Implementing Service Center in Employee Central

About SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Service Center:

Employee Central Service Center provides a comprehensive HR service delivery solution for employees, HR service representatives (agents), and HR management team.

By using Ask HR in any solution (module) of SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite, employees can receive answers to their HR questions. HR agents have instant access to data from any SAP SuccessFactors solution to help them provide accurate, consistent, and quick answers to employee questions. HR service managers can view dashboards and reports to measure and improve HR service delivery.

Integration of Systems:

This is a high-level overview of the integration of three systems that comprise this HR delivery solution. All your employee data is available in SAP SuccessFactors and replicated to SAP Cloud for Customer. Employees can create HR tickets using Ask HR in any module of SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite. The SAP Cloud for Customer system stores data from HR Tickets and provides a workspace for HR agents and HR management team to manage tickets and improve HR service delivery. Employee Central Service Center is configured in BizX as an extension application and deployed on SAP Business Technology Platform, which integrates SAP SuccessFactors and SAP Cloud for Customer systems.

Prerequisites for Setup:

Before you set up Employee Central Service Center, ensure you have these details:

Before You Begin:

This section guides you to prepare for the software implementation of your project.

To achieve this, you need to:

• Align with your HR team and define the business processes and functional scope for your HR ticketing system.
• Create a blueprint of your system landscape based on Employee Central Service Center.

SAP provides:

1. One test SAP Cloud for Customer tenant.
2. One productive SAP Cloud for Customer tenant.

There's a one-to-one relationship between each SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central instance and SAP Cloud for Customer instance.

• Consider the software release schedules of your project by:

1. Being aware of the data centers, which host your solution.
2. Checking the software release schedules for each tenant:

a. SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

b. SAP Cloud for Customer

• Plan your go-live considering that you can't obtain an SAP Cloud for Customer productive tenant during a software release upgrade.

Required Technical Knowledge:

SAP recommend that the implementation partner or consultant is knowledgeable about:

• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central: Integrations and extensions, Employee Master Data, BizX, role-based permissions, Provisioning, and so on.
• SAP Business Technology Platform: SAP Business Technology Platform extension package for SAP SuccessFactors and SAP Business Technology Platform configuration.
• SAP Cloud for Customer: Employee support configuration, integration with SAP SuccessFactors using SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI) to replicate employee data from SAP SuccessFactors and defining mash-up scenarios.

Implementation Sequence:

To implement Employee Central Service Center, follow this sequence:

1. Create an SAP SuccessFactors extension in Provisioning.
2. Subscribe to Ask HR on SAP Business Technology Platform.
3. Enable Ask HR on the Employee Central home page.
4. Enable role-based permissions in SAP SuccessFactors.
5. Configure destinations on SAP Business Technology Platform.
6. Configure Ask HR application.
7. Configure and integrate SAP Cloud for Customer with Employee Central Service Center to replicate employee data.

Here's a brief comparison between the old and new Employee Central Service Center solution.

Creating an SAP SuccessFactors Extension:

Employee Central Service Center is configured as a BizX extension application and deployed on SAP Business Technology Platform. This section is about integrating your SAP SuccessFactors instance and your SAP Business Technology Platform subaccount using Extension Management Configuration in Provisioning.

Procedure:

1. Create an integration token.

2. Add the integration token to Extension Management Configuration in Provisioning.

The Integration Status is set to Enabled. The integration token determines your SAP Business Technology Platform subaccount that is integrated with your SAP SuccessFactors instance.

A. Verify that these services are selected in Provisioning > Company Settings > Web Services:

• SF Web Service
• SFAPI
• Employee Central SOAP API

Note: If SAP SuccessFactors has the IP restrictions defined in the IP Restriction Management tool, then the IP ranges of the respective SAP Business Technology Platform region must be added as well. To convert the IP ranges of the respective SAP Business Technology Platform region to a format expected by the IP Restriction Management tool, use an IP calculator.

3. Add users to the group Extensions Administrators (Admin Center > Manage Permission Groups).

This determines the administrators who can access the Extensions page in SAP SuccessFactors.

4. Choose the permission Create Integration with SAP BTP from Administrator Permissions > Manage Extensions on SAP BTP.

5. Verify that you can access the Extension Directory for your SAP Business Technology Platform subaccount.

a. From the SAP SuccessFactors home page, search for Extensions.

The SAP Business Technology Platform subaccount (Technical Name of your subaccount) that is integrated with your SAP SuccessFactors instance is listed on the Extensions page.

b. Choose the Extension Directory link for your SAP Business Technology Platform subaccount.

The Extension Directory page appears.

Subscribing to the Ask HR Application on SAP Business Technology Platform:

After you’ve established an extension between your SAP Business Technology Platform subaccount and your SAP SuccessFactors instance, you need to subscribe to the SAP Business Technology Platform applications for your subaccount.

Prerequisites:

Ensure that either your Production or Preview account is active.

Procedure:

1. Go to SAP BTP Cockpit > Services > Extension Suite - Digital Process Automation.

2. Enable either SAP SuccessFactors EC Service Center (Preview) or SAP SuccessFactors EC Service Center (Production).

The SAP account provides subscriptions to two applications for your subaccount:

• The javaproxy application, which ensures security compliance.
• The askhr application, which is the user interface.

