C_THR81 Employee Central Core Practice Test 6 — 15 Questions

Question 1

An Employee Central administrator needs to make the field 'Cost Center' on the Job Information portlet visible only to users with the 'HR Administrator' role, while all other employees see it read-only. Where should the administrator configure this field-level permission?

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Accepted Answer

Role-Based Permission > Manage Permission Roles > [Role] > Employee Central Effective Dated Entities > Job Information > Cost Center. Field-level permissions on standard effective-dated portlets such as Job Information are set in Role-Based Permission by navigating to the specific role, then the effective-dated entity, then the individual field. This allows the administrator to grant Edit rights to HR Administrator while limiting other roles to View or no access, satisfying the scenario's requirement.

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Admin Center > Manage Data > Job Information > Field Security

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Admin Center > Configure Object Definitions > Job Information > Field Configuration

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Admin Center > Manage Business Configuration > Job Information > Field Permissions

Question 2

An administrator must build a business rule that, when a new employee is hired, automatically sets the 'Original Start Date' to the value of the 'Start Date' from Job Information. Which rule scenario and base object should the administrator choose?

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Scenario: OnSave; Base Object: Employee Information. To populate a field during the hire transaction, the rule should be attached to the Employee Information object with the OnSave scenario. This scenario runs after the employee and job data are saved, giving the rule access to Job Information fields like Start Date so it can assign that value to Original Start Date immediately, which is the expected behavior for hire-time initialization.

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Scenario: OnSave; Base Object: Job Information

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Scenario: OnChange; Base Object: Job Information

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Scenario: Scheduled; Base Object: Employee Information

Question 3

A SuccessFactors administrator is configuring the Employee Central Foundation Object 'Division' and wants to enforce that the field 'Division Head' must be selected from active employees only. The association is already defined as 'Employee' with a valid 'Employee' object. Which configuration step will ensure that only active employees can be selected?

Accepted Answer

Configure a business rule on the Division object to validate that the selected employee's status is 'Active'.. The requirement is to restrict selection to active employees. A business rule on the Division object can validate the employee's status and prevent saving if the employee is inactive. This is the standard method to enforce conditional validation based on associated data. Other options either do not enforce the condition or misapply configuration features.

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Enable the 'Active' filter on the Employee object's association configuration.

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Create a picklist for the 'Division Head' field with only active employees as valid values.

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Set the 'Division Head' field as a required field in the Division object.

Question 4

A SuccessFactors consultant is configuring the Foundation Object 'Division' and needs the Division field on Job Information to display only the divisions that are valid for the employee's legal entity. The consultant wants the list to filter automatically as the legal entity changes, without users seeing irrelevant divisions. Which configuration approach best satisfies this?

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Create a business rule on Job Information that clears the Division value whenever Legal Entity changes. Handling the dependency through a business rule on Job Information that responds to Legal Entity changes keeps the Division value consistent with the selected legal entity. Because the standard picklist does not dynamically filter by another field, the rule approach validates or clears the stale value, preventing invalid combinations from being saved and maintaining data integrity across the employee record.

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Add a custom MDF object that stores a separate division list per legal entity and reference it manually

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Configure the Division field as a required field on the Job Information portlet

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Assign a propagation rule so Division inherits its value directly from the Legal Entity record

Question 5

An HR administrator at a multinational company wants the 'Cost Center' field on the Job Information portlet to display only cost centers that belong to the employee's legal entity. The system already has a Foundation Object 'Cost Center' associated with 'Legal Entity'. Which configuration should the administrator use to filter the Cost Center picklist based on the selected Legal Entity?

Accepted Answer

Configure the 'Cost Center' association on the Job Information object to filter by the 'Legal Entity' field using the 'Filter by' setting on the association.. The correct configuration uses the association filter on the Cost Center field within Job Information. This filter references the Legal Entity field, ensuring that only cost centers associated with the selected legal entity are available for selection. This approach maintains data integrity and leverages standard Employee Central association filtering capabilities without custom development or business rules.

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Create a custom MDF object that combines Legal Entity and Cost Center, then replace the standard Cost Center field with a picklist from this object.

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Configure a business rule on Job Information that uses the 'Legal Entity' field to set a filter on the 'Cost Center' field.

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Use the 'Filter by' configuration on the Cost Center field in the Job Information portlet to reference the Legal Entity field.

