C_THR81 Employee Central Core Practice Test 3 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A company uses SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central. An administrator needs to configure a new MDF object to track employee dependents. The object must allow multiple dependents per employee, and each dependent record must include the dependent's name, date of birth, and relationship to the employee. The administrator wants to ensure that the relationship field only allows values from a predefined list: Spouse, Child, Parent. Which two configurations are required to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

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Accepted Answer

Create a Picklist object for the relationship values and associate it with the MDF object's relationship field.. To track multiple dependents per employee with a constrained relationship field, the administrator must create a picklist for the relationship values and add an association field to the Employee entity. The picklist ensures only valid relationship values are selectable, and the association links each dependent record to the correct employee, enabling multiple records per employee.

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Set the MDF object's 'Multiple Records' property to 'Yes' to allow multiple dependents per employee.

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Configure a business rule to validate that the relationship field contains only Spouse, Child, or Parent.

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Set the MDF object's 'Effective Dating' to 'Date Range' to allow multiple dependents per employee.

Question 2

A company uses SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central. An administrator needs to configure a new MDF object to track employee dependents. The object must allow multiple dependents per employee, and each dependent record must include the dependent's name, date of birth, and relationship to the employee. The administrator wants to ensure that the relationship field only allows values from a predefined list: Spouse, Child, Parent. Which two configurations are required to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

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Accepted Answer

Position Title, Department, and Location. When creating a position in Employee Central, the system enforces certain mandatory fields to ensure the position is properly integrated into the organizational structure. Department and Location are required because they define where the position sits and its physical or logical work location. Position Title is also mandatory. Other fields like Job Classification, Pay Grade, Legal Entity, and Business Unit are optional and can be filled later.

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Position Title, Employee ID, and Cost Center

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Position Title, Job Classification, and Pay Grade

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Position Title, Legal Entity, and Business Unit

Question 3

An administrator at a global company needs to configure a business rule that triggers when an employee's Job Information is updated. The rule must check if the employee's new job code is different from the previous job code and, if so, update a custom field 'JobCodeChangeDate' with the current date. The rule should only run when the event reason is 'Job Change'. Which configuration is required to meet this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Create a business rule on the Job Information object with a trigger event 'onChange' for the jobCode field, and a condition that checks if the event reason is 'Job Change', then use a 'Set' action to update the custom field with the current date.. To detect a change in a specific field like jobCode and compare old and new values, an onChange rule on that field is necessary. This rule type provides the previous and current values in the rule context. Adding a condition on event reason ensures the rule only runs for 'Job Change'. The Set action then writes the current date to the custom field. Other rule types lack the necessary change detection or field access.

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Create a business rule on the Employee Profile object with a trigger event 'onSave' and a condition that checks if the job code is not empty, then use a 'Set' action to update the custom field.

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Create a business rule on the Job Information object with a trigger event 'onSave' and a condition that checks if the event reason equals 'Job Change', then use a 'Set' action to update the custom field.

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Create a business rule on the Job Information object with a trigger event 'onInit' and a condition that checks if the job code has changed, then use a 'Set' action to update the custom field.

Question 4

A company uses Employee Central with MDF (Metadata Framework) objects. An administrator needs to create a custom MDF object called 'Project' to track internal projects. Each project has a unique project code, a start date, an end date, and a project manager who is an employee. The administrator wants to ensure that the project manager field only allows selection of active employees. Which of the following configurations should the administrator use for the project manager field?

Accepted Answer

Create a field of type 'Employee' and configure a 'Valid When' rule to filter for active employees.. The Employee field type in MDF is designed to create a lookup to Employee Central employee records. By adding a 'Valid When' rule, the administrator can restrict the selection to employees who meet specific criteria, such as active status. This ensures that only active employees can be chosen as project managers, maintaining data accuracy and leveraging the native integration with Employee Central.

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Create a field of type 'String' and use a picklist that is populated with active employee IDs via integration.

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Create a field of type 'Position' and link it to the project manager's position.

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Create a field of type 'User' and set a validation rule to check that the user is active.

Question 5

An administrator is configuring the Employee Central Foundation Object 'Department' and needs to prevent employees from selecting a department that has been marked as inactive. The administrator also wants to ensure that when a department is set to inactive, it no longer appears in the picklist for new hires. Which configuration should the administrator use?

Accepted Answer

Set the 'Status' field of the Department object to 'Inactive' and configure the picklist to filter out inactive records.. In Employee Central, foundation objects such as Department have an active/inactive status. When a department is set to inactive, it is automatically excluded from picklists for new records, while remaining available for historical reporting. No additional picklist filtering or business rule is required. Deleting the record is not recommended due to referential integrity. The standard status change fulfills both requirements.

