Committed to co-innovating our products with you, and with your feedback guiding our roadmap, you make it possible for us to deliver market-making HXM solutions. Learn more about this program in this blog.

SAP SuccessFactors Performance and Goals Reimagined for Human Experience Management

Check out this 2-minute video highlighting the new user experience for SAP SuccessFactors Performance and Goals, here.

Customer Spotlight: Highest Number of SuccessFactors Expert (SFX) Accreditations in SEA in 2020!

We are pleased to introduce Karen Choo with the National University of Singapore. In 2020, she earned 10 SFX accreditations, the highest number of all customers in Southeast Asia (SEA)! Read Karen's interview to understand her role and work with SAP SuccessFactors and SFX in this blog!

VIP Virtual Events - Driving Your Journey: Launch & Sustain Value with SAP SuccessFactors

The VIP team is partnering with HXM Services Delivery to organize a series of events July 6, July 13 and July 22 focused around launching and sustaining value of SAP SuccessFactors solutions. Join us and learn from the implementation experiences of your peers and SAP consultants to kick-start your journey to continuous value extraction. Customers at all stages are welcome. Register here.

Live Hands-On Adoption Labs for the New Reimagined Home Page

Join us for an exciting Live Hands-On Adoption Lab for the New Reimagined Home Page. In these hands-on sessions, we will walk administrators step-by-step through administering and configuring the New Reimagined Home Page, various features, and setup. There will be four sessions however registration will be limited. The sessions will be held on July 27^th, July 29^th, Aug 3^rd and Aug 5^th. Please watch for times and more details in the SAP SuccessFactors Community. 

Executive Connection

5 Trends for the Future of Work: SAPPHIRE NOW 2021

Meg Bear sat down with Jon Reed and Josh Greenbaum for a keynote in SAP’s annual SAPPHIRE NOW user event to cover a variety of topics ranging from what going back into the office looks like, to best practices for learning new skills. Read about Meg Bear's top takeaways on future of work trends, here.

Learning from Hybrid Remote Work Research

Steve Hunt analyzes hybrid remote work from research published before the pandemic. Read about his observations and recommendations in his recent blog.

New Implementation Assets

Implementation Design Principles (IDPs) provide the leading practices critical to your company's successful implementations. To view the IDP page, navigate to the Community's navigation bar > Resources > Implementation Design Principles or click here.

New IDPs Published

These newly published IDPs provide various recommendations, implementation considerations and more. To learn more, view the following abstract:

Resources to Help Navigate Today's Challenges

To help support your HR team, please review the complimentary resource below.

Although not explicitly endorsed by SAP SuccessFactors, many administrators have recommended this incredibly helpful Coronavirus Resources guide.

Customer Stories

To view in-depth customer stories and, if interested, learn how to share your company’s technology journey, visit the SAP SuccessFactors Community.

Innovation Alerts

Prepare for feature migrations and deprecations which require additional change management and communication.

Reimagined Home Page

Several new exciting innovations were delivered with 1H 2021 release like ONB 1.0, quick actions and many more; for a full list you can review the What’s New Viewer. To help you transition to new homepage, Adoption labs are soon coming up, keep your eye on the Customer Community and Events Calendar for these opportunities. Reimagined Home Page will be universally applied to both preview and production environments with our 1H 2022 release. You can learn more by visiting the SAP SuccessFactors Community.

Employee Central New Time Sheet User Interface (UI) is Available Now

As part of the First Half 2021 release a new Employee Self-Service (ESS) Time Sheet User Interface (UI) for attendance recording is available and will eventually replace the current UI. This new and innovative UI is part of UX Reimagined and supports accessibility standards and can be used on both desktop and mobile devices. Learn more about this new UI and begin your transition to it on the SAP SuccessFactors Community.

Enhanced SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding Dashboard and Deprecation of Previous Dashboard Announced Within First Half 2021

The enhanced Onboarding Dashboard delivered in the 1H 2021 Release is a simplified experience with improved process efficiency. Some of the other exciting innovations include enhanced search capabilities for new hires, creating the ability to see Form I-9 and E-Verify task status, and improved checklist usability. Please review a demo, What’s New Viewer, and Help Document for more information on the enhanced Onboarding Dashboard.

