talent Management

Business Object	New Component	Description
Question	Question Context	The context for which a question applies. A question can be applied to one or many of the four context; job family, job function, location and organization.

Business Objects with New Attributes

These existing business objects are introducing new attributes:

Absence Management

Business Object	Component	New Attributes
Absence Entry	Absence Entry	AssignmentId AssignmentNumber

Global HR

Business Object	Component	New and Changed Attributes
Allocated Checklist	Contacts	PersonId
	Contents	PersonId
	Tasks	PersonId
	Task Notifications	PersonId
Worker	Assignment	These attributes replace attributes with the same name on the Employment Terms component: TaxReportingUnitId TaxReportingUnit Additionally, the following attributes are decommissioned as they are resolved from the other attribute values supplied: PersonId on EmploymentTerms PersonId on Assignment PrimaryFlag on Assignment

Global Payroll

Business Object	Component	Attributes
Payroll Consolidation Group	Payroll Consolidation Group	A mandatory attribute has been added to uniquely identify the payroll consolidation group: ConsolidationSetCode
Payroll Definition	Payroll Definition	PeriodTimeDefinitionId PeriodTimeDefinitionCode

Recruiting

Business Object	Component	New Attributes
Candidate Job Application	Candidate Personal Information	LegislationCode
Candidate Pool	Candidate Pool	OwnershipType
Job Requisition	Job Requisition	AutoOpenRequisition PostingExpireInDays
	Hiring Team	CollaboratorType
	Application Specific Question	SequenceNumber
Job Requisition Template	Job Requisition Template	AutoOpenRequisition PostingExpireInDays
	Hiring Team	CollaboratorType
	Application Specific Question	SequenceNumber

Talent Management

Business Object	Component	New Attributes
Question	Question	QstnResponseOrder QstnSampleSize
	Answer	CorrectFlag
Questionnaire	Section	RandomSampleSize
	Question	QstnResponseOrder QstnSampleSize
	Answer	CorrectFlag
Questionnaire Template	Question	QstnResponseOrder QstnSampleSize
	Answer	CorrectFlag
Talent Pool	Talent Pool	BusinessUnitId BusinessUnitName

Business Objects with Attributes Removed

Global Payroll

This existing business object has hidden an attribute which is resolved from the other attributes you supply:

Business Object	Component	Hidden Attributes
Cost Allocation	Cost Allocation	UsageLevel

You can now extend your integration coverage and bulk loading capabilities.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Use the View Business Objects task to review the latest business object information.

View Business Objects Enhancements

This feature helps outline the components in an object hierarchy that must be provided when creating new records and the components that are being decommissioned. The Business Object Details page of the View Business Objects task now includes icons to indicate the required or decommissioned status of components in the object hierarchy.

Status Icons in the Object Hierarchy

These icons indicate that Work Relationship, Employment Terms, and Assignment are required for new records, while Contract is conditionally required. The child components of Employment Terms components are all decommissioned.

This feature provides clarity about components that must be supplied when creating a new record.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Hover over an icon to understand its meaning. The required status information is also available in the Component Details tab.

Enhanced Reporting

You can now create your own OTBI reports to provide summary information for HCM Data Loader and HCM Spreadsheet Data Loaders data sets.

Three folders are delivered; Data Sets, Data Set Business Objects and Facts.

To create your own analysis go to Tools and the Reports and Analytics task. You'll find the HCM Data Loader folders in the HCM Integrations Real Time subject area.

Create your own data set summary reports in OTBI for HCM Data Loader.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Role Information

The role that gives access to this page is Human Capital Management Integration Specialist. The role that gives access to this page is Human Capital Management Integration Specialist.

HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader

HCM Data Loader provides a flexible and efficient method of bulk loading business object data for data-migration and on-going incremental updates to Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud.

Secured Business Objects Now Available to Business Users

Extend your business users' bulk-loading capabilities for an object. Spreadsheets based on these objects now implement the user's data security and can be shared with business users.

Compensation

• External Data
• Stock

Global HR

• Allocated Checklist

Your business users can bulk load data for these objects using spreadsheets.

Steps to Enable

When creating a new spreadsheet template, the template security automatically defaults to the setting where data is uploaded as the session user. For existing templates based on these objects, you can update the template configuration and set the user type to session user.

Once you configure the user type for a template as the session user, you can then assign which job roles have access to the template and configure what data set operations they can perform.

Key Resources

For more information, see the following help topics in the Integrating with HCM guide located in the Oracle Help Center:

• HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader Templates
• How You Associate a User Name with a Data Upload

HCM Extract

HCM Extracts provide a method for extracting data from your HCM applications that can be used for interfacing data to another source or extracting data to integrate reporting across systems.

Rename Extract Definitions

You can now rename an extract when you want to import or migrate a later version of the extract with the same name. By renaming will facilitate references in external applications to remain unaffected, while allowing you to update the extract with a later version.

Copy or Rename Option in the Extract Definitions Page

In the Extract Definitions page, you can find the Copy or Rename icon among the action icons in the last column. You can choose the Rename option and click OK in the window.

Copy or Rename Extract Definition Window

Renaming allows you to reduce the impact in downstream applications or in calling applications without a need to update them. You can continue to refer the extract with the same name.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

After renaming the extract, ensure that you run a new baseline if your extract is incremental.

Configure Effective Date Defaulting Rule in Extracts Definitions Page

When extracts are scheduled, the Effective Date parameter, which is a required attribute, needs to be specified for defaulting appropriate values. For example, running an extract daily will require passing the effective date in context to the date on which it is run. You can define defaulting rules from the Refine Extracts page where you specify it at the task parameter level.

