Update 23D

Revision History

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

Overview

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

• Release Updates (23A, 23B, 23C, and 23D)
• 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.

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Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

• HCM Common What's New - In this What's New you will find features that are used across applications.
• Human Resources What’s New – In the Global Human Resources section you will find features on the base application in which other applications are built upon.

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for Talent and Compensation products.

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Workforce Scheduling

Workforce Scheduling is a Controlled Availability Application at this time. If you are interested in being part of this Controlled Availability Program, you will need to log a Service Request through My Oracle Support to ask to be a part of this program and you will need to procure the license for this application.

Workforce Scheduling manages the process of establishing when and where employees will work over the coming days, weeks, and months. Workforce Scheduling assists employees and managers in planning and defining  schedules. Managers can plan schedules in advance with visibility into employees’ availability, approved absences and their preferences. Workforce Scheduling is integrated with the other Workforce Management products and has optimized scheduling, which leverages AI to define schedules, manage labor costs, and manage compliance.

Workforce Scheduling helps drive employee satisfaction by allowing employees to participate early-on in the scheduling process by allowing them to self-schedule to claim shifts of their choice or trade shifts with their colleagues.  Since scheduling is simplified, companies can publish schedules earlier, which allows employees to make plans around their schedule.

Workforce Scheduling Controlled Availability

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

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

Manage Workforce Schedules

Manage the generated schedules for a department using the Workforce Schedules page. This page displays a list of available schedules. Schedule managers can review the status, view notes, manage shifts, and publish the schedules.

Workload Plan Import

Create and manage the Workload Plans which form the basis for setting the requirement for schedules in Oracle Fusion HCM Cloud.

• Workload Plans define the date ranges and times of the workload requirement for scheduling.
• The Workload types define the Baseline, Adjusted or Actual type of workload plan for budgeting, forecasting or real time updates to the workload. 

Workload Consolidation

Let Workforce Scheduling align work schedules with required demand by providing a detailed data set of workload data by date and time using the Workload Consolidation process. The process retains the Baseline value provided by the workload import and identifies a current value by using the most recent Actual, Adjusted, or Baseline value, respectively.

Schedule Generation Profile Introduction

Let schedule administrators create schedule generation profiles by defining the staffing departments and policies governing the scheduling process. Schedule managers use these profiles to establish the workforce schedule for their workers.

Generate Workforce Schedule Introduction

Generate workforce schedules for workers in the specified staffing departments. Schedule managers can generate only fixed-time work patterns, open shifts matching the workload and fixed-time work patterns, or automatically assigned schedules for all workers in the staffing department.

Team Schedule Navigation Change and Schedules Quick Action Group Renamed

Take note the Team Schedule quick actions navigation paths have changed:

• Employee
  • Was: Me > Schedules > Team Schedule
  • Now: Me > Time and Absences > Team Schedule
• Line manager
  • Was: My Team > Schedules > Team Schedule
  • Now: My Team > Time > Team Schedule

Also the Schedules quick action group under Me, My Team, and My Client Groups was renamed to Workforce Scheduling.

New Subject Area - Workload Real Time

Augment your reporting on workload data, using the new subject area Workforce Scheduling - Workload Real Time. The workload data is used for staffing requirements or workload hours.