3. Choose Applications > Subscriptions to confirm the subscriptions to the javaproxy and askhr applications for your subaccount.

Enabling Ask HR on the SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Home Page:

In this section, you learn how to enable the Ask HR icon on the Employee Central home page.

Procedure:

1. Log on to Employee Central.

2. Search for Extensions.

Note: You may be redirected to the Extension Centre for these steps.

Ensure that you've chosen the permission Create Integration with SAP BTP from Administrator Permissions > Manage Extensions on SAP BTP. If you don't see this permission, you need to refresh the metadata.

3. Choose the Extension Directory link for your subaccount.

4. Choose the + button on the Extension Directory page to create a new extension.

5. On the Create Extension page, enter an extension name and select SuccessFactors Extensions from the Template Source list.

6. Choose Starter Extension.

7. Choose Create.

8. Choose Edit on the new extension.

9. If required, expand the menu in the left pane and choose Content Management > Apps.

10. Choose the + icon on the bottom bar, to create a new app.

On the Properties page:

11. In the App Resource field, browse and select the HTML5 App Name entry that matches the HTML5 application name in Subscriptions.

12. Choose OK.

13. The HTML5 application name is prefilled as the App Title. You can also enter a name of your choice.

14. In the Semantic Object field, enter Home. This is case-sensitive.

15. In the Action field, enter show. This is case-sensitive.

On the Catalogs page:

16. Choose the + icon and select the catalog Everyone.

17. Choose OK and Save.

In Settings:

18. Choose Settings > Edit and select 1.71 from the SAPUI5 Version list in System Settings.

19. In Home Pages, ensure that you have only one entry listed, that is the HTML5 application name.

20. Choose Save and OK.

21. Choose Publish. Ensure that you select Clear HTML5 application cache.

In Provisioning:

22. Go to Provisioning > Company Settings > Enable Service Center Add-On.

23. In the Target URL field, paste the Site URL. The Site URL is available in SAP BTP Cockpit > Settings of the published Ask HR starter extension app.

24. Choose Save Feature.

Enter the company Id of your SAP SuccessFactors instance and choose Confirm.

Enabling Role-Based Permissions in SAP SuccessFactors:

This section is about the role-based permissions, which you need to enable in SAP SuccessFactors to access Employee Central Service Center.

Procedure:

To Create a New Role

1.Go to Admin Center > Manage Permission Roles.

2. Choose Create New.

3. Enter a name and description for the role.

4. Choose Permission....

5. In Admin Center Permissions, select these permissions:

• Read Execution Manager Events
•        Read Execution Manager Event Payload or Event Report

6. Choose Done and Save Changes.

To Grant Permissions to Administrators and Employees

7. Go to Admin Center > Manage Permission Roles.

8. Choose the role to which you want to grant the permissions.

9. Choose Permission....

10. In the category General User Permission, select the permission User Login.

11. In the category Manage Integration Tools, select the permission Access to Business Scenarios.

12. In the category Employee Central API, choose permission:

• Select All: For administrators
• Select All: For employees, except permission Employee Central Compound Employee API (restricted access).

13. In the category Service Center, choose Select All.

14. Optional, only if Contact HR has been configured. Grant permissions to employees and administrators in Miscellaneous Permissions > Service Center Contact Information.

Select permission:

• View: For employees
• Edit and Import/Export: For administrators

Configuring Destinations on SAP Business Technology Platform:

This section guides you in establishing a connection between your SAP SuccessFactors instance and your SAP Cloud for Customer tenant by configuring destinations in your SAP Business Technology Platform tenant.

A destination is a URL to which you can forward requests. You want to configure these three destinations in your SAP Business Technology Platform tenant:

• Bizx_Odata
• CloudForCustomer
• javaproxy (configured automatically when you enable Employee Central Service Center Preview or Production in Services.)

Note: If you want to integrate a knowledge base, then you need to configure destinations either for OpenSearch, SAP SuccessFactors Work Zone, or SAP Jam after configuring the respective knowledge base.

Procedure:

1. Go to SAP BTP Cockpit > Connectivity > Destinations > New Destination.

2. Enter the required details for each destination in Destination Configuration.

For the Bizx_Odata destination:

• Name: Bizx_Odata (This is case-sensitive)
• Type: HTTP
• URL: https://<app-server-domain>/odata/v2
• Proxy Type: Internet
• Audience: www.successfactors.com
• Client Key: API Key (Go to Admin Center > Manage OAuth2 Client Applications and choose View for your subaccount. Then copy the API key.)
• Token Service URL: https://<app-server-domain>:443/oauth/token
• Additional Properties:

1. assertionIssuer: API Key

Note: To improve the performance of Ask HR, add skipUserAttributesResolution=true to the URL.

1. companyId: company Id of your SAP SuccessFactors instance
2. nameQualifier: www.successfactors.com

For the CloudForCustomer destination:

• Name: CloudForCustomer (This is case-sensitive)
• Type: HTTP
• URL: https://<your SAP Cloud for Customer tenant Id>.crm.ondemand.com
• Proxy Type: Internet
• Authentication: ClientCertificateAuthentication
• Key Store Location: X.509 certificate file (Choose Upload and Delete Certificates and select the X.509 certificate that you downloaded in the SAP Cloud for Customer system)
• Key Store Password: Password created for the X.509 certificate in the SAP Cloud for Customer system

For the javaproxy destination, if you need to configure it manually:

• Name: javaproxy (This is case-sensitive.)
• Type: HTTP
• URL: javaproxy application URL (Copy the external application URL from the subscribed javaproxy application)
• Proxy Type: Internet
• Authentication: AppToAppSSO

3.     Choose Save.

Optional: Enabling additional properties in Bizx_Odata destination configuration.