Data Exchange Work Area > Refine Extracts Page

You can define these rules in both the Extracts Definition page and in the Refine Extracts page. Starting in Update 20D, you can define these rules directly in the Extracts Definitions page. This is a quicker and easier way to define the defaulting value.

 Data Exchange Work Area > Define Extracts > Open an Extract > Click Show Advanced View Option > Parameter Basis

This feature addresses and simplifies the common scheduling needs, by setting up the default value for effective date for an extract on the Define Extracts page.

Steps to Enable

You can define the parameter to defaulting values by choosing the Advanced View option in the Extract Attributes page, Parameters region.

1. From Data Exchange work area, go to the Extract Definitions page.
2. Open the extract for which you want to specify the Effective Date parameter.
3. In the Define tab, go to the Parameters region and select Advanced View from the Show list.
4. Select the value from Parameter Basis list.
5. Click Save and Close.

Define Extract > Define Tab > Extract Attributes, Parameters Region, Go to the Show Advanced View List, Specify the Parameter Basis for Effective Date Parameter

Extracts Tagged for Incremental and Full Runs

When you define an extract, you can now classify an extract as either Full or Changes Only (Incremental) extract.

Selecting the Option of Specifying the Changes Only Extract (Incremental)

However, existing extract definitions continue to remain unclassified. Starting 20D, these are automatically classified during upgrade based on the extracts runs for a given extract. This automatic classification can be reviewed from the Extract Definitions page.

If you find an extract to be misclassified, you can export and import the extract definition with the correct classification by leveraging the Rename Extracts Definitions feature and thus retaining the same name for your extract.

Extract Definition Page > Define Tab > Parameters Region

This feature will help you classify and identify your existing extracts better.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

If you find an extract to be not classified appropriately, you can export and import the extract definition with the correct classification by leveraging the Rename Extracts Definitions feature and thus retaining the same name for your extract.

HCM Common Features

This section covers features used across all HCM Applications.

Secure Access for Workers with Multiple Assignments

We have secured user access for workers by using assignment-level security, if your organization allows for multiple concurrent assignments. The current out-of-the-box behavior supports person-based security access, which means a user having access to a person has access to all assignments and personal information for that person. The new assignment-level security restricts a user's access to a person's assignment based on the user's area of access. By enabling a new assignment-level security profile option and regenerating your data grants and security profiles, your organization opts into this feature for all of the HCM Cloud applications.

This initial feature release offers a multi-phased implementation for HCM Cloud customers and provides enhancements to the HCM Data Security, Person, Employment, Compensation, Talent, and Payroll product areas. Several HCM quick actions and person searches have been modified to provide a broader and more consistent user experience. The users will be restricted to only those assignments to which they have access and not all assignments of the person just because they can access that person. These are a few examples to explain this functionality:

• Scenario 1: A line manager and HR specialist are responsible for a worker who is both a registered nurse in the emergency room and also has a different assignment in the memory ward as a coordinator. This worker may have two different line managers, and each should only see the worker's single assignment in their respective organizations. The line managers should not see assignments for different departments, in this case the emergency room and the memory ward. Likewise, there may be two HR representatives supporting each department (or business unit). The HR representative should not be able to access the assignment in an organization that they don't have access to.

• Scenario 2: In this line manager scenario, Harry is a manager with multiple concurrent assignments. He also has a direct report, Jane who has 2 assignments herself with two different managers. In this scenario, Harry should only be able to access Jane's primary assignment and Franco (Jane's direct report). However, Harry should not be able to access Jane's second assignment, and certainly not Kyle.

Example of Intended Line Manager Access for a Worker with Multiple Concurrent Assignments

Several quick action search results are now modified in HCM to restrict user access to the assignments that they have access to. Here's an example, of before and after turning on assignment-level security.

Manager Accessing the My Team Work Area with Person-Based Security Enabled

Manager Accessing the My Team Work Area with Assignment-Level Security Enabled

If you turn on this feature you can lock down security to the assignment level. This allows managers and organizations to only see information that is within their area of responsibility.  

Steps to Enable

1. Prerequisites:

   1. Enable approvals for transactions that use assignment-level security. For example, transactions, such as Administer Individual Compensation, Administer Salary, Manage Areas of Responsibility, Manage Salary, Person External Identifiers, and Salary History.

      • For information on enhancements to the approval rule page, refer to the 20C HCM Common What's New for the Enhancements to the Human Capital Management Approval Rules UI feature.

      • For information on enhancements to the transaction approvals supporting multiple assignments in HCM, refer to the Global HR 20D What's New for the Enhanced Transaction Approvals Support Multiple Assignments in Global Human Resources feature.

   2. Manually update security for custom roles using instructions from Implementing Assignment-Level Security in HCM (Document ID 2700661.1) on My Oracle Support. Note: Our regeneration processes will not alter any custom criteria. You must manually update security for custom roles because it is not a delivered functionality.

   3. Enable the responsive pages for the transactions by enabling the HCM_RESPONSIVE_PAGES_ENABLED profile option. See step 3 on how to enable this profile option. Note: You don’t need to enable for these classic payroll pages because they have no responsive pages: Payroll Relationship, Element Entries, Calculation Entries, and Costing for a Person.