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Configure a picklist restriction on the Department field to exclude inactive departments, and set the Department object's status to inactive.

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Delete the inactive department from the Department object so it cannot be selected.

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Create a business rule that validates the Department field on the Job Information block and throws an error if the selected department is inactive.

Question 6

A company uses Employee Central and has configured a custom MDF object 'EmployeeProject' to track project assignments. Each employee can have multiple project assignments, and the object has a field 'ProjectID' that must be unique per employee. The administrator needs to ensure that when an employee is assigned to a project, the combination of EmployeeID and ProjectID is unique. Which two configurations are required to enforce this? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Create a business rule that checks for existing records with the same EmployeeID and ProjectID before saving.. To enforce uniqueness of the combination of EmployeeID and ProjectID, the most robust method is to configure a composite key on the MDF object. This ensures database-level uniqueness. Alternatively, a business rule can be used to check for existing records and prevent duplicates. Both approaches are valid, but the composite key is the primary configuration for this requirement. The other options do not achieve the specific uniqueness constraint.

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Set up a workflow that approves the assignment before saving.

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Enable the 'Unique' property on the ProjectID field.

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Set the 'ProjectID' field as a required field in the MDF object.

Question 7

A company has an MDF object 'CostCenter' with a field 'Owner' that must be automatically populated with the employee who is the manager of the department associated with the cost center. The department is stored in a field 'Department' on the CostCenter object. Which approach should the administrator use to achieve this?

Accepted Answer

Create a business rule on the CostCenter object that triggers on save, reads the Department field, retrieves the manager of that department from the Department foundation object, and sets the Owner field.. To automatically populate the Owner field on the CostCenter MDF object with the manager of the associated department, a business rule is the appropriate tool. The rule can be triggered on save or on change of the Department field, read the Department association, look up the manager in the Department foundation object, and set the Owner field accordingly. This is a native, efficient solution that leverages the platform's business rule capabilities.

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Create a report that lists cost centers and their department managers, and schedule it to update the Owner field via an integration.

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Configure a default value for the Owner field using a dynamic role or rule, selecting the manager of the department.

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Use a propagation rule to copy the manager from the Department object to the Owner field on the CostCenter object.

Question 8

A SuccessFactors administrator is configuring the Employee Central Foundation Object 'Department' and needs to prevent employees from selecting a department that has been marked as inactive. The administrator has already added a custom field 'Department Status' to the Department object with values 'Active' and 'Inactive'. Which of the following should the administrator configure to ensure that only active departments appear in the department picklist on the Job Information block?

Accepted Answer

Configure a 'Valid When' rule on the Department field in the Job Information block that checks if 'Department Status' equals 'Active'.. A 'Valid When' rule on the Department field in Job Information dynamically restricts the selectable departments to those with an 'Active' status. This leverages the relationship between Job Information and the Department foundation object, ensuring that only active departments are available for selection without manual maintenance. It is the standard configuration for filtering foundation object picklists based on field values.

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Create a business rule on the Department object that sets the 'Department Status' field to 'Inactive' when the department is no longer used.

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Set the 'Department Status' field as a required field on the Department object and make it a picklist with only 'Active' as a valid value.

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Create a picklist for the Department field on Job Information that is manually maintained to include only active departments.

Question 9

A company uses Employee Central and has configured the 'Job Information' portlet with a custom field 'CostCenter' that should be populated via a picklist. The picklist is based on an MDF object 'CostCenter' that has a field 'Division' indicating which division the cost center belongs to. When an employee's Division changes in Job Information, the CostCenter picklist should only display cost centers for the new Division. Which configuration achieves this dynamic filtering?

Accepted Answer

Configure the CostCenter field as a picklist that uses a 'Filter' rule based on the Division field, using the MDF object's Division field as the filter criterion.. Dynamic filtering of a picklist in Employee Central is achieved by configuring a filter rule on the picklist that references another field. In this case, the CostCenter picklist based on the MDF object can be filtered by the Division field, so only cost centers with the matching Division are displayed. This is done through the picklist configuration in Admin Center, where you can set up a filter using the 'Filter' rule type. Other options do not provide dynamic filtering.

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Create a business rule on the Job Information object that triggers on Division change and updates the CostCenter field with a default value.

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Use a 'Valid When' rule on the CostCenter field to ensure the selected cost center belongs to the employee's Division.

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Create a separate picklist for each Division and assign it to the CostCenter field via a business rule.

Question 10

An administrator needs to create a new custom field in the Job Information block that dynamically populates based on the selection of the Department field. The field should display a list of cost centers associated with the selected department. Which of the following should the administrator configure to achieve this?

