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  • SAP SuccessFactors Interview Questions

    Introduction

    SAP Success Factor is an American multinational company headquartered in South San Francisco and California. It provides cloud-based software for human capital management using the SaaS model, i.e. Software as a service. It is a cloud-based HR system that covers all HR processes. It includes various modules like employee central, RCM, Compensation, PMGM, LMS, etc. This article will provide you with all types of interview questions asked by SAP Success Factor in their interview rounds.

    Basic SAP SuccessFactors Interview Questions

    1. What do you know about SAP Success Factors?
    2. What are the benefits of SAP Success Factors?
    3. Define the role of SAP Success Factors in increased productivity and better design?
    4. What do you understand by DTD?
    5. What is a succession data model?
    6. Define Corporate Data Model?
    7. How does an employee central integrate with other Success Factors products?
    8. What are a propagation data model and its uses?
    9. Give the count of the data models in the Employee central?
    10. Define Workflow rules in context with data models?
    11. Define Event Derivation rules in context with data models?
    12. Is it possible to change the role of the Success Factors chosen once?
    13. How many levels are present in a framework?
    14. What is the purpose of having three levels in a framework?
    15. Is it necessary to choose the same level for all the Success Factors identified?
    16. Do you think the tool of Success factors is important?
    17. What does a Succession Data Model contain?
    18. Name the field that are defined in Country- Specific Corporate Data model?
    19. List the key features of SAP Success Factors?
    20. What are the various cost benefits of using SAP Success Factors?
    21. Give the count of different modules present in SAP Success Factors?
    22. What is the procedure for integrating Employee central with other items externally?
    23. What is the procedure for internally integrating Employee central with other Success Factors items?
    24. What do you understand about Employee central payroll system?
    25. Explain the structure of SAP Success Factors architecture briefly?
    26. Is it true that the configuration of the Succession Data Model differs on a country basis?
    27. What is the main role of the HRIS Propagation Data Model?
    28. What do you know about the time-off feature of Employee Central?
    29. List the activities under Transfer and Changes?
    30. Does any kind of relationship exist between job grades and levels of framework?
    31. Is it possible to apply Success Factors to academic members?
    32. Explain SAP Success Factors Availability and Performance Management Tools?
    33. What do you know about SAP Success Factors Portlet?
    34. What is the role of the compensation management package of SAP Success factors?
    35. Explain the SAP Success Factors Onboarding module?
    36. Mention some features of the SAP Success Factors Onboarding module?
    37. Highlight the uses of SAP Success factors Goals and management system?
    38. Briefly explain the Development and Succession of SAP Success Factors?
    39. Name the various activities included in Development and Succession of SAP Success Factors?
    40. Mention some differences between the On-Premise Payroll System and Employee Central Payroll?

    Technical SAP SuccessFactors Interview Questions

    1. What is the syntax of marking a field to be required?
    2. Name the attribute to be used to mask a sensitive field?
    3. Name the platforms that act as a middleware while implementing the integration between cloud and On-premise environment?
    4. What is HANA cloud integration?
    5. What is SAP process integration?
    6. Name the various deployments possible with SAP Success Factors?
    7. How will you make the data field available for editing for the user?
    8. How would you hide sensitive data in the data field?
    9. Is it necessary to select the same level for all identified Success Factors?
    10. Name the types of reports you get from SAP Success Factors admin tools?
    11. Name two versions of Career Development Planning?