To enable or disable certain Ask HR fields, you can add these properties to the Bizx_Odata destination configuration.

• showAffectedUserField: to enable or disable employee access to an HR ticket that is created for an employee.
• hideIncidentCategoryField: to enable or disable the visibility of an HR ticket category.
• hidePriorityField: to enable or disable the priority of an HR ticket.

4. Open the Bizx_Odata destination and choose Edit.

5. Choose New Property for each additional property you want to add.

Two empty fields are added to Additional Properties.

6. In the first field, enter one of these identifiers: showAffectedUserField, hideIncidentCategoryField, or hidePriorityField.

7. In the second field enter either a yes to enable the property or a no to disable the property.

Note: By default

• The <Affected User> field isn't visible on the Ask HR user interface.
• The <Incident Category> field is visible on the Ask HR user interface.
• The <Priority> field is visible on the Ask HR user interface.

Choose Save.

Configuring ASK HR application:

Enabling Ask HR application in SAP SuccessFactors Modules

To enable the Ask HR application in SAP SuccessFactors modules you must edit the permissions in Admin Center.

Procedure:

1. Go to Admin Center > Manage Permission Roles.
2. Choose the role to which you want to grant the permission.
3. Choose Permission....
4. In the category General User Permission, choose Service Center > Access Service Center.

If the Access Service Center permission isn't selected, the Ask HR application is not visible in SAP SuccessFactors modules.

5. Choose Confirm to save your changes.

Customizing Ask HR Application Name:

The Ask HR application now displays as (Ask HR icon) in the page header and you have the option to rename Ask HR to a name of your choice.

Procedure:

1. Log in to your SuccessFactors instance, search, and click Manage Data.
2. On the Manage Data page, select the ServiceCenterLocalizationBean.
3. Enter the new name for the application, based on the languages supported.
4. Click Save to save your changes.

Renaming Ask HR Application Labels:

You can rename the labels of the tiles on the Ask HR Landing page and the Create Ticket page.

Prerequisites:

• You have administrator privileges to access Manage Data.
• You have enabled Service Center Configuration (User Permissions > Miscellaneous Permissions) permissions (View, Edit, Import/Export) for your administrator role.

Procedure:

1. Log on to your SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central instance as an administrator.
2. Search and choose Manage Data.
3. From the Create New list on the Manage Data page, select Service Center Configuration.
4. Enter the required labels.
5. Save your changes.

Configuring Contact data to enable Contact HR option on ASK HR application:

This section describes the steps you need to follow to have administrative privileges for your SAP SuccessFactors instance.

Procedure:

1. Login to your SuccessFactors instance, search and click Manage Permission Roles.
2. On the Permission Role List page, click System admin.
3. On the Permission Role Detail page, click Permissions.
4. On the Permission settings page, click Miscellaneous Permissions. Enable the following in the Service Center Contact Information Entity box, and click Done:

• View
• Edit
• Import-Export
• Field Level Overrides

Enabling Contact HR:

In your SAP SuccessFactors instance, you can enable Contact HR on the Ask HR application by granting permissions to employees.

Procedure:

1. Log on to your SuccessFactors instance.
2. Search and choose Manage Data.
3. Choose Create New > Service Center Contact Information and add contact details for your company (this is a one to many mapping, so you can configure one support email for multiple country entries).
4. Grant the view permission for employees.

To achieve this:

• Choose Manage Permission Roles.
• Choose Employee Self Service > Permissions.
• Go to Miscellaneous Permissions > Service Center Contact Information and choose the View permission.
• Choose Done and Finished to save your changes.
• Choose Save Changes.

Controlling the Visibility of the Contact HR Tab:

You can use an additional property while configuring the Bizx_Odata destination to control the visibility of the Contact HR tab.

Prerequisites:

Ensure that you've configured the Bizx_Odata destination.

Procedure:

1. Go to SAP Business Technology Platform cockpit.
2. Choose your Extension Platform Account.
3. From Subaccounts, select your subaccount.
4. Choose Connectivity > Destinations > Bizx_Odata.
5. From Destination Configuration, choose Edit.
6. Choose New Property and add the disableContactTab identifier.
7. Enter either a yes or no as the disableContactTab field value.

Note: By default, the Contact HR tab is visible to employees. The disableContactTab field value yes or no is case sensitive.

8. Choose Save.

Knowledge Base Integration:

An integrated knowledge base provides employees personalized and relevant HR policy information and the ability to search for the most frequently asked HR questions. Providing information to employees when required, enhances employee experience and reduces the need for employees to create HR tickets.

You can configure a knowledge base using:

• SAP Jam Collaboration
• An OpenSearch-enabled solution such as MindTouch

Configuring SAP SuccessFactors Work Zone Knowledge Base:

You can integrate an SAP SuccessFactors Work Zone knowledge base with Employee Central Service Center.