2. To secure access for workers with multiple assignments, you must enable this profile option:  

   Field	Value
   Profile Option Code	ORA_PER_ASSIGNMENT_LEVEL_DATA_SECURITY_ENABLED

3. To enable the profile option, navigate to the Setup and Maintenance work area:

   1. Search for and click the Manage Administrator Profile Values task.

   2. Search for and select the profile option.

   3. Click to add a new Profile Value.

   4. Select the Level as Site.

   5. Enter a Y in the Profile Value field.

   6. Click Save and Close.

Enabling Assignment-Level Security Profile Option

4. Run the Regenerate Data Security Profiles and Grants ESS job set to convert person security profile grants and update data roles. These 2 processes are run as part of the job set:

   1. Regenerate Data Security Grants

   2. Regenerate Data Security Profiles

Run Regenerate Data Security Profiles and Grants Job Set

NOTE: This job set applies to all customers who receive Update 20D, regardless of whether or not you will be implementing assignment-level security. Cloud Operations will initiate the Regenerate Data Security Profiles and Grants job set as part of the 20D Update to customer environments. After receiving your environment back after the Update, your IT Security Manager user will have the ability to view the status of the job set. The IT Security Manger must verify that the job set successfully ran to completion. Depending on the size of your organization, the job set process may still be running when your environment is returned. Please ensure that you don't release your user population without testing your custom data roles. If the job set fails for some reason, your IT Security Manager must manually run the job set, and make sure it completes successfully.

5. To enable assignment-level security in the employment contract, you must run the Migrate Employment Data process by selecting this run mode: Enhance contract data to enable its use in the responsive pages. For more information about the Migrate Employment Data process, see the Process to Migrate Contract Data topic under the Hire and Manage Workers chapter of the Using Global Human Resources guide. You can access the guide from Oracle Help Center.

Person Security Profile Displays a Blue Banner Message to Confirm that the Assignment-Level Security is Enabled

Tips And Considerations

• You can't enable the assignment-level security profile option with the Oracle Search profile option. You can enable only one of these profile options in Release 20D.

• The custom criteria on the Person Security Profile won't be modified by any Oracle processes, and you need to manage your custom criteria. To update your custom criteria, refer to the MOS Doc ID listed in the Key Resources section.

• The Share Data Access action doesn't yet support assignment-level security. If you use the action in your organization, your users will continue to have access to all assignments for a shared person.

• After you enable assignment-level security, you can’t use this navigation to manage assignment data for an assignment that you don’t have access to: Person Management work area > Classic Manage Employment page

• The employment tree icon on the classic manage employment page won’t be visible after you enable assignment level security.

• Talent Management:

  • The Talent Review, Succession, and Talent Pools features don’t support multiple assignments. The worker list of values (LOVs) only allow the user to select a primary assignment.

  • Succession Quick Actions: Although the quick action supports assignment-level security, if the user selects a nonprimary assignment from the quick actions search page, it’s the primary assignment information that will be displayed and saved in the succession plan.

  • Career Development Quick Actions: Although the quick action supports assignment-level security, the user will be able to view all development goals for the employees, irrespective of the assignment. This means a user, such as a line manager having access to a person has access to all development goals of that person.

  • Career Development Admin pages: The search results include all development goals for employees who meet the user's security profile definition. This means an HR specialist having access to a person has access to all development goals of that person.

• These HCM flows have no enhancements in 20D, but are planned for a future release:

  • Absence Management
  • Areas of Responsibility (AOR)
  • Global HR - Mass Assignments
  • Global HR - Share Data Access - remains at person-level
  • Global HR - Share Information - remains at person-level
  • Global HR - My Team - Displaying Vacancies
  • Health & Safety
  • Learning
  • Oracle Recruiting
  • Oracle Search (elastic search - limited/controlled-availability)
    • REST Services:Global HR APIs:
      • areasofResponsibility
      • publicWorkers
      • workerConnections
  • Risk Management - Access Certification
  • Risk Management - Advanced Access Controls
  • Time & Labor
  • Work Schedule Assignment (will be delivered with Absence Management enhancements)
  • Workforce Structures - Department
  • Workforce Structures - Position
  • Workforce Structures - Other than Position & Department
  • Workforce Modeling

• These HCM flows have no enhancements, and are not currently planned at this time:

  • Benefits
  • Global HR - Add Person
  • HCM Extracts
  • Absence Cases
  • Total Compensation Statement
  • Talent Review
  • Succession work area (Note: assignment-level security search is supported in Quick Actions)
  • Talent Pools work area (Note: assignment-level security search is supported in Quick Actions)

• These HCM flows have limited enhancements:  

  Product area	Task flow	Enhancement
  Global Human Resources	Local and Global Transfer	If there are multiple assignments in the selected assignment's work relationship, then all those assignments are listed in a banner on this task flow page, regardless of the user's access to those assignments.
  Global Human Resources	Edit Work Relationship	If there are multiple assignments in the selected assignment's work relationship, then all those assignments are listed in a banner on this task flow page, regardless of the user's access to those assignments.
  Global Human Resources	Change Legal Employer	If there are multiple assignments in the selected assignment's work relationship, then all those assignments are listed in a banner on this task flow page, regardless of the user's access to those assignments.
  Global Human Resources	Cancel Work Relationship	If there are multiple assignments in the selected assignment's work relationship, then all those assignments are listed in a banner on this task flow page, regardless of the user's access to those assignments.
  Global Human Resources	Seniority Dates	Quick Action worker search only.
  Global Human Resources	Checklists and Onboarding	Quick Action worker search only.
  Global Human Resources	Document Records	Quick Action worker search only.
  Global Human Resources	Document Delivery Preferences	Quick Action worker search only.
  Global Human Resources	Termination, Resignation, and End Assignment	Quick Action worker search only.
  Global Human Resources	Manage User Account	Quick Action worker search only.
  Talent	Performance Document Approvals	If an employee has multiple assignments, then approvals for performance documents on those assignments are only routed according to the employee’s assignment for the first level approvers in this release. Subsequent levels of approvers will be routed through the primary assignment of the previous approver.
  Talent	Profiles	Changes to the consistency search in the Quick Action. Quick Action worker search only.
  Talent	Succession	Support only for searching people in the Succession Quick Action.
  Talent	Talent Pools	Support only for searching people in the Talent Pools Quick Action.
  Talent	Feedback	Support only for searching people in the Feedback and Request Feedback Quick Actions.
  Talent	Career Development	Quick Action worker search only, and worker lists for Assign and Share actions.

