Component documentationWorkforce Viewer

 

SAP customers use Organization Management module of Human Capital Management (HCM) to create simple-to-complex organizational structures. To interpret and visualize these organizational structures is a challenge that employees, managers, and human resource (HR) professionals face with.

The features present in the new Workforce Viewer provide a simplified solution for representing organizational (org.) structures. The main objective is to use and display the solution within the Human Capital Management (HCM) lanes for applications such as Manager Self-Service (MSS), Personnel & Organization, and Employee Self-Service (ESS).

The solution has been conceptualized to provide an easy-to-use and aesthetically-pleasing graphical representation of different org. structures. Currently, the solution displays three different object types, organizational units (OrgUnit card), positions (position card), and employees (employee card).

For more information, see User Interface Building Blocks.

The solution currently provides the following roles based on the applications:

  • Employee

  • Manager

  • HR professional

For more information, see Roles in Workforce Viewer.

Employees, managers, or HR professionals can now intuitively navigate the organizational structure and carry out tasks more efficiently. For example, managers can select multiple employees to initiate a compare process between the selected employees.

The solution, which uses SAPUI5 technology, also has the following custom-made controls:

  • Node control – To display different object types such as employee, OrgUnit, and Position

  • Pod control – To display peers in a single row using a group of node control instance

  • Expanded pod control – To display peers in multiple rows.

Implementation Considerations

Since the Workforce Viewer solution is part of the SAP ERP Human Capital Management(HCM) lanes, the applications such as ESS, MSS, and Personnel & Organization using the Workforce Viewer solution should be implemented in the system.

For more information, see business function HCM, Workforce Viewer 01 (HCM_PD_ORGVIS_1).

To launch the Workforce Viewer, you have to maintain the settings for the launchpad in the Customizing. The entries are shipped as part of standard delivery. You can configure the standard actions in the launchpad (transaction LPD_CUST) using the following role and instance:

  • Launchpad Role: HRORGVIS

  • Launchpad Instance: NAVIGATION

For more information on Customizing, see Configure Settings for Workforce Viewer.

Features

The new solution has the following key features:

  • Drill down

    The user can navigate to any level downward to view the details of the reporting employees. The drill-down option is provided within an expanded pod only.

  • Quick View Support

    The user can perform a quick navigation using different controls such as pagination, move one level up and down, and navigation panel.

  • Multiple Manager Scenarios

    For complex scenarios such as multiple managers, the user can navigate to find the reporting line of an employee.

  • Perform Actions on Multiple Employees

    The manager can perform various tasks, such as compare profiles, provide bonuses, or perform evaluations. The actions can also be performed on role based as defined in the launchpad.

  • Support for Multiple Object Types in a Single View

    The user can view all three object types (employee, OrgUnit, and position) in a single view.

  • Search

    The user can search and also filter the results for any employee, OrgUnit, or position within an organization. The search option is available within an expanded pod.

  • Accessibility

    The new solution supports accessibility.

  • Multiple Browser Support

    The solution supports browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari.

  • Secured Access

    The roles access is based on standard Human Resources (HR) authorization concept.

  • Configuration Options

    The user can configure structures, texts, navigation panel, object and data selection, switch-on multiple selection and actions for multiple selection.

  • Themes

    There are 2 default themes – SAP_gold reflection and SAP_hcb (high-contrast_black).

  • Languages

    Multilingual support.

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