    HR Interview Questions

    1. What do u think of achieving most of the Success Factors with promotion and salary hike? Will it be beneficial?
    2. Name the basic HR transactions that happen under Employee Central?
    3. What is Manager’s self-service?
    4. What is Employee self-service?
    5. What are the steps for preparing Organization Chart?
    6. Is it possible to terminate the people by using the Success Factors?
    7. Illustrate the case of disagreement between the employee and the manager regarding the Success factor?
    8. How will you find the correct use case of SuccessFactors for yourself?
    9. Is it helpful to include SuccessFactors in an individual archive to get a promotion?
    10. How will you get updated regarding the review meeting after the change in Success Factors in the next PDR?
    11. What kind of support would I get while using SAP SuccessFactors?
    12. Define the recruiting module of SAP SuccessFactors?
    13. Have you been involved in workshops? What was the outcome?
    14. Do you go to SAP events? What are the benefits of such events?
    15. Do you know about SuccessFactors integration methods?
    16. If you are required to give one piece of advice to a customer, who will implement Employee Central, what would it be?
    17. A customer is facing an issue while recording a video or uploading content to SuccessFactors LMS. Give the possible solutions?
    18. Provide us with some ideas for migrating from SAP ERP HCM to Employee central?

    Advanced level Interview Questions

    1. Is there any relation exists between Full cloud HCM (Human capital management) and Talent Hybrid?
    2. On what basis variable and bonus payment calculations are done in SAP SuccessFactors?
    3. Name the various key activities included in the foundation module of SAP SuccessFactors?
    4. Explain rating scales in context with recruiting module?
    5. Highlight the various weak spots of Employee central?
    6. Where a customer should create new positions?
    7. What does FS mean?

    Project Related Interview Questions

    1. What is the SuccessFactors Active methodology?
    2. Tell us about the different phases of project implementation?
    3. Tell us something about your real-time experience working in this field?
    4. What was your role in SuccessFactors project implementations, and what challenges you faced?
    5. How is SF active methodology different from ASAP methodology?

  • sap.ui.core.BusyIndicator.show() is not working on button click. How to show busy indicator on button click in UI5?

    Preface – This post is part of the UI5 Programs series.

    SAP UI5 provides various ways to show the Busy indicator. These busy indicators can be initiated based on events in the project. In this article, we will discuss busy indicator alternatives in detail.

    What are busy Indicators?

    A busy indicator is a loader symbol shown to the user to showcase that something is going on in the background, and the user has to wait until it completes. This is a good way to stop the end-users from interacting with the web app during a background task. You can read the official documentation here.

    Types of busy Indicators

    Following are the three types of busy indicators provided by SAP:

    • sap.ui.core.BusyIndicator

    • sap.m.BusyDialog

    • sap.m.BusyIndicator

    We will discuss these busy indicators in different article.

    sap.ui.core.BusyIndicator.show() is not working on button click. How to show the busy indicator on button click in UI5?

    In case sap.ui.core.BusyIndicator,show() is not getting triggered although you have mentioned it before your operation starts, then you can replace it with the below code:

    var oGlobalBusyDialog = new sap.m.BusyDialog(); // Initiate a Busy Dialog
oGlobalBusyDialog.open(); // => Start the Indicator

//your external API or operation call

// Success or Error of your call => Close the Indicator
 oGlobalBusyDialog.close();

    Let us know in the comment if you have any issues.

  • SAP FI – Retained Earnings Account

    Preface – This post is part of the SAP FI series.

    What is a Retained Earnings Account?

    The retained earnings account is used to post the income and expenditure for the year. It holds the balance of the previous fiscal year over into the next fiscal year. In the year’s balance sheet, retained earnings are reflected as reserves and surplus. In the chart of accounts (COA), each P&L account can be assigned a Retained Earning Account. You can define P&L statements as per COA and assign them to retained earning accounts in order to carry the balance forward to the next fiscal year.

    How to define a Retained Earnings Account?

    First Approach: T-code: OB53

    Second Approach: T-code: SPRO

    Path: SPRO → SAP Reference IMG → Financial Accounting → General Ledger Accounting → G/L Accounts → Preparations → Define Retained Earnings Account → Execute.

    1. Go to Define Retained Earnings Account

    2. Enter Chart of Accounts to maintain retained earnings account.

    3. In the next screen, select New Entries

    4. Provide the following details:

    Important Note:  If you create a P&L account, you must enter the account type for the retained earnings account for each P&L account.