Key Resources

See the following for more information on:

• Implementing assignment-level security in HCM, see this document on My Oracle Support: Implementing Assignment-Level Security in HCM (Document ID 2700661.1)
• Regenerating the data security profiles and grants job set in Applications Security, refer to the HCM Common 20D What's New feature: Regenerate Data Security Profiles and Grants Job Set
• Security for workers with multiple assignments in Global Human Resources, refer to the Global HR 20D What's New feature: Enhanced Security for Workers with Multiple Assignments in Global Human Resources
• Transaction approvals that support multiple assignments in Global Human Resources, refer to the Global HR 20D What's New feature: Enhanced Transaction Approvals Support Multiple Assignments in Global Human Resources
• Routing employment approvals using the current assignment hierarchy in Global Human Resources, refer to the Global HR 20C What's New feature: Route Employment Approvals Using Current Assignment Hierarchy
• Assignment-level security in Compensation, refer to the Workforce Rewards 20D What's New feature: Assignment-Level Security In Workforce Compensation
• Routing approvals using the launching assignment hierarchy in Compensation, refer to the Workforce Rewards 20D What's New feature: Route Approvals Using Launching Assignment Hierarchy
• Assignment-level security in grade step progression in Compensation, refer to the Workforce Rewards 20D What's New feature: Assignment-Level Security in Grade Step Progression
• Assignment-Level security in salary and individual compensation in Compensation, refer to the Workforce Rewards 20D What's New feature: Assignment-Level Security in Salary and Individual Compensation
• Assignment-Level security in external data and stock in Compensation, refer to the Workforce Rewards 20D What's New feature: Assignment-Level Security in External Data and Stock
• Payroll data capture for multiple concurrent assignments in Global Payroll, refer to the Workforce Rewards 20D What's New feature: Payroll Data Capture Enhanced for Multiple Concurrent Assignments
• Performance management security for workers with multiple assignments in Performance Management, refer to the Talent Management 20D What's New feature: Enhanced Performance Management Security for Workers with Multiple Assignments
• Assignment-level security for performance goals in Goal Management, refer to the Talent Management 20D What's New feature: Assignment Level Security for Performance Goals
• Securing access for employees with multiple assignments in Succession Plan and Talent Pool Quick Actions in Succession Management, refer to the Talent Management 20D What's New feature: Securing Access for Employees with Multiple Assignments in Succession Plan and Talent Pool Quick Actions
• Securing access for employees with multiple assignments in Feedback and Request Feedback Quick Actions in Performance Management, refer to the Talent Management 20D What's New feature: Securing Access for Employees with Multiple Assignments in Feedback and Request Feedback Quick Actions
• Regenerating roles, refer to the Regenerating Roles chapter in the Securing HCM guide on Oracle Help Center
• Guidelines for copying HCM roles, refer to the Guidelines for Copying HCM Roles topic in the Securing HCM guide on Oracle Help Center

Role Information

NOTE: This information applies to all customers who are receiving Update 20D, regardless of whether or not you will be implementing assignment-level security.

If you have custom versions of these Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI) duty roles, you will need to add data security policies to your custom roles after receiving Update 20D:

• ORA_FBI_WORKFORCE_TRANSACTION_ANALYSIS_DUTY_HCM

• ORA_FBI_GOAL_MANAGEMENT_TRANSACTION_ANALYSIS_DUTY_HCM

• ORA_FBI_CAREER_DEV_TRANSACTION_ANALYSIS_DUTY_HCM

You may have created custom versions of these roles, if you have performed a deep copy of a job or abstract role that inherits one or more of these OTBI duty roles, you must add these data security policies to your custom roles, even if you are not implementing assignment-level security. Below are the steps for each duty role:

ORA_FBI_WORKFORCE_TRANSACTION_ANALYSIS_DUTY_HCM

If you have a custom version of ORA_FBI_WORKFORCE_TRANSACTION_ANALYSIS_DUTY_HCM, follow these steps to add data security policies to enable reporting on work relationships and worker contracts.

1. On the Roles tab of the Security Console, search for your custom role. Edit the role and click the Data Security Policies train stop.

2. On the Data Security Policies page, click Create Data Security Policy to open the Create Data Security Policy dialog box.

3. In the Create Data Security Policy dialog box, enter a policy name, for example, Report Work Relationship Custom Policy.

4. Search for and select the database resource Work Relationship (PER_PERIODS_OF_SERVICE).

5. Select Select by instance set in the Data Set field.

6. Select Access the work relationship for table PER_PERIODS_OF_SERVICE for persons and assignments in their person and assignment security profile in the Condition field.

