💡 What is SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central (EC)?

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central (EC) is the core HR (Human Resource Information System) module in the SAP SuccessFactors suite, a cloud-based HR solution.
It acts as the central system of record for all employee data in an organization.

Think of it as the “digital heart” of HR — where all employee-related information (personal details, job data, compensation, time, etc.) is stored and managed.

🧱 Key Features

🔹 1. Employee Master Data

• Stores employee personal details, addresses, dependents, IDs, etc.

• Manages job details — position, department, cost center, manager, etc.

• Maintains historical data (who changed what, and when).

🔹 2. Organizational Management

• Defines company structure (legal entities, business units, divisions, departments).

• Handles positions and job roles.

• Supports matrix reporting (employees can have multiple managers).

🔹 3. Time Management

• Manage work schedules, leaves, time-off, and holiday calendars.

• Integrated with payroll or third-party time systems.

🔹 4. Workflows & Approvals

• Automates HR processes like:

o Hiring and onboarding

o Transfers or promotions

o Terminations

• Configurable approval chains and notifications.

🔹 5. Integration

Employee Central integrates easily with:

• SAP S/4HANA or ECC → for HR data replication

• SAP Payroll or third-party payroll systems

• SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI) → for connecting SuccessFactors with other applications

• Recruiting, Learning, Performance & Goals modules within SuccessFactors

🔹 6. Global and Local Compliance

• Supports multi-country HR processes.

• Localization for payroll, compliance, currencies, and languages.

Chapter 1: Introduction 

Topic 1: Learn the products – Tiles/Cards & Portlets 

Topic 2: Instance, Provisioning architecture

Topic 3: Instance basic settings – Passwords, Home Page, Welcome Menu, Org Chart, Employee files, Navigation Menu

Topic 4: Biz expert Methodology – Implementation Methodology. 

Topic 5: Commonly used terms 

Topic 6: Setting up company Logos.

Topic 7: Manage Badges

Topic 8: Text replacement

Topic 9: Manage action search.

Topic 10: Theme Manager

Topic 11: Password Policies 

Topic 12: Email Notifications 

Topic 13: Manage Data User Records 

Topic 14: XML and Data models 

Topic 15: Pick lists  

Topic 16: Role Based Permission

Topic 17: Reporting

1)​List view reports 

2)​Spotlight view reports

3)​Spread sheet reports.

4)​Classic reports & Ad hoc Reports

Chapter 2: Employee Central Module 

Topic 1: Introduction and basic provisioning set up exercises.

Topic 2: Data models and DTDs (XML)

Topic 3: Employee Central Structure 

Topic 4: Data model Structure

Topic 5: Data model Associations 

Topic 6: Workbooks – Employee Data & Foundation Data

Topic 7: Manage business configuration.

Topic 8: Update employee details 

Topic 9: ESS/MSS functionality 

Topic 10: EC Customizing and Populating Basic Foundation data. 

Topic 11: Customizing MDF Objects 

Topic 12: Understanding security. 

Topic 13: Managing security with Role based permissions. 

Topic 14: Time Type, Time Profile, Leave of Absence & Holiday setup

Topic 15: Position & Position org chart, Position management settings

Topic 16: Manage Sequence 

Topic 17: Business Rules 

Topic 18: MDF Overview, Generic Objects creation 

Topic 19: Associations & Propagation’s 

Topic 20: Mass Changes 

Topic 21: Manage configuration UI & Configure people profile

Topic 22: 14 Steps Employee central Implementation sequence 

Chapter 3: 14 Steps Employee central Implementation sequence

Topic 1: Setting up a new account in Provisioning – Different options you need to select in Provisioning to enable employee central.

Topic 2: Creating the Super Admin – Different steps required to super admin.

Topic 3: Defining the Corporate Data model – Set up corporate data model for your customers.

Topic 4: Configuring the Succession Data model - Set up Succession data model for your customers.

Topic 5: Configuring the Country specific corporate and Country specific succession data models. 

Topic 6: Importing Picklists – It describes how to import the different values that a customer sees when they click the drop-down menu.

Topic 7: Creating Foundation objects – How to define Foundation objects.

Topic 8: Configuring propagation rules - Auto population of data.

Topic 9: Creating Event reason derivation rules – When there is data input or change in data the system will automatically take the event reasons, this setting of configuration is called as event reason derivation rule.

Topic 10: Creating Workflow derivation rules – Any change in the data the reporting manager gets a notification for approval and the workflow will be triggered and this configuration is called Workflow derivation rules.

Topic 11: Managing Role based permissions – View & Edit permissions.

Topic 12: Importing Employee data – CSV format for mass upload of data.

Topic 13: HRIS Sync – How to integrate other success factor modules with employee central.

Topic 14: Setting up Leave of absence – Need to set up Time off to use leave of absence.

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