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UPDATE 20A ···························································································································································································································· 2

Revision History ····················································································································································································································· 2
Overview ····································································································································································································································· 2
Feature Summary ················································································································································································································ 4
Applications Security ···································································································································································································· 6
Application Security Redesigned User Experience ····························································································································· 6
Notifications Support in Role Delegation ············································································································································ 6
HCM Security ····················································································································································································································· 7
New Lists of Values in Responsive User Experience Pages ····································································································· 7
HCM Data Loader ··········································································································································································································· 8
New Business Objects Supported ····························································································································································· 8
Integration Key Support for Bank and Bank Branch ···················································································································· 9
SET Instruction Details ····················································································································································································· 9
HCM Data Loader Redesigned User Experience ································································································································ 10
Redesigned Delete Stage Table Data User Experience ············································································································· 10
HCM Common Architecture ·················································································································································································· 10
Purge Extracts Archive Information ······················································································································································ 10
UPDATE 20A

REVISION HISTORY
This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates
appear in the following table:

Date Feature Notes

HCM Security: New Lists of Values in Updated document. Delivered feature in

28 FEB 2020
Responsive User Experience Pages update 20A.
06 DEC 2019 Created initial document.

OVERVIEW
HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this What’s New:

Release Updates (20A, 20B, 20C, and 20D)

Optional Monthly Maintenance Packs to each update

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud
Portal.

This document outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in Oracle HCM
Cloud. Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin
using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help
you.

In addition to this document you will also want to review the Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud
Functional Known Issues and Maintenance Packs (Document ID 1554838.1). These documents identify bug
fixes and possible known issues. You will also need to review these documents based in the release update
version you are currently on or will be moving to.

Oracle HCM Cloud release documents are delivered in five functional groupings:

Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

HCM Cloud Common Features (This document pertains to all HCM applications. It is the base human
resource information for all products and HCM Tools.)
Global Human Resources Cloud (Global Human Resources contains the base application in which other
application use for common data such as workforce structures and person information. Regardless of
what products you have implemented you may want to see the new features for Global Human
Resources that could impact your products.)

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for Talent and Compensation products.

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Optional Reading for HCM Products (Depending on what products are in your cloud service):

Talent Management Cloud (All Talent applications)

Workforce Rewards Cloud (Compensation, Benefits, Payroll and Global Payroll Interface)
Workforce Management Cloud (Absence Management and Time and Labor)

Additional Optional Reading:

Common Technologies and User Experience (This documents the common features across all Cloud
applications and is not specific to HCM)

NOTE: All of these documents can be found in Release Readiness oracle.com/readiness under Human
Capital Management or via the Oracle Help Center at: docs.oracle.com under Cloud Applications > Human
Capital Management.

GIVE US FEEDBACK

We welcome your comments and suggestions to improve the content. Please send us your feedback at
oracle_fusion_applications_help_ww_grp@oracle.com. Indicate you are inquiring or providing feedback
regarding the HCM Cloud What’s New for Release 13 in the body or title of the email.

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 FEATURE SUMMARY

Column Definitions:

Features Delivered Enabled

Report = New or modified, Oracle-delivered, ready to run reports.

UI or Process-Based: Small Scale = These UI or process-based features are typically comprised of minor field, validation, or program changes. Therefore, the potential
impact to users is minimal.
UI or Process-Based: Larger Scale* = These UI or process-based features have more complex designs. Therefore, the potential impact to users is higher.

Features Delivered Disabled = Action is needed BEFORE these features can be used by END USERS. These features are delivered disabled and you choose if and when to
enable them. For example, a) new or expanded BI subject areas need to first be incorporated into reports, b) Integration is required to utilize new web services, or c) features
must be assigned to user roles before they can be accessed.

Ready for Use by End Users Action is Needed BEFORE Use by End Users
(Features Delivered Enabled) (Features Delivered Disabled)

Reports plus Small Scale UI or Process-Based new features will Not disruptive as action is required to make these features
have minimal user impact after an update. Therefore, customer ready to use. As you selectively choose to leverage, you set
acceptance testing should focus on the Larger Scale UI or your test and roll out timing.
Process-Based* new features.

UI or UI or
Process-Based: Process-Based:
Feature Report Small Scale Larger Scale*
Applications Security
Application Security Redesigned User Experience
Notifications Support in Role Delegation
HCM Security
New Lists of Values in Responsive User Experience
Pages
HCM Data Loader
New Business Objects Supported
Integration Key Support for Bank and Bank Branch
SET Instruction Details

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 Ready for Use by End Users Action is Needed BEFORE Use by End Users
(Features Delivered Enabled) (Features Delivered Disabled)

Reports plus Small Scale UI or Process-Based new features will Not disruptive as action is required to make these features
have minimal user impact after an update. Therefore, customer ready to use. As you selectively choose to leverage, you set
acceptance testing should focus on the Larger Scale UI or your test and roll out timing.
Process-Based* new features.