Question 6

A company needs to prevent employees from editing their own 'Marital Status' in the personal information section, while allowing them to view it. The field is part of the 'Personal Information' portlet. Which configuration achieves this?

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In Role-Based Permission, set the Personal Information portlet to View for the Employee Self-Service role and set the Marital Status field to View only.. Role-Based Permission allows separate control at the portlet and field levels. Granting View on the Personal Information portlet lets employees open the screen, and setting the Marital Status field to View only prevents editing while preserving visibility. This is the correct way to enforce read-only access for a specific field without affecting other roles.

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In Role-Based Permission, set the Personal Information portlet to No Access for the Employee Self-Service role and grant View on Marital Status separately.

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In Manage Business Configuration, disable the Marital Status field for the Employee Self-Service role.

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In Configure Object Definitions, set the Marital Status field to Read Only on the Personal Information object.

Question 7

A SuccessFactors consultant is building an association from the custom MDF object 'EmployeeProjectAssignment' to the standard MDF object 'Department'. The requirement is that an employee may only be assigned to departments that are flagged as active. Which configuration in the association definition achieves this filtering?

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Set the association's 'Valid When' rule to a business rule that evaluates the Department's 'status' field equal to 'A'.. Filtering an MDF association to active target records is done with a 'Valid When' business rule evaluated on the target object. This rule controls which records appear in the association picklist, so inactive departments can never be chosen. Other approaches either validate after selection or introduce duplicate fields that do not restrict the picklist.

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Configure a 'Filter' on the association using the Department object's 'effectiveStatus' field set to 'ACTIVE' and mark the filter as mandatory.

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Add a 'Department Status' field to the assignment object and use a picklist restricted to active values, then compare it to the associated Department.

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Create a propagation rule on the association that copies the Department status to the assignment record and then validate it in an onSave rule.

Question 8

An Employee Central administrator is designing a new MDF object to record employee language proficiencies. Each employee can have several proficiency records, and the administrator wants the object to support history tracking and to restrict which languages can be selected. Which two configuration elements should the administrator include? (Choose two.)

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Set the object as a child object with a composite association to the employee. A child object with a composite association to the employee supports multiple proficiency records per person, and effective-dated Valid From and Valid To fields provide the history tracking the administrator needs. Together these two elements ensure each proficiency is tied to the correct employee and that prior values are retained rather than overwritten when new records are entered.

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Create a business rule that deletes older proficiency records when a new one is added

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Configure the language field as a picklist sourced from a Foundation Object or a validated list

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Mark every field on the object as required to enforce completeness

Question 9

A consultant is configuring the 'Job Information' portlet and needs to ensure that when an employee's 'Employee Class' is changed to 'Executive', the 'Bonus Plan' field becomes mandatory. The company uses SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and does not want to use custom fields. Which configuration should the consultant use to achieve this requirement?

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Configure a field criteria on the 'Bonus Plan' field that makes it required when the 'Employee Class' field equals 'Executive'.. Field criteria provide a declarative way to make a field required based on the value of another field. By configuring a criterion on 'Bonus Plan' that checks if 'Employee Class' is 'Executive', the system will enforce that Bonus Plan is mandatory only for executives. This meets the requirement without custom fields or complex business rules, and it integrates seamlessly with the standard UI.

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Use a business rule on the Job Information object with a validation that raises an error if Bonus Plan is empty and Employee Class is 'Executive', and also set the field as required in the object definition.

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Create a business rule on the Job Information object that checks if Employee Class is 'Executive' and then sets the 'Bonus Plan' field as required using the 'Set Required' action.

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Create a custom MDF object for Executive Bonus Plan and configure a business rule to copy the value to the standard Bonus Plan field when Employee Class is 'Executive'.

Question 10

An administrator is configuring a new MDF object to store employee language skills. The object must allow an employee to have multiple language records, each with a language and proficiency level, and must be associated with the Employee Information object. Which two configuration steps are required? (Choose two.)

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Define the MDF object and add a field of type 'Association' pointing to the Employee Information object, with 'Valid When' or 'One to Many' multiplicity.. To allow multiple language records per employee, the object must have an association to Employee Information with one-to-many multiplicity, and it must include fields for the language and proficiency data. The association enables multiple child records, and the fields capture the required values. Effective dating and composite association do not provide the needed multiplicity.

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Add the MDF object to the Employee Profile portlet configuration using 'Configure Object Definitions' and set the 'Show in Employee Profile' flag to true.