Accepted Answer

Create a field of type 'Foundation Object' and set it to reference the Cost Center object, then configure a 'Valid When' rule to filter by Department.. Using a Foundation Object field type for Cost Center, combined with a 'Valid When' rule that references the Department field, allows the cost center list to be dynamically filtered based on the selected department. This creates a dependent relationship where only relevant cost centers are shown, ensuring data consistency and user efficiency.

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Create a field of type 'Picklist' and configure a business rule to populate it based on Department.

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Create a field of type 'Number' and populate it with the cost center ID via a business rule.

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Create a field of type 'String' and use a business rule to concatenate the department and cost center codes.

Question 11

An administrator is configuring the Job Information portlet in Employee Central and needs to ensure that when an employee is rehired, the system automatically creates a new employment record while preserving the original hire date. Which configuration should the administrator verify?

Accepted Answer

The 'originalHireDate' field is enabled on the Employment Information object.. The originalHireDate field on the Employment Information object is specifically designed to retain the employee's initial hire date across rehires. When a rehire event is processed, Employee Central creates a new employment record but references this field to maintain the original hire date for continuous service and seniority calculations. This configuration is essential for accurate rehire handling.

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The 'Rehire' event reason is configured as a 'Termination' event type.

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The 'Rehire' event reason is assigned to the 'Hire' event type.

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The 'Hire Date' field is set as a required field on the Job Information portlet.

Question 12

A company uses Employee Central with MDF (Metadata Framework) objects. An administrator needs to create a custom MDF object called 'ProjectAssignment' that tracks employee assignments to projects. Each employee can be assigned to multiple projects, and each project can have multiple employees. The object must also store the role of the employee on the project. Which configuration should the administrator use for the 'ProjectAssignment' object?

Accepted Answer

Create a generic object with two separate associations: one to Employee and one to Project, and add a 'role' field.. The correct configuration is to create a generic object that acts as a junction between Employee and Project, with two separate associations and a role field. This pattern is standard in MDF for modeling many-to-many relationships. It allows multiple assignments per employee and per project, and the role field captures the specific capacity in which the employee serves on each project.

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Create a generic object with a composite association to both Employee and Project, and add a 'role' field.

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Create a generic object with a single association to Employee and a field for project ID, and add a 'role' field.

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Create a generic object with a many-to-many association to Employee and Project, and include a 'role' field as a string.

Question 13

An HR administrator needs to create a new employee record in Employee Central. The employee will be based in Germany, and the administrator must ensure that the correct country-specific fields are available. Which configuration object should the administrator verify to ensure the appropriate fields are displayed based on the employee's country?

Accepted Answer

Country-Specific Data Model. The Country-Specific Data Model is used to define fields and rules that apply only to employees in a specific country. For Germany, this model includes fields required by local regulations, such as tax identification and social insurance numbers. When creating an employee, the system automatically applies the relevant country-specific model based on the employee's country of employment, ensuring compliance and accurate data capture.

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MDF Generic Object

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Corporate Data Model

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Employee Central Foundation Object

Question 14

An administrator is configuring the Employee Central Foundation Object 'Department' and needs to prevent employees from selecting a department that has been marked as inactive. The administrator must also ensure that only departments belonging to the employee's legal entity are available for selection. Which two configurations should the administrator perform? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Set the 'status' field on the Department object to 'Inactive' for departments that should not be selectable.. To prevent selection of inactive departments, setting the status field to 'Inactive' is the standard approach. To ensure only departments of the employee's legal entity are available, a business rule that filters the Department picklist based on the legal entity is required. These two configurations together meet the requirements for data integrity and dynamic filtering.

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Configure a composite association between Department and Legal Entity.

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Use a picklist filter to restrict Department options to those with a matching legal entity ID.

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Set the 'effective status' of the Department object to 'Inactive' in the Corporate Data Model.

Question 15

An administrator needs to configure a custom field on the Job Information block that dynamically populates based on the selection of the Department field. The field should display a list of cost centers associated with the selected department. Which configuration should the administrator use?

Accepted Answer

Create a new field of type 'Generic Object' and use a business rule to populate it based on the selected Department.. The correct approach is to create a Generic Object field that references the Cost Center MDF object, and use a business rule to populate it based on the selected Department. The business rule can query the Cost Center object for records linked to the department and set the field value accordingly. This leverages the flexibility of MDF and business rules to achieve dynamic data population.

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Create a new field of type 'Foundation Object' and set the 'Department' field as a filter.

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Create a new field of type 'String' and use a business rule to concatenate the cost center codes from the Department.

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Create a new field of type 'Picklist' and configure a picklist dependency between Department and the new field.