7. Select Report Work Relationship in the Actions field.

8. Click OK to close the Create Data Security Policy dialog box.

Create a second data security policy.

1. In the Create Data Security Policy dialog box, enter a policy name, for example, Report Worker Contract Custom Policy.

2. Search for and select the database resource Worker Contract (PER_CONTRACTS_F).

3. Select Select by instance set in the Data Set field.

4. Select Access the worker contract for table PER_CONTRACTS_F for persons and assignments in their person and assignment security profile in the Condition field.

5. Select Report Worker Contract in the Actions field.

6. Click OK to close the Create Data Security Policy dialog box.

ORA_FBI_GOAL_MANAGEMENT_TRANSACTION_ANALYSIS_DUTY_HCM

If you have a custom version of ORA_FBI_GOAL_MANAGEMENT_TRANSACTION_ANALYSIS_DUTY_HCM, follow these steps to add a data security policy to enable reporting on shared performance goals.

1. On the Roles tab of the Security Console, search for your custom role. Edit the role and click the Data Security Policies train stop.

2. On the Data Security Policies page, click Create Data Security Policy to open the Create Data Security Policy dialog box.

3. In the Create Data Security Policy dialog box, enter a policy name, for example, Report Shared Goals Custom Policy.

4. Search for and select the database resource Shared Performance Goal (HRG_GOAL_ACCESS).

5. Select Select by instance set in the Data Set field.

6. Select Access the shared performance goal for table HRG_GOAL_ACCESS for persons and assignments in their person and assignment security profile in the Condition field.

7. Select Report Shared Performance Goal in the Actions field.

8. Click OK to close the Create Data Security Policy dialog box.

ORA_FBI_CAREER_DEV_TRANSACTION_ANALYSIS_DUTY_HCM

If you have a custom version of ORA_FBI_CAREER_DEV_TRANSACTION_ANALYSIS_DUTY_HCM, follow these steps to add a data security policy to enable reporting on shared performance goals.

1. On the Roles tab of the Security Console, search for your custom role. Edit the role and click the Data Security Policies train stop.

2. On the Data Security Policies page, click Create Data Security Policy to open the Create Data Security Policy dialog box.

3. In the Create Data Security Policy dialog box, enter a policy name, for example, Report Development Goals Custom Policy.

4. Search for and select the database resource Person Detail (PER_ALL_PEOPLE_F).

5. Select Select by instance set in the Data Set field.

6. Select Access the person for table PER_ALL_PEOPLE_F for persons and assignments in their person and assignment security profile in the Condition field.

7. Select Report Career Development in the Actions field.

8. Click OK to close the Create Data Security Policy dialog box.

NOTE: After adding your custom data security policies, it is important to regenerate the roles that inherit the custom roles to which you have added the data security policies.

New Enhancements to Transaction Console

The Resubmit feature for terminated or stuck transactions in the Transaction Console has been further enhanced to inform the initiator via notification and email that the transaction has been re-submitted. The enhancement also checks whether the transaction that is being resubmitted has any conflict with any other pending or completed transactions.

Administrators are now able to archive completed transactions to improve the performance of the Transaction Summary tab. They can specify the frequency of the archive period for each transaction type in the Approval Rules tab:

Archive Transactions

You can choose any of these archive times: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, or Don't archive.

You can now take advantage of the resubmit notifications and archive results for better performance on the Transaction Summary tab.

Steps to Enable

You must create and enable the profile option HCM_TAC_RESUBMIT_ACTION.

To create the profile option, navigate to Manage Profile Options:

1. Click Create.
2. Profile Option = HCM_TAC_RESUBMIT_ACTION.
3. Profile Display Name = HCM_TAC_RESUBMIT_ACTION.
4. Application = Global Human Resources.
5. Module = Global Human Resources.
6. Start Date = Pick a date in the past (for example 1/1/51).
7. Under Profile Option Levels, for Site select the check box for both Enabled and Updateable.

To enable the profile option, navigate to the Setup and Maintenance work area:

1. Search for and click the Manage Administrator Profile Values task.
2. Search for and select the profile option.
3. Click to add a new Profile Value.
4. Select the Level as Site.
5. Enter TRUE in the Profile Value field.
6. Click Save and Close.

Hidden Attributes in Business Objects in Configure Business Objects Task

A few attributes are hidden in their respective business objects and won't be available in manual groovy in the Configure Business Objects page. Hence, manual groovy must be reviewed for each impacted business object.

The following attributes are hidden in HCM Cloud from release 21A. It's recommended you remove these attributes from manual groovy in Configure Business Objects in release 20D.

