C_THR81 Employee Central Core Practice Question
An Employee Central administrator is creating a new event reason for the 'Termination' event. The company requires that when an HR administrator selects this event reason during termination, the system must automatically set the employee's 'Employee Status' to 'Terminated' and 'Employee Class' to 'Inactive'. Which configuration should the administrator perform to meet this requirement?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse event reason derivation with business rules, assuming that a business rule is required to set Employee Status and Employee Class during termination, when the event reason configuration itself can handle it.
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Correct answer & explanation
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Create a 'Event Reason' record with the 'Employee Status' and 'Employee Class' fields populated, and configure the event reason to derive these values during the termination process.
Event reasons in Employee Central can be configured with specific Employee Status and Employee Class values that are automatically applied when the event reason is selected. This ensures consistency and reduces manual entry. For termination, setting these fields on the event reason record is the standard approach, eliminating the need for complex business rules or workflows.
Answer analysis
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Create a 'Event Reason' record with the 'Employee Status' and 'Employee Class' fields populated, and configure the event reason to derive these values during the termination process.
Why this is correct
Event Reason configuration includes fields for Employee Status and Employee Class that are automatically applied when the event reason is used in a termination. By setting these fields on the event reason record, the system derives the correct status and class without additional business rules. This is the standard configuration for termination event reasons.
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Configure a workflow rule on the Termination portlet that updates the Employee Status and Employee Class fields upon approval.
Why it's wrong here
Workflow rules control routing and approvals, not field updates. While a workflow can trigger notifications or approvals, it cannot directly set field values like Employee Status or Employee Class. Field updates are handled by business rules or event reason derivation, not workflow configuration.
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Configure a business rule on the 'Event Reason' object that triggers on save and sets the Employee Status and Employee Class fields.
Why it's wrong here
Business rules on the Event Reason object cannot directly set fields on the Job Information or Employment Information records. Event Reason is a foundation object used for picklist values, and its rules do not have the context of the employee's job data. To update employee status and class, the rule must be on a transaction object like Job Information or Employment Information.
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Create a business rule on the 'Employment Information' object that triggers when the event reason is 'Termination' and sets the Employee Status and Employee Class fields.
Why it's wrong here
While a business rule on Employment Information can update fields, it would not automatically trigger based on the selected event reason during termination. Event reason derivation is the designed mechanism for setting these fields. A business rule would require additional conditions and might not cover all termination scenarios correctly.
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