C_THR81 Employee Central Core Practice Test 2 — 15 Questions

Question 1

An administrator needs to configure the Job Information block to capture a new custom field called 'Project Code' that should be available only for employees in the 'Project Management' department. The field must be editable by managers and visible in the employee profile. Which two configuration steps are required? (Choose two.)

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Accepted Answer

Create a custom field on the Job Information object and set the field type to 'Text'.. To add a custom field to Job Information, you must first create it on the Job Information object with the appropriate type. Then, you must add it to the Job Information block layout and configure its visibility for the Manager role to be editable. These two steps make the field available and editable by managers.

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Create a business rule that hides the field for all employees except those in the 'Project Management' department.

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Set the field as required in the Job Information block to ensure data is always entered.

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Configure a picklist for the 'Project Code' field to restrict values to a predefined list.

Question 2

An administrator is configuring the Employee Central foundation objects to support a new organizational structure. The company requires that each department be linked to a specific division and that cost center assignments be validated against the department. Which two configuration steps are necessary to achieve this? (Choose two.)

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Define a business rule that validates the cost center against the department.. The correct answers are A and B. A valid values association from Department to Division ensures that only valid divisions can be selected for a department. A business rule validates that the cost center assigned to an employee is appropriate for the department. Together, these steps enforce the required organizational structure and data integrity.

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Set up a composite association between Division and Department.

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Configure a propagation rule to copy the division from Department to Job Information.

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Create a picklist for cost centers and assign it to the Department object.

Question 3

A company has implemented Employee Central with Position Management. An administrator needs to ensure that when a position is created, the maximum headcount for that position is automatically set based on the job classification. Which configuration object should be used?

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Business Rule. A business rule is the appropriate tool to automatically set the maximum headcount on a position based on its job classification. The rule can be triggered on save of the Position object, read the job classification's headcount value, and populate the position's headcount field. This ensures consistency and reduces manual effort.

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Position

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Job Classification

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MDF Picklist

Question 4

An administrator is configuring the Employee Central foundation objects for a new implementation. The customer requires that the 'Department' and 'Division' objects be linked so that when an employee selects a department, the available divisions are filtered to only those that belong to that department. Which two configuration steps are required to achieve this? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Create a Business Rule that sets the Division field's valid values based on the selected Department.. The correct answers are B and E. Creating a Generic Object for Division with an association to Department establishes the data relationship. Then, a Business Rule can dynamically filter the Division field's valid values based on the selected Department, ensuring only divisions belonging to that department are available.

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Create a Generic Object for Department with a field of type 'Association' to Division.

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Use the 'Dependent Picklist' feature on the Department field to filter Division values.

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Configure a Business Rule that validates the selected division against the selected department.

Question 5

A global organization uses SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central. An administrator needs to purge old Job Information records to comply with data retention policies. The administrator has the necessary permissions but is unsure which tool to use. Which of the following is the correct method to permanently delete these records?

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Use the 'Data Retention Management' tool to define a retention policy and purge the records.. The Data Retention Management tool is the correct solution because it enables administrators to define retention policies and automatically purge data that has exceeded the retention period. It ensures compliance with legal and organizational data retention requirements. Other tools do not provide the capability to permanently delete records in a controlled and auditable manner.

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Use the 'Purge Data' function within the Admin Center.

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Use the 'Manage Data' tool to manually delete each record one by one.

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Use the 'Import and Export Data' tool to overwrite the records with blank values.

Question 6

A company uses SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central with Position Management enabled. An HR administrator reports that when they hire a new employee into a position, the system does not automatically assign the incumbent to that position, leaving the position's 'Incumbent' field blank. The administrator has verified that the position is active and has no current incumbent. What is the most likely cause?

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The 'Position Management' setting is not enabled in the Employee Central instance, so the system does not automatically update the position's incumbent.. Automatic incumbent assignment on the Position object requires Position Management to be enabled in Provisioning. When enabled, hiring an employee into a position updates the position's incumbent field. Without it, the system does not maintain this relationship, so the field remains blank. The other options describe configurations that would cause different errors or are not the primary cause.

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The Position object's 'Incumbent' field is not configured as a composite association to the Job Information object.

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The business rule that sets the incumbent on the Position object is not triggering because the rule scenario is not configured for the Hire event.

