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Technical Data

Technical Name of Business Function

HCM_TMC_CI_2

Type of Business Function

Enterprise business function

Available From

SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0

Technical Usage

Human Capital Management

Application Component

Talent Management (PA-TM)

Required Business Function

HCM, Core Processes in Talent Management (HCM_TMC_CI_1)

You can use this business function to perform integrated analyses for data from Talent Management and Personnel Administration. You can also transfer existing Talent Management data from other applications to Talent Management. This business function also comprises functional enhancements and usability improvements, for example, for the talent assessment and the calibration grid. The automatic delimitation of talent relationships and successor relationships also ensures that evaluations for Talent Management are based on correct data.

Integration

  • As of SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0, the Talent Management Specialist role is available in a version for SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC) in addition to the portal version. The business function HCM, Roles for SAP NetWeaver Business Client (HCM_NWBC_ROLES) provides you with an overview of all Human Resources roles that are available in a version for NWBC.

    For more information, see HCM, Roles for SAP NetWeaver Business Client.

  • The business function HCM, Cross Analytics (HCM_ANALYTICS_1) provides you with an overview of the analyses and benchmarking tools that are available as of enhancement package 5 for all processes for Personnel Administration, Talent Management, compensation, and training activities.

    For more information, see HCM, Cross Analytics 1.

  • The business function HCM, Hire Integration 1 (HCM_HIRE_INT_CI_1) provides a new interface for the NewHire integration scenario so that you no longer need to enter the employee information manually in Talent Management when you hire new employees.

    For more information, see HCM, Hire Integration 1.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:

    Type of Component

    Component

    Required for the Following Features Only

    Software component

    EA-HRGXX 605, SAP_HRGXX 604

    SAP NetWeaver

    SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse

    BI Content for Talent Management and Talent Development

    BI Content

    SAP NetWeaver 7.0 BI Content Add-On 5 SP01

    BI Content for Talent Management and Talent Development

    Portal content

    Business Package for Talent Management Specialist 1.51

    Launchpad with reports in the Talent Management Specialist portal role

  • You have activated the business function HCM, Core Processes in Talent Management (HCM_TMC_CI_1). For more information, see HCM, Core Processes in Talent Management.

    The business function HCM_TMC_CI_2 enhances the features of the business function HCM_TMC_CI_1 and therefore requires that this business function is activated. The business function HCM_TMC_CI_1 is a particular prerequisite for transferring existing data to Talent Management since it comprises the new data model to which you transfer the data from the other applications.

  • You have made the required settings in Customizing for Talent Management and Talent Development. For more information, see the release note for this business function.

Features

BI Content for Talent Management and Talent Development

When you activate this business function, you have the InfoArea Talent Management and Talent Development available as new BI Content.

Note Note

Once you have activated the business functions HCM_TMC_CI_1 and HCM_TMC_CI_2, use only the new BI Content of the InfoArea Talent Management and Talent Development. Previous deliveries of BI Content for the Talent Management area are thus obsolete. For more information, see SAP Note 1223936.

End of the note.

You can use the new BI Content for the following types of analyses:

  • Succession Planning

    • Analysis of the key positions with position holders and assigned successors

    • Analysis of the number of key positions with and without successors, including the readiness of the assigned successors

    • Overview of the successor bench strength of the positions

    • Consideration of talents during Succession Planning

  • Strengths and risks

    • Distribution of performance and potential

    • Overview of all indicators for risks and potential from the talent assessments

  • Skills and competencies

    • Overview of the skills and competencies of all employees

    • Overview of the position requirements

  • Integrated evaluations for Talent Management and Personnel Administration

    • Ratio of talents to total number of employees

    • Number of employees entering and leaving the company, lateral moves, promotions, and other personnel actions per talent group

For more information, see SAP NetWeaver Library on SAP Help Portal at   http://help.sap.com/netweaver   BI Content   SAP NetWeaver 7.0 BI Content Add-On 5 SP01   Human Resources   Talent Management and Talent Development  .

