Symptom

You are doing a system conversion to SAP S/4HANA and use SAP HCM in S/4HANA in the Compatibility Pack. You also like to continue using HCM functionality on-premise beyond the limited usage rights of the compatibility scope.
The following SAP S/4HANA Transition Worklist item is applicable in this case.

Solution

Description

SAP ERP HCM is part of the SAP S/4HANA compatibility scope, which comes with limited usage rights. For more details on the compatibility scope, it’s expiry date and links to further information please refer to SAP Note 2269324 – Compatibility Scope Matrix for SAP S/4HANA on-premise. In the compatibility matrix attached to SAP Note 2269324, SAP ERP HCM component refers to the IDs 101, 117, 132, 414-420 and 422-424.
Please note that the usage of certain HR infotypes in SAP S/4HANA for non-HR processes is independent from the compatibility scope. For more information, refer to SAP Note 3369920.

SAP S/4HANA customers using HCM functionality on-premise can therefore continue using SAP ERP HCM in the so-called Compatibility Mode. HCM functionality can run in either a separate instance or single instance with SAP S/4HANA. The integration among both on-premise instances (SAP ERP HCM with SAP S/4HANA on-premise) is available via ALE in case SAP ERP HCM is running on separate instance. In case HCM functionality is running inside of SAP S/4HANA, then the integration is automatically given as part of Compatibility Mode.

Before expiry of the compatibility pack license, customers are required to migrate from SAP HCM Compatibility Pack in SAP S/4HANA to the designated alternative functionalities SAP SuccessFactors or SAP Human Capital Management for SAP S/4HANA (SAP HCM for SAP S/4HANA).
SAP HCM for SAP S/4HANA is available since SAP S/4HANA release 2022 and based on SAP ERP HCM with optimizations and selected innovations to leverage SAP S/4HANA. The planned scope matches the key functionality of SAP ERP HCM. Please find more information about the key functionality of SAP HCM for SAP S/4HANA in this blog post. Please keep in mind that some of the known SAP HCM ERP functionality is not part of SAP HCM for SAP S/4HANA, see SAP Note 3091160. Customers can run SAP HCM for SAP S/4HANA either embedded or on a separate SAP S/4HANA on-premise instance.

As SAP SuccessFactors remains the primary focus of our HCM innovation at SAP, there are no plans for major additional functionality or re-architectures. It is intended as a bridge to give customers additional time to move to SAP SuccessFactors.

Additional information for RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition customers: 

All talent solutions are not part of the offering. For more details see SAP Note 3091160.

Business Process related information

SAP SuccessFactors remains the primary focus of our HCM innovations and is therefore the go-to architecture in the HCM area. For customers who are not willing or able to move to SAP SuccessFactors in the near future, continuity and investment protection for HCM functionality on-premise is provided via SAP HCM for SAP S/4HANA.

Required and Recommended Action(s)

SAP S/4HANA customers can use SAP ERP HCM until the expiry date of the compatibility pack license. Afterwards a migration to SAP HCM for SAP S/4HANA is required. If the current HCM configuration is affected by one or more simplifications (see SAP Note 3091160), the affected functionalities must be replaced by their alternatives, if applicable. Alternatively, customers can move to SAP’s HCM go-to solution SAP SuccessFactors. To assist in scoping and planning the transformation to SAP SuccessFactors solutions, see SAP Note 3193560 – SAP Readiness Check for SAP SuccessFactors Solutions.”