Nov 3, 2020
•8 minute read
SAP HRIS
SAP HRIS focuses on how SAP customers manage core HR data, processes, and employee services across SAP ERP HCM, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll, and related talent and workforce tools. The topic covers HR systems of record, self-service, payroll integration, recruiting, onboarding, performance, time and attendance, and people analytics.
For HR, IT, payroll, finance, and business leaders, SAP HRIS connects employee data with operational decision-making, supports process standardization, and helps organizations modernize HR while navigating SAP’s broader shift from on-premise HCM to cloud-based SuccessFactors capabilities.
What is SAP HRIS?
SAP HRIS refers to the human resources information systems SAP customers use to manage employee data, HR processes, payroll information, workforce records, and employee-facing services.
In SAP environments, this often includes legacy SAP ERP HCM, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central as the core HR system of record, and connected cloud modules for payroll, talent, learning, recruiting, onboarding, performance, time management, and workforce analytics.
Practically, SAP HRIS helps organizations maintain accurate employee records, automate HR workflows, enable manager and employee self-service, and connect HR data with finance, operations, compliance, and workforce planning decisions.
SAP HRIS focuses on how SAP customers manage core HR data, processes, and employee services across SAP ERP HCM, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll, and related talent and workforce tools. The topic covers HR systems of record, self-service, payroll integration, recruiting, onboarding, performance, time and attendance, and people analytics.
For HR, IT, payroll, finance, and business leaders, SAP HRIS connects employee data with operational decision-making, supports process standardization, and helps organizations modernize HR while navigating SAP’s broader shift from on-premise HCM to cloud-based SuccessFactors capabilities.
What is SAP HRIS?
SAP HRIS refers to the human resources information systems SAP customers use to manage employee data, HR processes, payroll information, workforce records, and employee-facing services.
In SAP environments, this often includes legacy SAP ERP HCM, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central as the core HR system of record, and connected cloud modules for payroll, talent, learning, recruiting, onboarding, performance, time management, and workforce analytics.
Practically, SAP HRIS helps organizations maintain accurate employee records, automate HR workflows, enable manager and employee self-service, and connect HR data with finance, operations, compliance, and workforce planning decisions.
How do enterprises use SAP HRIS?
Centralizing employee records
Enterprises use SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central or SAP ERP HCM to maintain a trusted system of record for employee, organizational, job, and workforce data. This gives HR, payroll, finance, and managers a consistent foundation for reporting, workforce planning, and process execution.
Modernizing payroll operations
Organizations connect SAP HRIS with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll or SAP payroll environments to improve payroll accuracy, support compliance, and reduce manual reconciliation. Integrated HR and payroll data helps teams manage employee changes, time inputs, and pay processes with fewer disconnected handoffs.
Enabling employee and manager self-service
SAP HRIS platforms support self-service processes for time entry, leave requests, personal data updates, performance reviews, onboarding tasks, and pay information. This reduces administrative workload for HR teams while giving employees and managers faster access to routine HR actions.
Supporting talent and workforce planning
Enterprises use SAP HRIS data with SuccessFactors talent, learning, recruiting, and people analytics tools to understand skills, headcount, succession, and workforce trends. This helps HR teams align talent programs with business needs and identify gaps before they affect operations.
Connecting HR with enterprise transformation
SAP HRIS becomes especially important during SAP S/4HANA, cloud HR, or broader business transformation programs. HR data, roles, organizational structures, and workforce processes must align with finance, operations, compliance, and reporting models for transformation to deliver business value.
Where does SAP HRIS emerge in SAPinsider research?
The HCM and SAP S/4HANA Benchmark drew on 114 SAPinsider community members, and found 27% of surveyed organizations reported favorable ROI and competitive advantage from combining cloud-based HXM systems with foundational HR capabilities such as time and attendance.
The Human Resources Technology State of the Market report frames HR technology as a renewed investment priority as remote work and changing employee expectations put more pressure on HR systems. The report also identifies cloud offerings as a dominant force in HR technology modernization.
State of the Market: How the Cloud Is Transforming HR highlights cloud HR’s role in improving employee experience, productivity, satisfaction, and cost reduction. The study found that 39% of both cloud-focused and on-premise organizations were considering SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central within 12 to 24 months, while 40% cited cost reduction as a key cloud HR investment driver.
Strategic Workforce Management Drives Agile Decision Making at Northwest PipeIn today’s age of commonplace distributed workforces, every SAP customer should spend some time reviewing its workforce management strategy. Those companies with growth strategies that include acquisitions and heavy contingent workforces should take an even closer look. One organization, Northwest Pipe, manufacturer of engineered steel water pipe systems and SAP customer for two decades, scrutinized its human resources (HR) processes and identified several areas for improvement around workforce management. Learn how the company integrated the UKG Dimensions solution with its SAP ERP system to achieve the following benefits:
- Automated recruiting process resulting in savings on time and staffing due to faster turnaround time of hiring and onboarding
- Improved employee experience due to a streamlined process, real-time data access, and faster decision making and reports
- Self-service and mobile capabilities empowering employees to better manage their time and personal information by performing tasks like requesting time off, changing their address, choosing direct deposit, and updating dependent life change events
- Seamless exchange of key labor cost data between finance and HR functions, resulting in faster payment allocations, accurate payroll and expense processes, and a smoother month-end close.
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•1 minute read
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Mar 5, 2019
•1 minute read
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•1 minute read
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Linking Core SAP ERP HCM Data and SAP ECC 6.0 Core SAP EHS Functionality
In this article you'll learn how to configure the employee type SAP business partner, configure the medical provider type SAP business partner, and set up SAP Environment, Health, and Safety (SAP EHS) functionality to use with SAP business partners.
May 1, 2018
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Case Study: Linking Core SAP ERP HCM Data and SAP ECC 6.0 Core SAP EHS FunctionalityThe design, configuration, and use of SAP business partners provides unique functionality. It is particularly useful for representing employees’ HR data that is not included in the SAP ERP HCM system (for example, data for employees who worked at the company prior to computers). Business partners are also useful for integrating medical providers that do […]
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•20 minute read
Integration Setup for a Core Hybrid SAP ERP HCM SolutionLearn how to configure the integration between SuccessFactors Employee Central and SAP ERP HCM to set up SAP’s core hybrid HR solution. Key Concept In SAP’s core hybrid solution, SuccessFactors Employee Central on the cloud is set up as the system of records for employee master data and talent management, while the SAP ERP Central […]
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