UI or UI or
Process-Based: Process-Based:
Feature Report Small Scale Larger Scale*
HCM Data Loader Redesigned User Experience
Redesigned Delete Stage Table Data User Experience
HCM Common Architecture
Purge Extracts Archive Information

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 APPLICATIONS SECURITY
Oracle Applications Security provides a single console where IT Security Managers and Administrators can
perform various functions including user lifecycle management, role definition, security policy management
(both functional and data), role hierarchy maintenance, username and password policy administration, and
certificate management. The console also enables users to simulate the effect of security changes, to run
security reports, and download a connector for integration with Microsoft Active Directory.

APPLICATION SECURITY REDESIGNED USER EXPERIENCE

Increase user satisfaction with the redesigned pages that now have the same look and feel on desktop and
mobile devices. These redesigned pages are both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern
look and conversational language. Clutter-free pages, with clean lines and just the essential fields, can be
personalized to suit.

NOTIFICATIONS SUPPORT IN ROLE DELEGATION

Now when a role delegation is created, you can choose to send a notification that indicates a delegation was
created. Introducing a notification upon creating a delegation notifies users that they have received a new
access and may have new responsibilities.

When an employee (Delegator) creates a delegation (Self-Service), a notification is sent to the user defined as
the Proxy (Delegate To). When an HR Administrator creates a delegation (On-Behalf of), a notification is sent
to both the selected person on behalf of whom the delegation was created (Delegator), and the user defined
as the Proxy (Delegate To).

You enable this feature by setting the delivered PER_USER_DELEGATION_SEND_NOTIFICATIONS profile

option to Y. 

STEPS TO ENABLE

In order to enable the delegation notifications, you must enable the following profile option and have
enabled the HCM_RESPONSIVE_PAGES_ENABLED profile option. If you have not enabled the
HCM_RESPONSIVE_PAGES_ENABLED profile option, please see following white paper: HCM Responsive User
Experience Setup Information (Document ID 2399671.1).
NOTE: This step of enabling profile is for existing customers only. New customers starting with 19D or a later
release do not need to setup these profiles, as the new responsive screens are delivered by default.

Field Value

Profile Option Code PER_USER_DELEGATION_SEND_NOTIFICATIONS

To enable the profile option, navigate to the Setup and Maintenance work area:
1. Search for and click the Manage Administrator Profile Values task.
2. Search for and select the profile option.
3. Click to add a new Profile Value.
4. Select the Level as Site.
5. Enter a Y in the Profile Value field.
6. Click Save and Close.

The default profile value is 0, which will not send notifications.s the same.

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TIPS AND CONSIDERATIONS

This feature is for Responsive Role Delegation. Classic functionality remains the same.

HCM SECURITY
HCM Security includes enhancements to person security profiles, new-person task flows, role mappings, the
Retrieve Latest LDAP Changes process, predefined job and abstract roles, and security setup.

NEW LISTS OF VALUES IN RESPONSIVE USER EXPERIENCE PAGES

The following table lists function security privileges that secure access to lists of values in responsive user
experience (UI) pages. It also shows the predefined roles to which the privileges are granted. You can add
these privileges to custom versions of the predefined roles, if necessary.

Predefined
List of Values Function Security Privilege
Role

Performance Human
Use REST Service - Performance Management List of Values
Template Task Resource
Names
HRA_REST_SERVICE_ACCESS_PERFORMANCE_MANAGEMENT_LOVS_PRIV Specialist

Performance
Use REST Service - Performance Template Document Names List of Values Human
Template
HRA_REST_SERVICE_ACCESS_PERFORMANCE_TEMPLATE_DOCUMENT_ Resource
Document
NAMES_LOV_PRIV Specialist
Names

Time and
Use REST Service - HCM Groups List of Values
HCM Groups Labor
HWM_REST_SERVICE_ACCESS_HCM_GROUPS_LOV_PRIV Manager

Use REST Service - Candidates List of Values

Candidates Recruiter
IRC_REST_SERVICE_ACCESS_CANDIDATES_LOV_PRIV

Employee
Use REST Service - Job Families List of Values
Job Families Contingent
PER_REST_SERVICE_ACCESS_JOB_FAMILIES_LOV_PRIV
Worker

The following table lists aggregate security privileges that secure access to lists of values in responsive user
experience (UI) pages. It also shows the predefined roles to which the privileges are granted. You can add
these privileges to custom versions of the predefined roles, if necessary.