Hidden Person Attributes in Global Human Resources

Business Object	Attribute
Address	Business Group ID
Address	Derived Locale
Address	DQ Validation Level
Address	Object Version Number
Address	Record Creator
Drivers License Type	Business Group ID
Drivers License Type	Object Version Number
Drivers License Type	Creation Date
Drivers License Type	Last Update Login
Drivers License Type	Last Updated By
Person	Business Group ID
Person	Party ID
Person	User GUID
Person	Object Version Number
Person	Category Code
Person Address	Business Group ID
Person Address	Object Version Number
Person Citizenship	Business Group ID
Person Citizenship	Object Version Number
Person Contact Relationship	Business Group ID
Person Contact Relationship	End Life Reason ID
Person Contact Relationship	Object Version Number
Person Contact Relationship	Start Life Reason ID
Person Contact Relationship	Third Party Pay Flag
Person Delivery Method	Business Group ID
Person Delivery Method	Object Version Number
Person Detail	Business Group ID
Person Detail	Object Version Number
Person Detail	Primary NID Number
Person Driver License	Business Group ID
Person Driver License	Object Version Number
Person Email	Business Group ID
Person Email	Object Version Number
Person Ethnicity	Business Group ID
Person Ethnicity	Object Version Number
Person Extra Info	Enterprise ID
Person Extra Info	Object Version Number
Person Extra Info	Last Updated By
Person Extra Info	Last Update Login
Person Extra Info	Created By
Person Extra Info	Creation Date
Person Extra Info	Attribute Category
Person Extra Info	Attribute 1
Person Extra Info	Attribute 2
Person Extra Info	Attribute 3
Person Extra Info	Attribute 4
Person Extra Info	Attribute 5
Person Extra Info	Attribute 6
Person Extra Info	Attribute 7
Person Extra Info	Attribute 8
Person Extra Info	Attribute 9
Person Extra Info	Attribute 10
Person Extra Info	Attribute 11
Person Extra Info	Attribute 12
Person Extra Info	Attribute 13
Person Extra Info	Attribute 14
Person Extra Info	Attribute 15
Person Extra Info	Attribute 16
Person Extra Info	Attribute 17
Person Extra Info	Attribute 18
Person Extra Info	Attribute 19
Person Extra Info	Attribute 20
Person Extra Info	Attribute 21
Person Extra Info	Attribute 22
Person Extra Info	Attribute 23
Person Extra Info	Attribute 24
Person Extra Info	Attribute 25
Person Extra Info	Attribute 26
Person Extra Info	Attribute 27
Person Extra Info	Attribute 28
Person Extra Info	Attribute 29
Person Extra Info	Attribute  30
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 1
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 2
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 3
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 4
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 5
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 6
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 7
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 8
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 9
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 10
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 11
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 12
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 13
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 14
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 15
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 16
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 17
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 18
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 19
Person Extra Info	Attribute Number 20
Person Extra Info	Attribute Date 1
Person Extra Info	Attribute Date 2
Person Extra Info	Attribute Date 3
Person Extra Info	Attribute Date 4
Person Extra Info	Attribute Date 5
Person Extra Info	Attribute Date 6
Person Extra Info	Attribute Date 7
Person Extra Info	Attribute Date 8
Person Extra Info	Attribute Date 9
Person Extra Info	Attribute Date 10
Person Extra Info	Attribute Date 11
Person Extra Info	Attribute Date 12
Person Extra Info	Attribute Date 13
Person Extra Info	Attribute Date 14
Person Extra Info	Attribute Date 15
Person Identifiers for External Applications	Enterprise ID
Person Identifiers for External Applications	Object Version Number
Person Legislative Information	Business Group ID
Person Legislative Information	Object Version Number
Person Name	Business Group ID
Person Name	Name Information Category
Person Name	Object Version Number
Person National Identifier	Business Group ID
Person National Identifier	Object Version Number
Person Passport	Business Group ID
Person Passport	Object Version Number
Person Phone	Business Group ID
Person Phone	Object Version Number
Person Religion	Business Group ID
Person Religion	Object Version Number
Person Visas	Business Group ID
Person Visas	Object Version Number

Hidden Payroll Attributes

Business Object	Attribute
AssignedPayrollDVO	AssignedPayrollId
AssignedPayrollDVO	EffectiveEndDate
AssignedPayrollDVO	EffectiveStartDate
AssignedPayrollVO	AssignedPayrollId
AssignedPayrollVO	CreatedBy
AssignedPayrollVO	CreationDate
AssignedPayrollVO	EndDate
AssignedPayrollVO	Finc
AssignedPayrollVO	Fsed
AssignedPayrollVO	GUID
AssignedPayrollVO	LastUpdateDate
AssignedPayrollVO	LastUpdateLogin
AssignedPayrollVO	LastUpdatedBy
AssignedPayrollVO	LegislationDiscriminator
AssignedPayrollVO	LegislativeDataGroupId
AssignedPayrollVO	Lsed
AssignedPayrollVO	Lspd
AssignedPayrollVO	ObjectVersionNumber
AssignedPayrollVO	PayrollTermId
AssignedPayrollVO	SourceSystemId
AssignedPayrollVO	SourceSystemOwner
AssignedPayrollVO	StartDate
PayMassGLBTransferConfigVO	MassActionHeaderId
PayMassGLBTransferConfigVO	EnterpriseId
PayMassGLBTransferConfigVO	MassGlbTransferConfigId
PayrollAssignmentDVO	RelationshipGroupId
PayrollAssignmentDVO	EffectiveStartDate
PayrollAssignmentDVO	EffectiveEndDate
PayrollAssignmentDVO	SysEffectiveDate
PayrollRelationshipDVO	PayrollRelationshipId
PayrollRelationshipDVO	EffectiveStartDate
PayrollRelationshipDVO	EffectiveEndDate
PayrollRelationshipDVO	SysEffectiveDate
PayrollTermsVO	RelationshipGroupId
PayrollTermsVO	SysEffectiveDate
PayrollTermsVO	PayrollRelationshipId

The Configure Business Object task is streamlined with the most current attributes.

Steps to Enable

You need to enable a sandbox to configure business objects.

1. Click Navigator > Configuration > Sandboxes
2. Click Create Sandbox.
3. Enter the Name.
4. Select the Active box for Configure Business Objects.
5. Click Create and Enter.
6. Click Navigator > Tools.> Configure Business Objects.

HCM Common 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.