Right to Return Composite Data Model Upgrade Scripts Available

With the First Half 2021 release, the Right-to-Return upgrade is now available. We strongly suggest customers currently using the legacy Right-to-Return composite data model should upgrade their instances via the Upgrade Center, as soon as possible. This provides the ability for each customer to move to the non-effective dated MDF Right to Return data model. By performing the upgrade on your own, you will have greater flexibility in your planning, testing, and implementation. While not currently schedule, it is likely to be a universal upgrade in an upcoming release, if customers have not upgraded themselves.

For more information, please review the Innovation Alert on the SAP SuccessFactors Customer Community page.

SAP Cloud Identity Authentication (IAS/IPS) Resources

To provide a secure login experience and ensure access to new functionality like Stories in People Analytics, please view helpful resources, migration guidance, and open office hours on the SAP SuccessFactors Community.

SAP SuccessFactors Stories in People Analytics – Design Best Practices and Additional How-To Videos

Be sure to leverage the new ‘Visual Formatting Design Guidelines’ resource for best practices on formatting and styling Stories. In addition, we’ve added new how-to videos to help you get the most out of Stories in People Analytics. This functionality, available at no additional cost, requires only a few steps to implement and combines reporting, insights, and dashboards into a truly dynamic environment. To learn more and ask questions, visit the SAP SuccessFactors Community.

Use Domain Names Instead of IP addresses for API Endpoints August 2021

As part of SAP’s commitment to continued investment and enhancement of our Cloud services, SAP SuccessFactors is rolling out several network changes affecting API endpoints across all our datacenters. As a result, SAP SuccessFactors no longer guarantees that our datacenters will maintain a static IP address. Learn more about this change coming in August of 2021, visit the SAP SuccessFactors Community.

Attachment Storage Replacement Experience Change Coming to Test and Development Instances Beginning First Half 2021 Release

Previously applied to Preview instances, this experience has been updated in Test and Development instances within the First Half 2021 Release. After July 23, 2021, attachments stored in the Document Management System within a Test or Development instance will be replaced with blank attachments based on a defined retention period. Learn More on the SAP SuccessFactors Community.

Learning Native Login Authentication Transition “Prepare for Change” Created and Posted Second Half 2021

The general availability of Identity Authentication Services (IAS) based authentication for Learning user authentication (for both Sites and standard user) is planned for the Second Half 2021 Release and the Prepare for Change webinar recording is now posted to help get ready for this transition. Learn more.

Legacy Admin Alerts Deprecation and Universal Transition to Admin Alerts 2.0 Within Second Half 2021 Release

Within the Second Half 2021 Release, Legacy Admin Alerts will be deprecated as part of a universal transition to Admin Alerts 2.0. Admin Alerts 2.0 allows administrators to easily manage data integrity and surface certain processes. In 1H 2021, the Check Tool is available for Admin Alerts 2.0 Permissions that will help customer determine what permissions need to be set that were used for the Legacy Admin Alerts. Check out our 1H 2021 release information: Deprecation of Legacy Admin Alerts.

Legacy Continuous Performance Management Retirement Within Second Half 2022 Release

Reimagined Continuous Performance Management (CPM) is the latest experience for customers to take advantage of the features and benefits of Continuous Performance Management. The Legacy CPM is planned for retirement within the second half release of 2022. For more details, review the What's New Viewer & CPM Implementation Guide.

Employee Central Payroll Pay Statement (Fiori-like) Integration Deprecation Announced Second Half 2022

Transition to Pay Statement (Direct) integration is now available. Customers should be using this direct integration instead of using Employee Central Payroll with the Pay Statement (Fiori-like) integration. That is planned to be deleted in Second Half 2022 release. All Pay Statement (Fiori-like) options are affected by the deprecation. Learn more.

Stay Atop Innovation

For an overview of all active initiatives, please visit and subscribe to the SAP SuccessFactors Community Innovation Alerts Dashboard.

Additional initiatives include:

2021: Second Half

2022: First Half

2022: Second Half

Virtual Events

For a summary of product or process related training, virtual webinars, and opportunities to influence product features, please check out the SAP SuccessFactors Community's Events & s page and subscribe to our monthly Events Newsletter.

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