Prerequisites:

Before you configure an SAP Work Zone knowledge base, ensure that you have:

• An SAP SuccessFactors Work Zone license.

Procedure:

1. Create a SAML IDP in SAP Work Zone.

a. Logon to your SAP Work Zone instance.

b. Choose Profile > Administration Console.

c. Choose Authentication & Authorization > SAML Trusted IDPs > Register your SAML Trusted IDP.

d. Copy the Local Provider Name from the SAP Business Technology Platform Server Trust page and paste it in the IDP ID field.

e. Copy the Signing Certificate from the SAP Business Technology Platform Server Trust page and paste it in X509 Certificate (Base64) field.

f. Choose Register.

2. Configure a destination for SAP Work Zone.

a. Go to SAP BTP Cockpit > Connectivity > Destinations > New Destination.

b. Enter these details for the SAP Work Zone destination in Destination Configuration.

For the sap_workzone_odata destination.

• Name: sap_workzone_odata (This is case-sensitive.)
• Type: HTTP
• URL: Copy custom domain URL (SAP Work Zone Administration console > Overview)
• Proxy Type: Internet
• Authentication: OAuth2SAMLBearerAssertion
• Audience: www.cubetree.com
• Client Key: OAuth Client Key

Follow these steps to obtain the OAuth Client Key.

1) In your SAP Work Zone instance, select Administration Console.

2) Choose External Integrations > OAuth Clients > Add OAuth Client.

3) In the Name field, enter SAP Business Technology Platform.

4) In the Integration URL field, enter the Local Provider Name from the SAP Business Technology Platform Server Trust page.

5) Choose Save.

6) Choose OAuth Clients > View.

7) Copy the Key value.

• Token Service URL: https://<your SAP Work Zone URL>/api/v1/auth/token
• Additional Properties:

a. nameQualifier: www.successfactors.com

b. TrustAll: true

3. Choose Save.

Configuring Search Categories:

You can predefine categories to refine your search results in an SAP SuccessFactors Work Zone knowledge base.

Prerequisites:

You have configured the destination sap_workzone_odata for your SAP Work Zone account.

Procedure:

1. Go to the Destinations page.

2. Choose the destination sap_workzone_odata.

3. Choose Edit in Destination Configuration.

4. Choose New Property.

5. In Additional Properties, add allowedWorkZoneCategories as the identifier.

6. Enter these allowedWorkZoneCategories values separated by a comma but without a space.

7. Choose Save.

Disabling Search Fields:

You can hide fields that you don't wish to display in the Search tab of an SAP Work Zone knowledge base.

Procedure:

1. Go to the Destinations page.

2. Choose the destination sap_workzone_odata.

3. Choose Edit in Destination Configuration.

4. Choose New Property.

5. In Additional Properties, add hideField as the identifier.

6. Enter these hideField values separated by a comma but without a space.

Note:

• The hideField values are case-sensitive.
• If the hideField parameter isn't specified in the destination parameters, all the supported search
• fields are visible in the Search tab.
• The Title field is mandatory and it can't be disabled.

7. Choose Save.

Configuring SAP Jam Knowledge Base:

You can integrate an SAP Jam knowledge base with Employee Central Service Center.

Prerequisites:

Before you configure an SAP Jam knowledge base, ensure that you have:

• The SAP Jam Advanced Plus version.
• An SAP Jam instance integrated with your BizX instance.

Procedure:

1. Create a SAML IDP in SAP Jam.

a. Logon to your SAP Jam instance.

b. Choose Services > SAP Jam > Go to Service.

c. From  Settings, choose Admin.

d. Choose SAML Trusted IDPs > Register your Identity Provider.

e. Copy the Local Provider Name from the SAP Business Technology Platform Server Trust page and paste it in the IDP ID field.

f. Copy the Signing Certificate from the SAP Business Technology Platform Server Trust page and paste it in X509 Certificate (Base64) field.

g. From Allowed Assertion Scope > Users in my Company, choose Register.

2. Configure a destination for SAP Jam.

a. Go to SAP BTP Cockpit > Connectivity > Destinations > New Destination.

b. Enter these details for the SAP Jam destination in Destination Configuration list, select.

For the sap_jam_odata destination:

• Name: sap_jam_odata (This is case-sensitive.)
• Type: HTTP
• URL: https://<your SAP Jam URL>
• Proxy Type: Internet
• Authentication list, select: OAuth2SAMLBearerAssertion
• Audience: www.cubetree.com
• Client Key: OAuth Client Key

Follow these steps to obtain the OAuth Client Key

1. In your SAP Jam instance, select Admin from  Settings
2. Choose OAuth Clients > Add OAuth Client.
3. In the Name field, enter SAP Business Technology Platform.
4. In the Integration URL field, enter the Local Provider Name from the SAP Business Technology Platform Server Trust page.
5. Choose Save.
6. Choose OAuth Clients > View.
7. Copy the Key value.

• Token Service URL: https://<your SAP Jam URL>/api/v1/auth/token
• Additional Properties:

a. nameQualifier: www.successfactors.com

b. TrustAll: true

3. Choose Save.

Configuring Search Categories:

You can predefine categories to refine your search results in an SAP Jam knowledge base.