HCM Data Loader (HDL) Must Be Used for All Payroll Objects

Take note that Payroll Batch Loader (PBL) objects are supported in HCM Data Loader (HDL).  Loading of payroll objects through PBL is no longer supported starting with Update 20D. All Integrations must use the HDL tool for loading payroll objects.

Fast Formula Transformation is supported with HDL and can be used to transform the incoming file and output the data in the HDL .zip format.

HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader (HSDL) is a single generic spreadsheet to support all Business Objects. HSDL provides:

• Metadata driven approach   
• Flexible layout   
• User designs the spreadsheet based on their requirement/columns   
• Configurable fields

Payroll Business Objects supported by HDL also means that HSDL is available.

With the support of the Payroll objects, HCM Data Loader now supports a single loader for all HCM objects.  

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

HCM Common Architecture

This section covers features used across all HCM Applications.

Associate Contexts to Questions Loaded Using HDL

You now can associate the contexts to questions that are loaded to the application using the HCM Data Loader. When users create Questions in Question Library for the Recruiting subscriber, you can mention one or more of these dimensions for which the question is applicable.

• Job Families
• Recruiting Organizations
• Job Functions
• Locations

Question Context Business Object Captures the Dimensions Applicable for the Recruiting Question

To use HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader, in the Data Exchange work area you must first create a spreadsheet template, then upload it using the Load Spreadsheet Data task.

Sample Data File

Question.dat

METADATA|Question|QuestionCode|QstnVersionNum|SubscriberName|QuestionType|ResponseTypeName|CategoryName|ClassificationCode|QuestionText|CandidateCode|AllJobFamiliesFlag|AllOrganizationsFlag|AllJobFunctionsFlag|AllLocationsFlag

METADATA|Answer|QstnVersionNum|QuestionCode|SequenceNumber|AnswerCode|LongText|SubscriberName|AddAttachmentFlag|AttachmentTitle|AttachmentDescription|AttachmentFile|AttachmentFileName|Type

METADATA|QuestionContext|JobFamilyName|LocationName|JobFunction|OrganizationName|QuestionContextId|QstnVersionNum|QuestionCode|SubscriberName

 ------------Question 1----------------------------------------

MERGE|Question|vpt1_test_qn04|1|Recruiting|||Question Library||hs hdl test question01?|BOTH|N|N|N|N

MERGE|Answer|1|vpt1_test_qn04|234|vpt1_test_an04|Try One|Recruiting||||||

MERGE|QuestionContext|ZFRCE_Planning|||||1|vpt1_test_qn04|Recruiting

MERGE|QuestionContext||Germany||||1|vpt1_test_qn04|Recruiting

MERGE|QuestionContext|||Legal|||1|vpt1_test_qn04|Recruiting

MERGE|QuestionContext||||ZBEN United Benefits Corporation||1|vpt1_test_qn04|Recruiting

This feature allows loading and managing contexts for questions in a bulk.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

You can only load one context per line in the input data file.

Update Maximum Possible Score When Question Scores Are Updated

When you update the score of a question, the maximum possible score of the questionnaires that include this question are automatically updated, provided they aren’t in use. However, if you have the scores overridden for these questions at the questionnaire level or if the questionnaire is in use, then these scores will remain unaffected by your updates to the question score.

Maximum Possible Score

Maximum Possible Score Automatically Updated After Changing the Question Score

This feature allows the questionnaire maximum possible score to be kept in sync when question scores are updated, avoiding discrepancies.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

You can create new versions of questionnaires that are in use, if you choose to have the maximum possible score updated for these questionnaires when a question score is updated.

Limit Updates to Existing Version of Questions and Questionnaires

Update a question or a questionnaire when they are not in use. If the questions or questionnaires are in use, we recommend to create a new version to modify them using either the HDL or in the application.

By limiting updates to questions and questionnaires when they are in use, it allows the responses to be reviewed in the original question context. Updating questions when responses exist can invalidate the responses.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Instead of updating the existing version of the question or questionnaire, you can create a new version.

Define SFTP Configuration for HCM Extracts

Prior to 20D, you can securely transfer extracts-generated output files using SFTP to external hosts by using the BIP file transfer mechanism.

From 20D onwards, you can define the SFTP configuration directly from the Data Exchange work area without any need to define these externally in the BIP layer. SFTP supports compression and encryption of data.

Add SFTP Configuration

By avoiding the BIP layer for the SFTP definitions, it simplifies the configuration and improves the runtime efficiency. You can enable the XML and native CSV output files and transfer it directly by the Extracts process.

Steps to Enable

SFTP Configuration

1. From the Data Exchange work area, go to the Data Exchange Configurations region> File Transfer Configurations task.
2. In the Configurations page click Add to create a configuration.
3. Specify the info in the Details, Server, and Security regions.
4. Click Save and Close.

When you choose the available SFTP configurations from the drop-down list, the attributes in the Advanced region, Remote Directory, Remote File Name, and Server Name are displayed from the chosen configuration directly.

Data Exchange Work Area > Define Extract > Deliver Tab > Delivery Options

Tips And Considerations

You can continue to use the BIP-based file transfer mechanisms for file formats other than XML and native CSV files.

IMPORTANT Actions and Considerations

IMPORTANT – INFORMATION ON SECURITY

• CHECK THE REGENERATE DATA SECURITY PROFILES AND GRANT JOB SET PROCESS

Role regeneration is necessary for all roles, custom or seeded, which is common, particularly after an update. This new Regenerate Data Security Profiles and Grants Job Set regenerates all roles, including those based on seeded job roles. This process will run automatically after the update, however it may not be complete when the environment is released, so all customers must verify successful completion of this process. Validation steps are detailed in Tips and Considerations section of the 20D HCM Common What’s New feature Regenerate Data Security Profiles and Grants Job Set.