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The position is not included in the employee's Job Information record because the 'Position' field is not enabled in the Job Information block.

Question 7

An HR administrator at a company using SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central needs to configure a new event reason 'Retirement' that should be available only for employees in the United States and only when the employee's employment status is 'Active'. The administrator also wants the event reason to trigger a business rule that updates the employee's 'Retirement Date' field in Job Information. What is the correct sequence of configuration steps to achieve this?

Accepted Answer

Create the event reason in Manage Event Reasons, assign it to the 'Retirement' event, set the country restriction to United States, and then create a business rule on the Job Information object that triggers on the 'Retirement' event reason and updates the Retirement Date field.. The correct configuration involves creating the event reason with the appropriate event and country restriction, then creating a business rule on the Job Information object to update the Retirement Date field. This ensures the event reason is available only for US employees and the field is updated upon selection. Other options either place the rule on the wrong object or use workflows, which do not directly update fields.

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Create the event reason in Manage Event Reasons, assign it to the 'Retirement' event, set the country restriction to United States, and then configure a workflow that updates the Retirement Date field when the event reason is selected.

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Create the event reason in Manage Event Reasons, assign it to the 'Retirement' event, set the country restriction to United States, and then create a business rule on the Job Information object that triggers on the 'Retirement' event reason and updates the Retirement Date field, but only if the employee's employment status is 'Active'.

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Create the event reason in Manage Event Reasons, assign it to the 'Retirement' event, set the country restriction to United States, and then create a business rule on the Employment Information object that triggers on the 'Retirement' event reason and updates the Retirement Date field.

Question 8

An administrator needs to create a new custom MDF object to track employee certifications. The object must store the certification name, issue date, and expiry date. Employees can have multiple certifications. Which configuration is required to enable multiple certifications per employee?

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Define a one-to-many association from the Employee object to the Certification object.. Defining a one-to-many association from the Employee object to the Certification object is the correct configuration because it establishes a relationship where one employee can have many certification records. This is the standard MDF pattern for tracking multiple related items, such as certifications, and it ensures that each certification is stored as a separate entry linked to the employee.

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Create a composite association to the Employee object.

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Enable the 'Multiple Records' option on the object definition.

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Set the 'Valid From' and 'Valid To' fields on the object.

Question 9

An administrator is configuring the Employee Central Foundation Object 'Location' for a new office in Tokyo. The organization wants employees to select the Tokyo location only if they are assigned to the Japan legal entity. The administrator must ensure that the Location field on Job Information shows only the Japan locations when the Legal Entity is Japan, and only US locations when the Legal Entity is US. Which configuration should the administrator use to achieve this dynamic filtering?

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Create a 'Picklist Filter' on the Location field that references the Legal Entity field.. The correct solution is to use a Picklist Filter on the Location field. This feature dynamically restricts the available options in a picklist based on the value of another field on the same object. By configuring the filter to reference the Legal Entity field, the administrator ensures that only locations associated with the selected legal entity are presented to the user.

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Configure a 'Field Criteria' on the Location field to filter by the Legal Entity field.

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Use a 'Valid When' rule on the Location field to restrict the allowed values based on the Legal Entity field.

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Create a business rule on the Location MDF object that filters the Location field based on the Legal Entity field.

Question 10

A company uses SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central with MDF (Metadata Framework) objects. An administrator needs to create a new custom MDF object called 'EmployeeProject' to track employee assignments to projects. Each employee can be assigned to multiple projects simultaneously, and each project can have multiple employees. The object must also store the percentage of time the employee spends on each project. Which configuration is required to achieve this?

Accepted Answer

Create the MDF object 'EmployeeProject' with a field of type 'Association' to Employee and another field of type 'Association' to Project, and include a numeric field for percentage of time.. The correct configuration uses association fields to link the junction object to both Employee and Project, enabling many-to-many relationships. A numeric field stores the percentage of time. Other options use unsupported or inappropriate field types that cannot create the necessary relationships.

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Create the MDF object 'EmployeeProject' with a many-to-many relationship to both Employee and Project objects, and add a field for percentage of time.

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Create the MDF object 'EmployeeProject' with a field of type 'Composite' to Employee and Project, and add a field for percentage of time.