Procedure:

1.Go to the Destinations page.

2. Choose the destination sap_jam_odata.

3. Choose Edit in Destination Configuration.

4. Choose New Property.

5. In Additional Properties, add allowedJamCategories as the identifier.

6. Enter these allowedJamCategories values separated by a comma but without a space.

Note:

• The allowedJamCategories values are case-sensitive.
• If you don’t specify the allowedJamCategories property, results from all the search categories of the knowledge base are displayed.

7. Choose Save.

Disabling Search Fields:

You can hide fields that you don't wish to display in the Search tab of an SAP Jam knowledge base.

Procedure:

1.Go to the Destinations page.

2. Choose the destination sap_jam_odata.

3. Choose Edit in Destination Configuration.

4. Choose New Property.

5. In Additional Properties, add hideField as the identifier.

6. Enter these hideField values separated by a comma but without a space.

Note:

• The hideField values are case-sensitive.
• If the hideField parameter isn't specified in the destination parameters, all the supported search fields are visible in the Search tab.
• The Title field is mandatory and it can't be disabled.

7. Choose Save.

Configuring ASK HR in different locales:

Enabling Supported Locales:

You can view the Ask HR application in different locales.

The locales supported for Employee Central Service Center are:

• Arabic
• Bulgarian
• Chinese (6implified Chinese)
• Czech
• Dutch
• English
• Finnish
• French
• French (Canadian)
• German
• Greek
• Hungarian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Polish
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Romanian
• Russian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Thai
• Turkish

To enable a locale in Provisioning, follow these steps:

Procedure:

1. Log on to Provisioning and select your company instance.
2. Choose Edit Company Settings > Company Settings.
3. From Language Packs, select one of the languages supported by Employee Central Service Center.
4. Choose Save.
5. On the Confirm changes page, enter the company ID and choose Confirm.

Configuring a new language in ASK HR application:

After the supported languages appear in your SAP SuccessFactors instance, you can switch from one locale to another.

Procedure:

1. Logon to your SAP SuccessFactors instance using administrator privileges.
2. From the extreme top right corner under Admin, click Options.
3. On the Options page, click Change Language.
4. From the displayed language options, select the language you want to switch to and click Switch.

Configuring SAPUI5 version for ASK HR

Upgrading to SAPUI5 Version 1.71:

It is recommended that you upgrade your existing SAPUI5 version to 1.71. The Ask HR application may not behave as intended with higher versions.

Procedure:

1. Go to Admin Center, and search for Extension Centre.
2. On the Extension Centre page, choose Extensions on SAP BTP.
3. In the Neo Environment section, choose the SAP Cloud Portal URL link.
4. On the Extension Directory page, choose Edit on the Ask HR tile.
5. On the Ask HR page, choose  Settings.
6. Choose Edit on the page footer.
7. In System Settings, select the SAPUI5 version from the list.
8. Choose Save.
9. After your changes are saved, choose  Publish.
10. In the Publish dialog, select Clear HTML5 application cache and choose Publish.

For the selected SAPUI5 version, enable the supported theme from Theme Manager.

Enabling supported theme for SAPUI5 version from Theme Manager:

You must select the appropriate theme from the Theme Manager for the upgraded SAPUI5 version to be processed completely.

There are two themes available in the Admin Center > Theme Manager corresponding to the SAPUI5 version. The table below shows the theme you must select corresponding to the SAPUI5 version.

Procedure:

1.Login to Admin Center and choose Theme Manager.

2. Select the corresponding theme as per your current SAPUI5 version.

3. Click Save to save your changes.

Configuring SAP Cloud for Customer:

To configure SAP Cloud for Customer, you must define functional scope for the Ticketing System, replicate Employee Central master data to your SAP Cloud for Customer system and configure service scenarios.

To configure SAP Cloud for Customer, you must:

• Define functional scope for the Ticketing System, Ticket Processing, Ticket Routing.
• Replicate the following Employee Central master data to your SAP Cloud for Customer system.

1. Personal details like first-name, last-name, gender, form of address.
2. Business email (required used as key identifier to fetch employees ticket information).
3. Business address & phone -> Workplace address in SAP Cloud for Customer.
4. Job information used to calculate the employee’s validity.

• Configure Service scenarios:

1. Covering the functional scope for ticket handling.
2. Customizing the employee support scenario in SAP Cloud for Customer.
3. (optional) Configuring mashup within the agent workspace to access the SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central system.

Configuring Service Scenarios:

You must configure service scenarios to configure SAP Cloud for Service.

Some of the service scenarios are listed below:

• Configuring Attachment Types
• Configure Tickets for Employee Support
• Configure Service catalog
• Activate the Employee Work center for your HR Agents

Configuring attachment Types:

Ensure that your employees can only upload attachments that obey security standards. There may be certain file types that contain java script which may pose a security risk for your company. In general SAP Cloud for Service runs a virus checker for each and every file that gets into the system. Also, all APIs go through the same functionality. SAP Cloud for Service also provides a customizing option to specify allowed mime types/file type. SAP recommend you to take out at least document types with a high security risk such as ‘html’ in your SAP Cloud for Service tenant.

