Saturday, April 26, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Ariba Solutions Overview
On of the perks you get working at SAP is the opportunity to learn from many experienced colleagues in areas that are new to you. Today I was talking to my Ariba colleague John Lark and he explained the Ariba Cloud solutions to me. Based on his inputs, I assembled this diagram from existing Ariba material.
Ariba cloud
solutions are the Ariba Network and Ariba applications. The Ariba Network
connects buyers and sellers. Ariba applications help buyers and sellers become
more efficient across their buying, selling, and cash management processes.
Like SuccessFactors Full Cloud solutions and Talent Hybrid solutions, Ariba Cloud solutions also have Full Cloud Procurement solutions and Hybrid Procurement solutions. I will share more about these deployment models later.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Budapest Castle Hill
When I was designing SAP Career OnDemand, part of the development team was in Budapest. I stayed near the Castle Hill for a while. I was fascinated by this arch overlooking the Danube river.
Friday, April 11, 2014
SuccessFactors Competencies Integration With SAP Qualifications
The SuccessFactors HCM suite has a competency library where an employee’s competencies are maintained. Applications such as SuccessFactors Performance and Goals, SuccessFactors Learning and SuccessFactors Succession and Development utilize the competency library for talent management processes.
SAP ERP has a qualifications catalog, where employee qualifications are maintained. Several ERP applications make use of this qualifications catalog and the qualifications assigned to individual employees for business processes.
Why “Competencies Integration with SAP Qualifications”?
Customers who use the talent hybrid deployment model need a single source of truth for their competency library and the competencies of their employees.
Integration Data Flow from SAP to SuccessFactors
The prepackaged integration described in this section addresses this customer need. The prepackaged integration enables customers to do the following. Customers who currently have an SAP ERP Qualifications catalog can export the qualifications into a file using a program provided as part of the prepackaged integration. This file can be then used by the customer’s SuccessFactors administrators to populate the SuccessFactors competency library. This is a one-time upload.
Customers can also do a one time upload of Employee Qualifications from SAP to the SuccessFactors Talent Solutions Suite.
Integration Data Flow from SuccessFactors HCM Suite to SAP ERP
Once the SuccessFactors competency catalog is populated, customers are required to maintain the catalog in SuccessFactors. Changes made to the SuccessFactors competency catalog will be sent to SAP ERP Qualifications catalog periodically. Competencies associated with a person are also sent to the SAP Qualifications Profile.
SAP ERP has a qualifications catalog, where employee qualifications are maintained. Several ERP applications make use of this qualifications catalog and the qualifications assigned to individual employees for business processes.
Why “Competencies Integration with SAP Qualifications”?
Customers who use the talent hybrid deployment model need a single source of truth for their competency library and the competencies of their employees.
Integration Data Flow from SAP to SuccessFactors
The prepackaged integration described in this section addresses this customer need. The prepackaged integration enables customers to do the following. Customers who currently have an SAP ERP Qualifications catalog can export the qualifications into a file using a program provided as part of the prepackaged integration. This file can be then used by the customer’s SuccessFactors administrators to populate the SuccessFactors competency library. This is a one-time upload.
Customers can also do a one time upload of Employee Qualifications from SAP to the SuccessFactors Talent Solutions Suite.
Integration Data Flow from SuccessFactors HCM Suite to SAP ERP
Once the SuccessFactors competency catalog is populated, customers are required to maintain the catalog in SuccessFactors. Changes made to the SuccessFactors competency catalog will be sent to SAP ERP Qualifications catalog periodically. Competencies associated with a person are also sent to the SAP Qualifications Profile.
SuccessFactors Learning Curricula Integration with SAP Qualifications
You probably know that we are working on integrating SuccessFactors Competency Catalog with the SAP Qualifications Catalog. This blog post is not about SuccessFactors Competencies integration with SAP Qualifications. It is about a second packaged integration we are building in this area.
During the co-innovation phase my colleagues found out that customers use SuccessFactors Learning Curricula much the same way we expect them to use competencies. For example, when someone completed a curricula in SuccessFactors Learning, they treat it like attaining a Qualification in SAP.
My colleagues in product management and engineering watched what customers are doing closely and are building a packaged integration that makes it easy for every customer to follow this simple yet effective approach.
The product owner for this integration is my colleague Ganesh Kudva. Today after dinner, Ganesh and I discussed the nuances of this particular integration and talked about the scenarios, assumptions, risks and limitations if any.
Mapping of Objects
Learning Curricula in SuccessFactors Learning is mapped to Qualifications in SAP.
Transfer of Curricula Status
When an employee completes a Curricula in SuccessFactors Learning, that status is sent to SAP. That Curricula completion status creates the appropriate relationship between the Employee and the Qualification in SAP.
What happens when completion of a curricula expires in SuccessFactors Learning?
When the completion of a Curricula expires in SuccessFactors Learning, that expiry status is also sent to SAP. The corresponding qualification is them removed from the employee's Qualifications Profile.
What about proficiency levels?
There are no proficiency levels when it comes to completion of a curricula in SuccessFactors learning. One either completes a curricula or not.
SuccessFactors Curriculum
If you are wondering what is a Curriculum in SuccessFactors, here is an excellent video I found. The video explains the concept as well as any one could.
SAP Qualifications
Julien Tuerlinckx has written an excellent post on SAP Qualifications Management on SCN. His second post talks more about Qualifications Management.
Finally, this integration is in the works for release soon. This post is not an official communication of release or design. Once the integration is officially released, we will announce it part of the formal release highlights.
During the co-innovation phase my colleagues found out that customers use SuccessFactors Learning Curricula much the same way we expect them to use competencies. For example, when someone completed a curricula in SuccessFactors Learning, they treat it like attaining a Qualification in SAP.
My colleagues in product management and engineering watched what customers are doing closely and are building a packaged integration that makes it easy for every customer to follow this simple yet effective approach.
The product owner for this integration is my colleague Ganesh Kudva. Today after dinner, Ganesh and I discussed the nuances of this particular integration and talked about the scenarios, assumptions, risks and limitations if any.
Mapping of Objects
Learning Curricula in SuccessFactors Learning is mapped to Qualifications in SAP.
Transfer of Curricula Status
When an employee completes a Curricula in SuccessFactors Learning, that status is sent to SAP. That Curricula completion status creates the appropriate relationship between the Employee and the Qualification in SAP.
What happens when completion of a curricula expires in SuccessFactors Learning?
When the completion of a Curricula expires in SuccessFactors Learning, that expiry status is also sent to SAP. The corresponding qualification is them removed from the employee's Qualifications Profile.
What about proficiency levels?
There are no proficiency levels when it comes to completion of a curricula in SuccessFactors learning. One either completes a curricula or not.
Additional Learning
To understand this integration it is essential to understand SuccessFactors Curricula and SAP Qualifications. So I decided to point readers to some excellent material on the topic.SuccessFactors Curriculum
If you are wondering what is a Curriculum in SuccessFactors, here is an excellent video I found. The video explains the concept as well as any one could.
SAP Qualifications
Julien Tuerlinckx has written an excellent post on SAP Qualifications Management on SCN. His second post talks more about Qualifications Management.
Finally, this integration is in the works for release soon. This post is not an official communication of release or design. Once the integration is officially released, we will announce it part of the formal release highlights.
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