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Employee Central
Employee Central is SAP SuccessFactors' cloud system of record for core HR data, covering the employee data model (foundation objects, generic objects/MDF, person and employment entities), organizational structures, business rules, workflows, and the integration backbone that feeds payroll, time, talent, and downstream S/4HANA or ECC systems.
Overview
Employee Central is SAP SuccessFactors' cloud system of record for core HR data, covering the employee data model (foundation objects, generic objects/MDF, person and employment entities), organizational structures, business rules, workflows, and the integration backbone that feeds payroll, time, talent, and downstream S/4HANA or ECC systems.
Lessons in this topic
- Configuring Employee Central: Business Rules, Workflows, and Role-Based PermissionsLearn how Employee Central configuration combines Business Rules, Workflows, and Role-Based Permissions (RBP) to enforce data quality, approval processes, and secure access across HR transactions.
- Employee Central Fundamentals: Data Model, Foundation Objects, and Employee RecordsUnderstand what Employee Central is, why organizations adopt it as the HR system of record, and how its foundation object and employee data model underpin every HR process.
- Employee Central Foundations: Purpose and Core Data ModelUnderstand why Employee Central exists as the cloud system of record for HR and learn the core building blocks of its data model: foundation objects, person/employment data, and generic objects.
- Configuring Foundation Objects, MDF, and Business Rules in Employee CentralLearn how to configure and extend Employee Central using foundation object imports, MDF generic objects, and business rules, and how these pieces work together at runtime to drive data entry and validation.
- Employee Central Role-Based Permissions: Designing Secure Access to HR DataLearn how Employee Central's Role-Based Permission (RBP) framework controls who can see and edit HR data, how permission roles and groups interact, and how to design a maintainable permission model for a live tenant.