Procedure:

1. Navigate to the following work center view.

Work Center: BUSINESS CONFIGURATION

View: IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS

2. Choose Open Activity List.

3. Choose Fine-Tune.

4. Choose Allowed MIME Types for Document Upload.

5. Filter for MIME Type: text/html.

6. Activate the basic settings- MIME Type Check Active.

7. Check the Allowed check box.

8. Click Save to save your changes and close.

Ticket Status:

With regards to the Ticket status, you have to configure the Ticket status schema exactly how it is described here.

We need this because the new ASK HR UI interacts with the ticket status. This is why we need to know the corresponding technical key and thus status.

Before you start configuring the ASK HR ticket status schema in your SAP Cloud for Service tenant ensure that you have:

• Administration privileges
• In your project scope, selected employee support under Node Service

Configure Service Level:

Procedure:

1. Navigate to the following work center view.

Work Center: ADMINISTRATOR

View: SERVICE and SOCIAL

2. Under SLA Setup, Choose Service Levels.

3. Click New and Choose Service Level.

4. In General Tab, add Service Level Name and Service Level ID.

Service Level Name: Critical_Ticket

Service Level ID: Critical_Ticket

5. In Reaction Times, Create Milestones.

6. Click on Add Row and select a milestone: Due Date for Initial Review.

7. Select the Flag for Alert when Overdue.

8. Add details for milestone based on Types of service and Priority based on the table.

9. Click Add Row and select milestone: Due Date for Completion.

10. Select Flag for Alert when Overdue option and Recalculate.

11. Add details for milestone based on Types of service and Priority.

12. In Operating Hours Section add the Occurrence and Time range for your service level.

13. Choose Save and Change Status to Active and Close.

14. In previous step, Select Determine Service Level.

15. Click Add Row.

16. Click * to select the Ticket type and Service Level.

17. Maintain below condition for Service level and choose OK.

18. Choose Save.

19. Choose Action and click on Activate Rule. You can define Service level for another field as well. Click on Adapt Column to add more field to Define Service Level.

Configure Tickets for Employee Support:

 Procedure:

1. Navigate to the following work center view.

Work Center: BUSINESS CONFIGURATION

View: IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS

1. Choose Open Activity List.
2. Choose Fine-Tune.
3. Choose Tickets for Employee Support.
4. Choose Maintain Status Dictionary Entries.
5. Maintain the following details.

Note: You can’t add any new custom status code and SAP support only the status codes mentioned below:

7. Choose Save and Close.

8. Choose Maintain Status Schema.

9. Add a new Schema ‘ZE’ Employee Support and use add row function to add the sequence and status code.

10. Choose Save and Close.

11. Choose Maintain Document Types and enter the details below.

12. <Optional> Enable Different Catalogs for Different Countries. By using this option, you can enable catalogs to view information specific to your geography. Similarly, you can configure service and incident categories separately for different countries.

a. Click Add Row and enter the details.

To configure the above feature, create multiple document types in the following format.

To create your entries, ensure that Document Type begins with the letter Z followed by the first 3 letters of your country code (for example, ZIND - for India, ZUSA - for USA).

To find the country code:

•  In the Tools search field, type Picklist Center.
•  Under Picklists, search country.
•  Click country and select an active version.

13. Choose Save and Close.

14. Choose Maintain Involved Party.

15. Select Party Role Service and Support Team and Click on Maintain Determination.

16. Check the Flag for Determination: Use Rules for Service and Support Team.

17. Choose Save and Close.

Configuring the Service Catalog

 Service Category:

Service categories are used to capture consistent information, to allow reporting and benchmarking, and for determining service level assignments.

1. To create and organize service categories and incident categories (subcategories) within service category catalogs, go to Administrator > Service and Social > Service Categories.

2. Click New to create your own Service Catalog with a 2 tier structure.

3. <Optional> Enable Different Catalogs for Different Countries

By using this option, you can enable catalogs to view information specific to your geography. Similarly, you can configure service and incident categories separately for different countries.

a. Select Service Issue Category Catalog Usage and click Remove.

b. Click Add and select the ticket type you created.

After all the country-specific catalogs are created, you can create a default catalog that is used for employees based out of other countries. To do this, create a service catalog under the ticket type * or SRRE.

4. Choose Catalog Structure and maintain the following.

Note: A third level category isn't supported.

The category type Incident is the subcategory of the Service Category type. Ensure that the ID used in Service category and Incident category are different and unique. Reusing the same or out dated ID can cause filter inconsistency in the Ask HR application.

In a scenario where we have an Incident type not mapped to a Service Category, then on selecting any Service Category on the ASK HR application you see the unmapped Incident type along with the mapped Incident types.

Relation Between Service Category and Incident Category:

5. Choose Save and change the status to Release.

Enabling Employee Support Work Center for your Agents:

How Agents/HR Representative access the Employee Support Workspace can be configured in the SAP Cloud for Service system. The work center ‘Employee Support’ is available under work center ‘Service’.

How to Set up the Employee Support Work Center: Business Role for HR Manager

1. Log on to your SAP Cloud for Service system with administrative privileges, and navigate to the ‘ADMINISTRATOR’ work center in General settings view.