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Create the MDF object with 'Employee Information' as the parent and set the association type to 'Composite Association'.

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Set the MDF object's 'Effective Dating' to 'None' to allow multiple records per employee.

Question 11

A SuccessFactors administrator needs to configure a business rule that sets the 'Standard Weekly Hours' field on the Job Information portlet based on the employee's 'Employment Type'. The rule must execute both when a new Job Information record is created and when the Employment Type changes. Which two rule types must be created to satisfy both scenarios? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

An onChange rule on the Employment Type field that updates the Standard Weekly Hours field on Job Information.. To cover both creation and change of Employment Type, an onChange rule on Employment Type updates Standard Weekly Hours immediately when the field changes, and an onSave rule on Employment Type propagates the value when that object is saved. Together they ensure the Job Information field is always synchronized without relying on batch processes.

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An onSave rule on the Job Information object that sets the Standard Weekly Hours when the record is saved.

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A scheduled job that runs nightly to synchronize Standard Weekly Hours with Employment Type for all employees.

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An onInit rule on the Job Information portlet that pre-populates Standard Weekly Hours when the portlet loads.

Question 12

An administrator is configuring the 'Job Information' portlet and needs to ensure that the 'Cost Center' field only allows values from the 'Cost Center' MDF object that are assigned to the same legal entity as the employee. Which feature should be used to restrict the selectable cost centers?

Accepted Answer

Create a business rule of type 'Valid When' on the Cost Center association in Job Information that compares the cost center's legal entity to the employee's legal entity.. Restricting an MDF association based on a field on the target object is accomplished with a 'Valid When' business rule. This rule runs when the association picklist is displayed and filters out cost centers whose legal entity does not match the employee's. Validation-on-save or picklist filters do not provide the same selection-time restriction.

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Create a custom field 'Legal Entity' on Job Information and use a dependent picklist to filter cost centers.

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Use a 'Rule on Save' on Job Information that validates the selected cost center's legal entity and blocks saving if it does not match.

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Configure a picklist filter on the Cost Center field using the employee's legal entity as a filter criterion.

Question 13

A global organization has configured the Employee Central Foundation Object 'Division'. HR reports that when creating a new employee record, the Division dropdown still shows divisions belonging to other countries, allowing users to select invalid values. The administrator needs to restrict the Division choices based on the selected Legal Entity. Which configuration should the administrator use to achieve this?

Accepted Answer

Create a Composite Association between Legal Entity and Division, and configure the Division field to use the association as a picklist filter.. The requirement is to restrict Division choices based on the selected Legal Entity, which is a classic dependent picklist scenario. In Employee Central, this is implemented by creating a Composite Association between the two Foundation Objects and then configuring the Division field to use that association as a filter. This ensures that only divisions associated with the chosen Legal Entity appear, enforcing data integrity and preventing invalid selections.

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Configure a Business Rule on the Division object using the 'onChange' event and assign it to the Legal Entity field.

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Use a Picklist Center configuration to create a new picklist for Division and assign it to the Legal Entity field.

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Configure a Propagation rule on the Division object to push the Legal Entity value to the Division field.

Question 14

A SuccessFactors administrator is configuring the MDF object 'Position' in Employee Central. The organization wants to ensure that when a new Position is created, the 'Position Criticality' field is automatically set to 'High' if the 'Job Classification' is 'Executive'. The administrator decides to use a business rule on the Position object. Where should the rule be triggered to achieve this automatically upon creation?

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OnSave rule on the Position object. An OnSave rule on the Position object is the correct choice because it runs during the save operation, allowing the system to evaluate the Job Classification and set Position Criticality to High before the record is committed. This ensures the field is populated automatically upon creation, meeting the business requirement without manual input.

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OnChange rule on the Position Criticality field

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OnPostSave rule on the Position object

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OnInit rule on the Position object

Question 15

An HR administrator is configuring the Employee Central 'Job Information' portlet. The company wants to ensure that when an employee's 'Job Classification' is set to 'Manager', the 'Manager' field (which is a association to another employee) must be populated. The administrator creates a business rule on the Job Information object to enforce this. Which trigger type should be used?

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OnSave. To enforce that a field must be populated when another field has a specific value, the business rule must run at save time and be able to block the save if validation fails. OnSave is the correct trigger for this scenario. It ensures data integrity by preventing invalid records from being saved.

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OnChange

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OnPostSave

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OnInit