List of Values Aggregate Security Privilege Predefined Role

Line Manager
Talent Review Use REST Service - Talent Review Managers List of Values Human
Managers ORA_HRR_REST_SERVICE_ACCESS_TALENT_REVIEW_MANAGERS_LOV Resource
Specialist

Employee

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 List of Values Aggregate Security Privilege Predefined Role

Recruiting Use REST Service - Recruiting Hierarchy Lists of Values Contingent

Organizations ORA_IRC_REST_SERVICE_ACCESS_RECRUITING_HIERARCHY_LOVS Worker
Recruiting Human
Locations Resource
Specialist

Payroll Flow
Patterns
Payroll
Payroll Flow
Use REST Service - Payroll Flow Pattern Lists of Values Manager
Instances
ORA_PAY_REST_SERVICE_ACCESS_PAYROLL_FLOW_PATTERN_LOVS Payroll
Payroll Flow
Administrator
Parameter
Values

Payroll
Manager
Legislative Data
ORA_PER_REST_SERVICE_ACCESS_LEGISLATIVE_DATA_GROUPS_LOV (new)
Groups
(existing)
(existing) Payroll
Administrator
(new)

STEPS TO ENABLE

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

HCM DATA LOADER

HCM Data Loader provides a flexible and efficient method of bulk loading business object data for data-
migration and on-going incremental updates to Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud.

NEW BUSINESS OBJECTS SUPPORTED

Extend your data loading capabilities with support for these new Talent objects:

Business Object Description

Question Question on the Question Library.

A consolidated set of configuration options for different types of

Questionnaire Template questionnaires. For example, questionnaire template for performance
review feedback.

A set of questions used to gain insight from a person. A questionnaire is

created from a questionnaire template. However, when bulk loading
Questionnaire questionnaires you must define the sections, questions, and answers to
include in the questionnaire as they are not copied or defaulted from the
questionnaire template.

Additionally, the Candidate Job Application is extended to support the Candidate Preferred Location. This is
the job location external candidates select when they submit a job application.

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STEPS TO ENABLE

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

INTEGRATION KEY SUPPORT FOR BANK AND BANK BRANCH

You can now create and maintain your bank and bank branches using integration keys. This allows you to
update the attributes that are usually used to identify the bank or branch to be updated, such as bank and
branch name and number.

Both the Source Key and the Fusion GUID are available. These keys are more reliable as compared to the User
Keys which are subjected to change at times.

STEPS TO ENABLE

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

KEY RESOURCES

For more information, see the following help topics in the Integrating with HCM guide at docs.oracle.com:

Sources of Business-Object Information

SET INSTRUCTION DETAILS

In the Setup and Maintenance work area, the Configure HCM Data Loader task is used to review or override
the predefined settings for the enterprise. Here you will find a list of all parameters that defines the data
loading behavior of your file.

Now to help you further, a More Information icon is introduced only on the names of the parameters which
can be overridden by a SET instruction. When you click the orange icon, the More Information popup window
appears and you will see the details of the SET instruction that overrides the data loading behavior of your file.

More Information Popup Window

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STEPS TO ENABLE

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

HCM DATA LOADER REDESIGNED USER EXPERIENCE

Increase user satisfaction with the redesigned pages that now have the same look and feel on desktop and
mobile devices. These redesigned pages are both responsive and easy to use on any device, with a modern
look and conversational language. Clutter-free pages, with clean lines and just the essential fields, can be
personalized to suit.

REDESIGNED DELETE STAGE TABLE DATA USER EXPERIENCE

Now, you can initiate the deletion of large data sets from the stage tables using your mobile device. This
enables you to maintain the stage tables while on the move.

You need to navigate to the Data Exchange screen on your mobile, to initiate the deletion of the stage table
data, as you would do on a PC.

STEPS TO ENABLE

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

HCM COMMON ARCHITECTURE

This section covers features used across all HCM Applications.

PURGE EXTRACTS ARCHIVE INFORMATION

Identify the archive data and purge the redundant information that HCM Extracts generate. Purging
redundant data frees up storage space and improves overall system performance.

STEPS TO ENABLE

Here’s how you can purge the redundant extracts archive information:

1. Select and search Purge Extracts Archive Data job under Scheduled Processes to delete data generated
by HCM Extracts runs. This data includes the associated payroll actions, object actions, and action
information rows generated by extracts.

2. In the Process Details page, define the criteria for the purge process by selecting the appropriate values
for the process parameters.

Parameter Name Use To Values Default Value

Yes/No
Yes: Provides
Define if the process details of the

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 Parameter Name Use To Values Default Value

Report Mode generates a report of data archive data to be Yes

to be purged or if the purged
process actually purges the
No: Purges the
data
archive data
generated by the
selected Extract
List

Select extracts for

generating a report or Select a list of extracts from
Extract List N/A
purge the associated the available list
archive data

3. Click Submit.

4. You can search for the job and check the completion status with any scheduled processes.

5. If you execute the process in Report Mode, the output file provides a report including these details:

 Extract Definition Name

 Extract Type
 Archive data count
Storage recovered by the purge process

6. Use the details in the report to identify data that you want to clean up from the system. Performing this
action recovers storage and improves performance.

NOTE: You can run only one instance of this ESS job at any given time.

ROLE INFORMATION

To submit this ESS job, you need a role with the PAY_SUBMIT_PAYROLL_FLOW_PRIV function privilege.

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