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1H 2025 Edit
Approver Replacement Logic Now Person-Based
General Availability Info Only Automatically On Impact: Medium AI Enriched
Description

Approver replacement in Employee Central workflows has been enhanced and is now person-based. See More

Detailed Description

Approver replacement in Employee Central workflows has been enhanced and is now person-based. Approver replacement ensures that an employee who is the subject user of a workflow cannot serve as a step approver. Instead, the system automatically assigns their manager as the step approver. Previously, the logic was employment-based (user-based), allowing one employment to approve a request where another employment of the same person was the subject user.

Impact Assessment

This deprecation directly affects SAP SuccessFactors implementations that rely on the functionality being retired. Customers must plan and complete migration before the announced deadline to avoid service disruption.

Test Recommendations
• Verify that the deprecated feature is identified in all affected environments (production, staging, sandbox). • Test alternative workflows or replacement features to ensure parity with current functionality. • Validate that all existing configurations have been migrated to the new solution before the deletion date. • Conduct regression testing on downstream processes that depend on the deprecated functionality. • Test existing workflows and business rules to confirm they trigger correctly with the new mechanism.
Product: Employee Central
Modules: Process Automation
Feature: Workflows
Reference: ECT-243336
Version: 1H 2025
Valid as Of: May 16, 2025
Latest Revision: Apr 04, 2025
Affected Areas:
Employee Central Workflows & Business Rules Org Management