2. Under Users, select Business Roles.

3. Choose New > Business Role.

4. Enter below details:

5. Choose the tab WORK CENTER AND VIEW ASSIGNMENTS.

6. Select below assignment.

7. Go to Access Restrictions tab, search for Employee Support work center and add Organization Restriction by Selecting Restriction Rule as Define Specific Restrictions.

8. Add Restricted in Read Access and Write Access dropdown for Employee Support.

9. Select Action → Activate.

10. Click Save and Close.

How to Set-up the Employee Support work center: Business Role for HR Service Agents

1. Log on to your SAP Cloud for Service system with administrative privileges, and navigate to the ‘ADMINISTRATOR’ work center in General settings view.

2. Under Users, select Business Roles.

3. Choose New > Business Role.

4. Enter below details:

5. Choose the tab WORK CENTER AND VIEW ASSIGNMENTS.

6. Select below assignment.

7. Go to Access Restrictions tab, search for Employee Support work center.

8. Add Restricted in Read Access and Write Access dropdown for Employee Support.

9. Under Restriction Rule, choose 01-Service Units of Employee.

10. Select Action → Activate.

11. Click Save and Close the business roles page.

Verifying the permission settings for SF API:

After the SAP Business Technology Platform extension account is created, you must verify the permission settings for SF API.

Procedure:

1. Login to Employee Central Provisioning and select your company instance.
2. Click Company Settings under Edit Company Settings.
3. Under Web Services, enable SFAPI, SFAPI Adhoc Feature and Employee Central SOAP API.
4. Click Save to save your changes.
5. Login to your SAP SuccessFactors Company account.
6. In the search bar, search for Manage Permission Roles.
7. Under Permission Role List, click Super_Admin.
8. On the Permission Role Detail page, enter the Role Name, Description.
9. Under Permission settings, click Permissions to specify what permissions a user in this role must have.
10. On the Permission Setting page, click General User Permission from the left bar and select the SFAPI User Login.
11. Click Done.
12. Click Save Changes to save changes.

Replicating employee data by integrating SAP Cloud for Customer with Success Factors Employee Central Service Center using SAP SuccessFactors- Integration Center:

You can replicate employee data by integrating SAP Cloud for Customer with Success Factors Employee Central Service Center using SAP SuccessFactors- Integration Center.

To replicate employee data you must:

1. Assign the necessary role-based permissions to all admins so that they can access and configure various business scenarios.
2. Configure the SAP Cloud for Customer system to be able to enter the configured details while configuring a business scenario.
3. Access pre-defined integration scenarios.
4. Monitor a configured business scenario through Execution Manager and Web Service Message Monitoring.

Assigning Role-Based Permissions for Business Scenarios:

Assign the necessary role-based permissions to all admins so that they can access and configure various business scenarios.

Procedure:

1. Go to Admin Center > Manage Permission Roles that directs you to the Permission Role List page.
2. Select the Permission Role group you want to edit that directs you to the Permission Role Detail page.
3. Select Permissions that opens up the Permission settings page.
4. Under Administrator Permissions > Manage Integration Tools, select the option Access to Business Scenarios.
5. Select Done to save, which direct you back to the Permission Role Details page.
6. Select Save Changes to finish.

Configuring SAP Cloud for Customer System:

You must configure the SAP Cloud for Customer system to be able to enter the configured details while configuring a business scenario.

All detailed instructions required in configuring the SAP Cloud for Customer system are listed in the Configuration Phase: Configure Integration in Cloud Solution section of the Prepackaged Integration with SuccessFactors Employee Central handbook.

Accessing pre-defined integration scenarios from Business Scenarios:

Pre-defined integration scenarios are available on the Business Scenarios page, where you can configure some fields and the remaining are read-only fields that are fixed by SAP SuccessFactors.

Procedure:

1. Go to Admin Center > Business Scenarios that directs you to the Business Scenarios page. On this page, you will see a list of scenarios.

2. Click ON to activate the EC employee replication to C4C for askhr scenario. To configure the scenario, click OK. You will see a settings page with the following four tabs:

• Options
• Configure Fields
• Filter and Sort
• Destination Settings
• Scheduling
• Review and Run

3. On the Options tab, you set general options for the scenario you are trying to configure. For the Destination Page Size you must specify the maximum number of employee records per output batch/page.

4. On the Configure Fields tab, you can edit the layout and field transformations for the integration scenario output.

The following two fields are mandatory and must be configured to proceed further:

1) Message Header > SenderParty > InternalID

You must map this field to the System Instance ID (ID) field value which is configured in the Communication System that you setup previously in SAP Cloud for Customer.

2) Message Header > RecipientParty > InternalID

You must map this field to the My System field value which is configured in the Communication Arrangements that you setup previously in SAP Cloud for Customer.

5. On the Filter and Sort tab, you can add filters of your choice for the integration data query.

6. On the Destination Settings tab you must enter the Server Settings details that you entered while configuring SAP Cloud for Customer.

7. On the Scheduling tab, specify how often the job is to run and enter the start date and time and (optional) end date.

8. On the Review and Run tab review your settings before you save, run, or schedule your scenario.

Monitoring a Business Scenario:

Enabling Execution Manager from Admin Center:

Assign the necessary role-based permissions to all admins so that they can monitor integration scenarios in Execution Manager.

