Last week, Julie Alonso, Oracle Product Management Director for Core HR, presented a webinar entitled “Working the “Core”—Getting the Most Out of PeopleSoft HR”. PeopleSoft is the number one HCM solution in the world with over 4,000 customers currently utilizing the power and functionality that PeopleSoft HCM has to offer. In the webinar, Alonso highlighted many of the new features released in the latest PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 Update Image 17as well as many new developments planned to be released within the next 12 to 18 months.
Guided Self Service
One of the most notable developments in the HCM Update Image 17 is enhanced Guided Self Service capabilities. Guided Self Service, introduced in PUM Image 9, walks managers through transactions step by step, from beginning to completion. No customization is needed as Activity Guides are configurable. In Update Image 17, Activity Guides now allow users to set up compound transactions to make the transaction and approvals process as seamless and efficient as possible. In Update Image 17, users are also able to upload helpful resource documents to the transaction, allowing managers to access the help and information they need without navigating away from the page.
One of the most notable developments in the HCM Update Image 17 is enhanced Guided Self Service capabilities. Guided Self Service, introduced in PUM Image 9, walks managers through transactions step by step, from beginning to completion. No customization is needed as Activity Guides are configurable. In Update Image 17, Activity Guides now allow users to set up compound transactions to make the transaction and approvals process as seamless and efficient as possible. In Update Image 17, users are also able to upload helpful resource documents to the transaction, allowing managers to access the help and information they need without navigating away from the page.
Another additional feature released in Update Image 17 is Reg Region Lockdown, which allows users to lockdown action reasons by Reg Region.
Julie confirmed that within the next 12 months, Guided Self Service will be delivered on the small form factor, allowing managers access to complete a transaction/approval process while on the go. Responding to customer focus group requests, Oracle is also in the development stages to add features to Guided Self Service such as a Push Back feature, allowing a manager to push back a transaction rather than killing the transactions when it is not approved.
Simplified Analytics
First delivered in Image 16, Simplified Analytics allow HCM users to build tables, charts or pivot grids, providing a visual representation of data for enhanced data analysis and decision making. Users never have to leave the transaction page to create analytics and can save analytics. Within the next 18 months, Oracle is planning to deliver somewhere between 10 and 20 additional HR analytics. PeopleTools 8.55 is required to run Simplified Analytics.
Onboarding/Offboarding
Planned to be delivered within the next 12 months is a new Onboarding/Offboarding Guided Process framework utilizing Activity Guides. Customers will need to be on PeopleTools 8.55 in order to utilize this new framework. The Onboarding/Offboarding framework will include configurable steps. Users will be able to track the status of the steps, allow dependencies between steps (example: users cannot move on to step 3 until they successfully complete step 2), have approval workflow in each step and have alerts/notifications. Another great feature is that the new framework can include both PeopleSoft and non PeopleSoft steps (can include 3rd party content).
HR Administrator Experience
With Update Image 17, PeopleSoft has released an enhanced HR Administrator Experience and is now grouping more functional pages together, using tiles as application start pages.
Company Directory
In Image 17, the Company Directory is now more user friendly on mobile devices. Within the next 12 months, PeopleSoft will deliver users with the ability to export or print from the directory, show job title (not just generic job code) and display preferred name.
In Image 17, the Company Directory is now more user friendly on mobile devices. Within the next 12 months, PeopleSoft will deliver users with the ability to export or print from the directory, show job title (not just generic job code) and display preferred name.
Employee Snapshot
An Enhanced Employee Snapshot page will also be delivered, allowing users within an organization to have a 360 view of employees, including a simplified talent summary and ability to initiate actions, as well as an interactive employee page. Employee Snapshot will be delivered first to managers.
An Enhanced Employee Snapshot page will also be delivered, allowing users within an organization to have a 360 view of employees, including a simplified talent summary and ability to initiate actions, as well as an interactive employee page. Employee Snapshot will be delivered first to managers.
Display Name Configuration
Within the next 12 months, PeopleSoft is planning to make it easier and more configurable to add in names, configurable by country. A functional user will be able to go in and modify names without the need for a technical background.
Within the next 12 months, PeopleSoft is planning to make it easier and more configurable to add in names, configurable by country. A functional user will be able to go in and modify names without the need for a technical background.
Interested in learning more about how you can upgrade to PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 and access these features? Visit peoplesoftinfo.com for more information.