Talent management specialists have a launchpad available that they can use to display queries from the InfoArea Talent Management and Talent Development, dashboards from SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius, and a log of the automatically delimited and deleted successor assignments and talent assignments. The launchpad is available in the following role versions:

  • Reports workset with the Reports iView in the Talent Management Specialist 1.51 portal role of the Business Package for Talent Management Specialist 1.51 (see Reports)

  • Reports service in the Talent Management Specialist role for SAP NetWeaver Business Client (see Reports)

For more information, see Reports in Talent Management.

Transferring Data to Talent Management

You can transfer the following information to Talent Management:

  • Data from Succession Planning in SAP E-Recruiting (PA-ER-SP):

    • Talent groups, including the assignment of internal candidates to these talent groups

    • Assignments of successors to positions, including the readiness of these successors

    • Candidate profiles

      • Synchronization of Customizing entries for the categories Education and Work Experience in the candidate profiles with the corresponding Customizing views for the talent profiles

      • Synchronization of information that candidates have stored on education and work experience in the candidate profiles with the talent profiles

  • Data from Career and Succession Planning (PA-PD-SP):

    Assignments of successors to positions

  • Data from Objective Setting and Appraisals (PA-PD-PM):

    Performance appraisals and potential appraisals

For more information, see Transfer of Data to Talent Management and SAP Note 1272565.

For more information about the Remote Function Calls (RFCs) used for the data transfer, see the Talent Management and Talent Development section of the SAP ERP Central Component Security Guide under Communication Destinations.

Discussing Talents with Missing or Invalid Performance Assessment and/or Potential Assessment in Talent Review Meetings

In talent review meetings, you can discuss and calibrate talents for whom there is no valid performance assessment and/or potential assessment in the relevant period. For more information, see Discussion of Talents with Invalid Performance Assessment/Potential Assessment in Talent Review Meetings.

Printing the Talent Profile

Talent management specialists and managers can display and print the detailed talent profile as a PDF file. For more information, see Talent Profile for Managers and Talent Management Specialists.

Printing the Calibration Grid

You can insert the calibration grid into the handouts you create while preparing talent review meetings.

For more information, see Planning and Preparation of Talent Review Meetings.

For example, you can display the calibration grid as a PDF file in the preview of a talent review meeting or while holding the talent review meeting, and then print it. For more information, see Holding of Talent Review Meetings.

When performing the talent assessment, managers can also display and print the calibration grid as a PDF file. For more information, see Talent Assessment.

Displaying the Side-By-Side Comparison

When you compare talents, the categories of the talents' short profiles (for example, the talent data or the organizational assignment) are displayed side-by-side. For more information, see Side-By-Side Comparison.

Transferring Competency Assessments to the Qualifications Profile

You can transfer the assessments that managers make for the competencies of their employees to the employees' qualifications profiles. The competency assessments for follow-up activities and decision processes that are based on the qualifications profile are then available.

For more information, see Transfer of Competency Assessments to Employee's Qualifications Profile.

For more information, see Customizing for Talent Management and Talent Development and choose   Talent Assessment   Define Forms for Talent Assessment  .

Creating Appraisal Templates for Talent Assessments

The Customizing application for creating appraisal templates has also been enhanced with the following functions:

  • You can copy appraisal templates.

  • You can delete appraisal templates that are not yet the basis of any appraisal documents.

For more information, see Customizing for Talent Management and Talent Development and choose   Talent Assessment   Define Forms for Talent Assessment  .

Deleting Uncompleted Talent Assessments

Managers can delete their talent assessments, provided that they have not completed them. For more information, see Talent Assessment.

Automatic Limiting of the Validity for Successor Assignments and Talent Assignments

The system automatically delimits or deletes successor assignments and talent assignments for employees if one of the following situations arises:

  • An employee previously assigned to a position as a potential successor becomes the new holder of this position.

  • A talent leaves the enterprise.

You can also display and clean up inconsistent successor assignments and talent assignments that already exist in your system.

For more information, see Automatic Limiting of the Validity for Successor Assignments and Talent Assignments.