'... Foreword ... 17§§... Preface ... 19§§... Introduction ... 25§§PART I ... Foundations ... 33§§1 ... Employee Central Basics ... 35§§1.1 ... Globalization and Localization ... 36§§1.2 ... Data Models ... 38§§1.3 ... OneAdmin ... 42§§1.4 ... Foundation Objects ... 42§§1.5 ... Employee Interface, Information, and Maintenance ... 46§§1.6 ... Transactions and Self-Services ... 49§§1.7 ... Events and Workflows ... 50§§1.8 ... Extensibility ... 50§§1.9 ... Business Configuration UI ... 52§§1.10 ... HRIS Sync ... 53§§1.11 ... Reporting ... 54§§1.12 ... Deployment Models for SAP Customers ... 54§§1.13 ... Summary ... 57§§2 ... Implementation Steps and Considerations ... 59§§2.1 ... Implementation Considerations ... 59§§2.2 ... Setting Up Employee Central ... 70§§2.3 ... Post-Implementation and Ongoing Administration ... 76§§2.4 ... Implementation Resources ... 78§§2.5 ... Summary ... 82§§3 ... Role-Based Permissions ... 83§§3.1 ... Overview ... 83§§3.2 ... Creating Groups and Roles ... 87§§3.3 ... Permissions ... 92§§3.4 ... Scenarios for Creating Roles ... 105§§3.5 ... Summary ... 106§§4 ... Events and Workflows ... 107§§4.1 ... Employee Status ... 107§§4.2 ... Events and Event Reasons ... 110§§4.3 ... Workflows ... 123§§4.4 ... Summary ... 162§§5 ... Extensibility ... 163§§5.1 ... Metadata Framework ... 164§§5.2 ... Business Rules ... 184§§5.3 ... Extension Center ... 189§§5.4 ... SAP HANA Cloud Platform ... 189§§5.5 ... Summary ... 192§§6 ... Foundation Objects ... 193§§6.1 ... Basics ... 193§§6.2 ... Categories ... 197§§6.3 ... Associations and Propagation ... 203§§6.4 ... Configuration ... 205§§6.5 ... Creating Foundation Object Data ... 212§§6.6 ... Extending Foundation Objects ... 220§§6.7 ... Summary ... 221§§7 ... Data Imports and Data Migration ... 223§§7.1 ... Importing Data ... 224§§7.2 ... Exporting Data ... 262§§7.3 ... Data Migration from SAP ERP HCM ... 265§§7.4 ... Summary ... 271§§PART II ... Features and Functionality ... 273§§8 ... Position Management ... 275§§8.1 ... Implicit Position Management ... 276§§8.2 ... Positions Overview ... 277§§8.3 ... Setting Up Position Management ... 286§§8.4 ... Position Management in Other SAP SuccessFactors Applications ... 295§§8.5 ... Summary ... 297§§9 ... Employee Data ... 299§§9.1 ... Views ... 299§§9.2 ... History and Audit Trail ... 321§§9.3 ... Self-Services ... 324§§9.4 ... Transactions ... 330§§9.5 ... Configuration ... 333§§9.6 ... Summary ... 339§§10 ... Employee Time, Absences, and Benefits ... 341§§10.1 ... Time Management Overview ... 341§§10.2 ... Payroll Time Sheet ... 347§§10.3 ... Time Off ... 354§§10.4 ... Global Benefits ... 370§§10.5 ... Summary ... 378§§11 ... Global Assignments ... 379§§11.1 ... Setting Up Global Assignments ... 379§§11.2 ... Sending an Employee on a Global Assignment ... 383§§11.3 ... Managing Home and Expatriate Global Assignments ... 386§§11.4 ... Ending a Global Assignment ... 389§§11.5 ... Using SAP SuccessFactors while on Global Assignment ... 391§§11.6 ... Summary ... 391§§12 ... Contingent Workforce Management ... 393§§12.1 ... Configuration ... 394§§12.2 ... Viewing a Contingent Worker ... 397§§12.3 ... SAP Fieldglass Integration ... 399§§12.4 ... Summary ... 400§§13 ... Mass Changes ... 401§§13.1 ... Employee Data Mass Changes ... 401§§13.2 ... Performing Mass Changes ... 403§§13.3 ... Using Manage Mass Changes ... 406§§13.4 ... Summary ... 410§§14 ... Advances and Deductions ... 411§§14.1 ... Advances ... 411§§14.2 ... Deductions ... 423§§14.3 ... Summary ... 430§§15 ... Employee Central Payroll ... 431§§15.1 ... Overview ... 431§§15.2 ... Processes ... 432§§15.3 ... Access ... 433§§15.4 ... Self-Service Transactions ... 434§§15.5 ... Payroll Control Center ... 437§§15.6 ... Summary ... 439§§16 ... Other Features and Function