• ACTION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER UDATE REGARDING CUSTOM ROLES

This applies to all customers who are receiving Update 20D, regardless of whether or not you will be implementing assignment-level security.

If you have custom versions of these Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI) duty roles, you will need to add data security policies to your custom roles after receiving Update 20D:

• ORA_FBI_WORKFORCE_TRANSACTION_ANALYSIS_DUTY_HCM
• ORA_FBI_GOAL_MANAGEMENT_TRANSACTION_ANALYSIS_DUTY_HCM
• ORA_FBI_CAREER_DEV_TRANSACTION_ANALYSIS_DUTY_HCM

You may have created custom versions of these roles, if you have performed a deep copy of a job or abstract role that inherits one or more of these OTBI duty roles.

You must add data security policies to your custom roles, even if you are not implementing assignment-level security. For more information and steps to take, please refer to the 20D HCM Common What's New for the Secure Access for Workers with Multiple Assignments feature. If you are not interested in assignment-level security, you can just scroll down to the Role section and follow the step outlined for adding the data security policies.

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REPLACED OR REMOVED FEATURES

From time to time, Oracle replaces existing Cloud service features with new features or removes existing features. When a feature is replaced the older version may be removed immediately or at a future time. As a best practice, you should use the newer version of a replaced feature as soon as the newer version is available.

Product	Removed Feature	Target Removal	Replacement Feature	Replaced In	Additional Information
Payroll Batch Loader (PBL)	HCM Data Loader (HDL) Must Be Used For All Payroll Objects	20D	HCM Data Loader (HDL)	HDL has been around several years.

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ORACLE HAS DECOMMISSIONED THE HCM CLASSIC SIMPLIFIED USER INTERFACE IN UPDATE 20B

The new and redesigned HCM Responsive User Experience has been available and promoted as our standard since Update 18B. If you are still using the older HCM Classic Simplified User Interface, you must begin transitioning to the HCM Responsive User Experience, as these older pages will no longer be supported.

For information on the Responsive features, see the HCM Common What's New for Update 18B and 18C. The redesigned features are under a heading for Redesigned User Experience and have groupings by product. Features that have come out from 19A onwards will be in their respective solutions: HCM Common, Global Human Resources, Talent Management, Workforce Management and Workforce Rewards What's News. The feature will be under their product headings. You can open one these solutions such as Workforce Rewards and you will see tabs on the left to easily let you open the different releases to view the responsive features.

For consolidated information on generic setup information you can refer to My Oracle Support Document ID 2399671.1 - HCM Responsive User Experience Setup Information.

Highlights of New User Interface:

We’ve taken the employee and manager self-service pages to the next level by redesigning them to look and behave the same on desktop and mobile devices. We’ve also changed the look and feel of the pages to provide a better experience for end users.

Pages and messages look more modern and use simpler, more conversational language so that you can more easily read and understand content across all devices. The pages are clutter-free and clean and display only those fields that are required to complete the task. You can personalize the pages and add more fields that are hidden by default. For most self-service tasks, you’re asked what you want to do, and the task is broken down into a series of steps based on your choice.

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KNOWN ISSUES / MONTHLY AND STATUTORY MAINTENANCE PACK

Oracle publishes a Known Issues document for every Update to make customers are aware of potential problems they could run into and the document provides workarounds if they are available.

Oracle also publishes Maintenance Pack and Statutory Maintenance Pack documentation of bugs that are fixed in the monthly or statutory patching.

To review these documents you must have access to My Oracle Support:

Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud Functional Known Issues and Maintenance Packs (Document ID 1554838.1)

Controlled Availability Features

The following is a list of Controlled Availability features that are being offered by our Controlled Availability Program.

NOTE: These features are not generally available for all customers at this time. These are only available through the Controlled Availability Program and will require approval to become a part of the features program. To be a part of these programs you will be required to participate in testing and providing  feedback. Some programs may require other participation as well.

Not to worry if you don't have to time to be a part of these early stage programs. You can uptake this feature when it is generally available for all customers. When these features are available for all customers you will see the features under their product headings as usual.

We invite you all to browse through the list of features to see if there are any features you are interested in implementing in advance of the features scheduled release. The table below will provide information on signing up for features. Please sign up soon, as these programs have limited availability and some are designed for specific types of customers.

The table below gives you a brief description of the features available and how to sign up. Some features are bigger than others, so for more information there may be a What's New describing the feature in more detail below this table.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas as you participate the Controlled Availability programs!

Product	Feature Name	Feature Description	Type of Customer Needed to Test	How to Sign Up?	Controlled Availability Release	Is the Program Still Open?
HCM Experience Design Studio	Autocomplete Rules	Create your own rules, on the top of the application to default or validate values using Autocomplete Rules. This is part of the HCM Cloud extensibility tools, a new component of HCM Experience Design Studio that is a data model layer extensibility framework. Rules created can be applied everywhere such as: Responsive pages (only), HCM Data Loader, REST Services, Soap Services, etc.…	Must be using Responsive Pages	Request Approval to use ACR: Controlled Availability of Oracle HCM Cloud AutoComplete Tool (Doc ID 2637151.1) Private Portal: Steps to access the private Autocomplete Rules for HCM Experience Design Studio community portal: Directions for Private Portal Access	20B	Yes