    5. Enter the G/L account that is being used for Retained Earnings

    6. Provide posting key by selecting Posting key in Application menu

    7. Click on Save.

  • SAP FI – G/L Account Create, Display, Delete and Block

    Preface – This post is part of the SAP FI series.

    In this article, we will learn:

    • To create a new G/L account
    • To display changes
    • To Delete and block the G/L account

    How to create a new G/L Account?

    T-code: FS00

    1. Go to T-code FS00

    2. Provide details: G/L account number, Company code. Click on create.

    NOTE: You can also create G/L account with reference to another G/L account using With Template button.

    3. Enter G/L Account Type, Account Group, Short Text, Long Text in Type/Description tab.

    4. Save. A new G/L account is created.

    How to display changes in G/L Account?

    T-code: FS04

    1. Go to T-code FS04

    2. Enter G/L Account, Company Code

    3. Select a field from the list of changed fields in the next screen.

    4. Output is generated with changed values (new and old values).

    How to block or delete G/L Account?

    T-code: FS00

    1. Go to T-code FS00

    2. Enter G/L Account and Company code that is to be blocked or deleted

    3. For Blocking:
    A. Press the block button

    B. In the next screen, you will get the blocking options

    4. For Deletion:

    A. Press delete button

    B. In the next screen, you will get deletion options.

  • General Ledger (GL) Posting in payroll – SAP PCP0 & PC00_M99_CIPE

    Preface – This post is part of the SAP FI series.

    General ledger payroll posting involves posting the payroll results to the appropriate General Ledger accounts and cost centers. Following a payroll run, one of the following steps is posting payroll results to Accounting. Typically, it occurs after each payroll period and after each off-cycle payroll run.

    As part of GL posting, we do the following:

    • Information relevant to payroll postings is grouped.
    • Generates a summary of documents.
    • Posts information to appropriate GL accounts and cost centers.

    Posting GL

    It is a two steps process.

    Step 1: Create a Posting Run

    T-code: PC00_M99_CIPE

    An accompanying posting document is created due to this step, containing a distinctive number, a run type PP, and the payroll results. It ensures payroll results are posted only once for an employee. Upon successful posting, the status is changed to Documents Created; for unsuccessful posting, the status is Incorrect Documents with an appropriate error message in the output log.

    Steps:

    1. Go to T-code PC00_M99_CIPE
    2. Enter the required details.

    Mode of Execution

    • Test run without documents (T)
    • Simulation run with simulation documents (S)
    • Productive run (P)
    Test (T) mode

    As part of a test run, the system checks only whether the expenses and payables balances are zero.

    Simulation (S) mode

    When performing simulations alongside production runs, the system verifies that all HR and RT tables are present and if the posting information is consistent.

    Productive (P) mode

    On Execution. It performs the following tasks:

    • Calculates and evaluates the payroll results of selected employees.
    • Create a posting run.
    • Create a posting document.

    Output log

    This log displays whether the posting run for all personnel numbers was successful. The list of all employees will be shown in red (for errors) or else green. If the posting run was successful, the Document Creation field indicates error-free; for unsuccessful posting, the Document Creation will indicate Incorrect status. Note the posting run number. You can access the document overview screen by selecting the Document Overview button or double-clicking the Doc. creation line.

    Figure 1: Output Log screen

    Step 2: Editing Posting Run

    T-code: PCP0

    This step provides an overview of all the documents created during the posting process. The Document Overview can also be found in the Create Posting Run log by selecting the Document Overview button or double-clicking on the Document Creation line. It is possible to identify the reasons for unsuccessful posting runs resulting in errors (i.e., with an “Incorrect” status) by drilling down through these documents.

    Posting Run Status

    • The initial status of the posting run should be Documents created.
    • If the status is No documents created, again Create a Posting Run. Once all errors have been resolved status will change to Document Created.
    • After clicking Post Documents, the status will change to Documents Posted.

    Figure 2: Display posting run screen

     

  • SAP FI – Chart of Accounts

    Preface – This post is part of the SAP FI series.

