Mastering SAP HCM Processes & Forms

This is the second SAP interactive book from me, this time on SAP Human Capital Management Processes and Forms (HCM P&F or HCM PF). This is a fun book to read (well, ahem, for SAP HR aficionados) fully interactive - squeeze, swish, tap to start things happening. What you liked with the previous books (screenshots) has been taken to the next level - much more screenshots! On top of that there is a lot of code to sample. In this book you’ll get the facts through the looking glass of practice. That is 3,5 years of practice - almost 100% with HCM PF. You’ll learn not only about HCM PF but also about most of the stuff related to it, including CRM/SSC/EIC integration, third party printing and workflow. 


This book is only meant for the FPM HCM PF not the forms based on SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe!

Do not buy this book if you need to learn about the HCM PF based on SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe!

This is all coming from my experience - I described all I did, good and bad. That said, I take no responsibility on the results of you applying my advices in this book - you’ll have to decide yourself if what I advise fits the purpose in your own HCM PF project.


This is a book made for this 21st century - no trees were harmed in making it! There is also a sample book to enjoy so that you get the whiff of the real thing, go ahead and download it!

Version 1 (not promising a new version, but who knows)

Summary

1. Introduction

1.1. About me

2. Start

2.1. Crash start (videos)

2.2. Screenshots of HCM PF

2.3. System requirements

2.4. Foundation bricks

3. Detail description

3.1. Typical project flow

3.2. Definition areas

3.3. Workflow

3.4. Enhancements (BADIs)

3.5. IMG organization

3.6. UI enhancements

3.7. Translation

3.8. Bugs and difficulties

3.9. The ecosystem

4. Go-live

5. Annexes (you should definitely read this)

5.1. Important functions

5.2. Applications to activate

5.3. Troubleshooting

5.4. FPM configurations

5.5. Naming conventions

5.6. Duplicating a process

5.7. The help centre

5.8. Important tables on the DB

5.9. Thoughts on the UI

5.10.Creating OSS messages

5.11. Dynamic actions

5.12.Application log

5.13.Archiving

5.14.Decoupled infotypes

5.15.Interesting notes

5.16.Configuration tricks