Procedure:

1. Go to Admin Center > Manage Permission Roles that directs you to the Permission Role List page.
2. Select the Permission Role group you want to edit that directs you to the Permission Role Detail page.
3. Select Permissions that opens up the Permission settings page.
4. Under Administrator Permissions > Admin Center Permissions, select the following permissions, Read Execution Manager Events and Read Execution Manager Event Payload or Event Report.
5. Select Done to save, which direct you back to the Permission Role Details page.
6. Select Save Changes to finish.

Monitoring an integration:

In Execution manager, you can monitor the status of executed integrations and those in progress. You can also view useful error/log messages in the Execution Manager.

Procedure:

1. Go to Admin Center > Execution Manager Dashboard that directs you to the Business Scenarios page. On this page, you will see a list of scenarios. On the Execution Manager page you can view the scheduled jobs displaying information on the jobs:

• Completed With Errors
• Completed With Warnings
• Completed Successfully
• In Progress
• Unknown
• Failed

2. To know more about how to monitor an integration, see Integration Center.

Web Service Message Monitoring:

The Web Service Message Monitoring view allows you to monitor and process asynchronous incoming and outgoing messages.

To know about Web Service Message Monitoring you must refer the SAP Cloud for Customer Set Up Guide.

Configuring Attachment Types in SAP Cloud for Customer System:

The HR agent can configure attachment types for Employee Central Service Center by selecting the appropriate one in the SAP Cloud for Customer system.

On the ASK HR application an employee/HR agent can upload attachments as part of any conversation that are relevant to a particular HR ticket.

However, on the SAP Cloud for Customer system, the HR agent has an option to classify attachments based on its type. On the SAP Cloud for Customer system, the following attachments types are available:

1. Graphical Signature of Agent
2. Graphical Signature of Empl. Responsible
3. Internal Attachment
4. Standard Attachment
5. Summary

If the HR agent selects the attachment type as "Internal Attachment" then that attachment will not be displayed on the Employee Central Service Center application and the same will not be visible to the employee.

If the HR agent selects the attachment type as "Standard Attachment" then that attachment will be displayed on Employee Central Service Center application and the same will be visible to the employee.

Adding internal notes to a ticket in SAP Cloud for Customer System:

The HR agent can add internal notes to a ticket to find more information on it from a peer or supervisor.

For every HR ticket raised by an employee the HR agent may or may not have a solution in hand. In some cases, to provide the best solution for a ticket, he may need more information. In such a scenario he can add internal notes for a ticket asking for more information from a peer/supervisor.

Internal notes for a ticket in SAP Cloud for Customer system can be added by browsing through Overview > Interactions. On clicking Add Note, the HR agent can post his query which will get saved under Interactions.

Generating X.509 Certificate in SAP Cloud for Customer:

You need the X.509 certificate to configure the destination for the SAP Cloud for Customer system in your SAP Business Technology Platform tenant.

Procedure:

1. Log on to the SAP Cloud for Customer system.

2. Go to Administrator > General Settings > Communication Systems (Integration).

3. Choose New to create a new communication system.

4. Enter an ID.

5. Enter a host name.

6. For the <System Access Type> field, select Internet.

7. Choose Save.

8. Choose Actions > Set to Active and Save.

9. Choose Communication Arrangements > New.

10. Select the communication scenario OData Services for Business Objects.

11. Choose Next.

12. Select the communication system instance ID.

13. Choose Next.

14. Choose SSL Client Certificate as the authentication method.

15. Assign these OData services:

• employeebasicdata
• serviceassignment
• serviceissuecategorycatalogue
• servicerequestinteraction
• ticket

16. Choose Edit Credentials > Certificate.

17. Choose Create and Download Key Pair.

18. Enter a password and choose OK.

19. Choose Next and then Finish.

Validating the Ask HR application:

Knowledge Base Configured: The following screen appears if the SAP Jam knowledge base has been configured.

Knowledge Base Not Configured: The following screen appears if the SAP Jam knowledge base has not been configured.

HR Contact Information Configured: The following screen appears if the HR contact information has been configured.

HR Contact Information Not Configured: The following screen appears if the HR contact information has not been configured.

Troubleshooting

Scenario 1: SAP Cloud for Customer stops responding

Description:

If the SAP Cloud for Customer system stops responding we have a workaround for this.

Workaround:

This error may occur due to one of the following reasons:

• System planned downtime

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• System un-planned downtime

If the system is not down due to a planned downtime then you need to contact your system administrator.

Scenario 2: Employee not replicated to SAP Cloud for Customer or to SAP Jam

Description:

You could face this issue where an employee is not replicated to SAP Cloud for Customer or SAP Jam. This may occur in case the replication process fails due to data corruption, or the employee was created during the interval when replication was not happening.

Workaround:

To resolve this issue you can:

• Wait for some time to have the replication handled by the system.

or

• Contact your system administrator.

Scenario 3: SAP Business Technology Platform stops responding

Description:

You may know that the SAP Business Technology Platform is down if the ASK HR application fails to load. This may occur if the SAP Business Technology Platform is in the maintenance and it is a planned down time.

Workaround:

This error may occur due to one of the following reasons:

• System planned downtime

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• System un-planned downtime

If the system is not down due to a planned downtime then you need to contact your system administrator.

• SAP Business Technology Platform URL is not valid

Validate the SAP Business Technology Platform URL.

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