Uploading Attachments

Talent Management uses the virus scan interface of SAP NetWeaver. You can use this interface to include external virus scanners to increase the security of your system.

For Talent Management, the virus scan profile /HCM_TMC/DOCUMENT_UPLOAD is available for checking that files or documents uploaded as attachments do not contain any viruses. This virus scan profile is not active in the standard SAP system. To activate the virus scan profile, in Customizing for Talent Management and Talent Development, make the settings under  Basic Settings Attachments Define Virus Scan Profiles . In Customizing for SAP NetWeaver under  Application Server System Administration Virus Scan Interface , you need to first set up the virus scan interface.

For more information about the virus scan interface, see SAP NetWeaver Library and choose  SAP NetWeaver by Key Capability Security System Security and the chapter Virus Scan Interface.

You can also limit the size of files that are uploaded as attachments. To do so, in Customizing for Talent Management and Talent Development, make the settings under  Basic Settings Attachments Assign Storage Locations and Maximum File Size .

Displaying Attachments Using Microsoft Internet Explorer

If you display attachments in a browser and use Microsoft Internet Explorer for this, Microsoft Internet Explorer checks the content of the attachment to determine the file type and display the attachment correctly based on the type (MIME Type Sniffing). In the worst case, it is thus possible that damaging files of an undesired file type are displayed in the browser or cause damage in another way. To avoid this potential threat to security, deselect MIME Type Sniffing in the security settings of Microsoft Internet Explorer.