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Create the MDF object 'EmployeeProject' with a field of type 'Picklist' for Employee and Project, and add a field for percentage of time.

Question 11

An administrator is configuring the 'Job Information' block to include a new custom field 'Cost Center' that should be validated against a list of active cost centers stored in an MDF object. The field must allow only valid cost centers and display a warning if an invalid value is entered. Which two configurations are required to achieve this? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Configure a business rule that triggers on save of Job Information to validate the Cost Center field against the MDF object.. To validate a custom field against an MDF object, you need the MDF object to store the valid values and a business rule to perform the validation on save. The rule can check the entered value against the object and issue a warning if invalid. Other options like picklists or associations do not provide the required dynamic validation or are not applicable.

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Enable the 'Valid Values' option on the Cost Center field in the Job Information block.

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Set the 'Cost Center' field as a picklist in the Job Information block configuration.

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Create a composite association from Job Information to the Cost Center MDF object.

Question 12

An administrator is configuring the Employee Central Foundation Object 'Job Classification' for a global company. The company requires that job classifications are mapped to specific job families, pay grades, and are available for use in compensation planning. The administrator must also ensure that job classifications can be filtered by country in reports. Which two configuration steps are necessary to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Associate Job Classification with Pay Grade via a lookup field.. Job Classification must be associated with Job Family and Pay Grade to meet the requirements. The Job Family association groups similar jobs, while the Pay Grade association enables compensation planning. These two steps ensure that job classifications are properly categorized and integrated with compensation processes. The other options are not required for the specified scenario.

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Create a custom field for Time Zone on Job Classification.

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Enable the Country field on Job Classification for filtering.

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Associate Job Classification with Legal Entity via a lookup field.

Question 13

An administrator is configuring a new MDF object to track employee skills. The object must allow employees to have multiple skills, and each skill record should include a proficiency level. Which two configurations are required to achieve this? (Choose two.)

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Define a field for proficiency level in the Skill object.. To allow multiple skills per employee with a proficiency level, you need a one-to-many association from Employee to Skill to enable multiple records, and a field for proficiency level to capture the required data. These two configurations together satisfy the scenario's requirements. Other options are either optional or do not provide the necessary functionality.

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Set the 'Valid From' and 'Valid To' fields on the Skill object.

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Enable the 'Multi-Select' option on the Skill object.

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Create a composite association between Employee and Skill.

Question 14

A company uses SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central. An administrator needs to configure a business rule that triggers when an employee's Job Information is updated. The rule must check if the employee's pay grade is 'PG5' and if the event reason is 'Promotion', then automatically update the employee's bonus target percentage to 15%. The administrator has created the rule with a trigger on the Job Information object for the 'Save' event. However, during testing, the rule does not fire when the pay grade is changed to 'PG5' and the event reason is 'Promotion'. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The rule's condition for event reason must use the 'Event Reason' field from the Job Information object, and the pay grade condition must reference the 'Pay Grade' field.. The rule likely fails to fire because its conditions do not correctly reference the 'Event Reason' and 'Pay Grade' fields on the Job Information object. Business rules in Employee Central require precise field references; using incorrect field names or values will prevent evaluation. Ensuring the conditions use the correct fields and values will allow the rule to trigger as intended.

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The rule's action to update bonus target percentage must use the 'Update' operation on the 'Bonus Target Percentage' field.

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The business rule must be assigned to the 'Job Information' object in the 'Business Rule' configuration.

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The business rule must be triggered on the 'Change' event instead of the 'Save' event.

Question 15

An administrator needs to create a new event reason for 'Retirement' that will trigger a specific workflow. The event reason must be available only for employees in the United States and must be associated with the 'Termination' event. Which configuration step is required to restrict the event reason to US employees?

Accepted Answer

Set the 'Country' field on the Event Reason object to 'United States'.. The correct configuration is to set the 'Country' field on the Event Reason object to 'United States'. This field is specifically designed to restrict the availability of an event reason to employees in a particular country. It is the standard method and ensures that only US employees can select this event reason during termination.

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Create a business rule that restricts the event reason based on the employee's country.

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Associate the event reason with the 'Termination' event and select 'US' in the event reason's legal entity field.

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Assign the event reason to a country-specific picklist for the United States.