    Introduction

    The SAP FI chart of accounts represents the list of the company’s GL accounts used to meet the daily needs and legal requirements of a company in the country in which it operates. Master charts of accounts are assigned to each company code.

    Types of Chart of Accounts (COA):

    Chart of accounts are classified into three categories:

    • Operating Chart of Accounts: It contains all General Ledger accounts that a business needs to operate on a daily basis.
    • Country Chart of Accounts: This document lists all General Ledger accounts that have to comply with the legal requirements of the operating country.
    • Chart of Accounts Group: The COA group contains a list of all the G/L accounts that are used throughout the organization.

    How to create a new Chart of Accounts?

    First Approach: T-code: OB13

    1. Go to T-code OB13 or Finance Accounting -> G/L Accounts.

    List of all Chart of Accounts

    2. Click on New Entries and create a new Chart of Accounts.

    Second Approach: T-code: SPRO

    Path to create a new Chart of Accounts: SPRO → SAP Reference IMG → Financial Accounting → General Ledger Accounting → G/L accounts → master data → Preparations → Edit Chart of Account Lists → Execute → New Entries to create a new chart of accounts.

     

    NOTE: Controlling integration is used for manual creation of cost elements or automatic creation of cost elements. Group Charts of Accounts are used to consolidate reports.

    How to define a Chart of Accounts Group?

    In order to manage and control a large number of G/L accounts effectively, you should use COA groups.

    First Approach: T-code: OBD4

    Second Approach: T-code: SPRO

    Path: SPRO → SAP Reference IMG → Financial Accounting → General Ledger Accounting → G/L Accounts → Preparations → Define Account Group → Execute → New window will open → New Entries.

    1. Go to Define Account Group

    2. Click on New Entries

    3. Provide details

    4. Click on Save Configuration

     

  • Difference Between SAP FICO and S4 HANA Finance

    Preface – This post is part of the SAP FI series.

    What is SAP FICO?

    SAP FICO stands for SAP Financial Accounting and Controlling. It covers the entire business process of finance accounting and management accounting. SAP FICO is one of the prime module in SAP ERP and it can be integrated with other SAP modules like SAP MM, SAP SD, SAP PP etc.

    Sub-components of SAP FI

    • SAP FI General Ledger accounting
    • Asset Accounting
    • Funds Management
    • Accounts Receivables
    • Accounts Payable
    • Special Purpose Ledger
    • Consolidation
    • Travel Management
    • Bank Accounting

    Sub Components of SAP CO

    • Cost Element Accounting
    • Profit Center Accounting
    • Cost Center Accounting
    • Internal Orders
    • Profitability Analysis
    • Product Cost Controlling

    What is SAP S4 HANA Finance?

    Previously known as Simple Finance, S/4 HANA Finance was the first component of SAP’s Business suite to be rewritten to run on in-memory HANA database. SAP S/4 HANA Finance is the combination of New GL with different category Extension Ledgers and complete Management Accounting solutions. It is used for real-time business intelligence.

    Difference Between SAP FICO and S4 HANA Finance

    SAP FICO SAP S/4 HANA Finance
    SAP FICO works on ECC model. SAP S/4 HANA Finance model is based on in-memory HANA database and works on cloud platform.
    SAP FICO is the Finance and Cost controlling module in SAP ERP where FI stands for Financial Accounting and CO stands for Controlling. SAP FICO module is very robust and covers almost all business process encountered in various industries. It is one of the essential and widely implemented modules in SAP. SAP Simple Finance was the former name of SAP S/4 HANA Finance.
    SAP S/4 HANA Finance is the area of the S/4 HANA suit dealing specifically with Finance Management solutions.
    SAP FI submodules:
    General Ledger
    Account payableAccount receivable
    Banking etc.    		 It enables:

    • A consistent view of financial data across the company reduces reconciliation efforts.
    • Universal Journal for financial/controlling data.
    • Central Finance to consolidate multiple back end data sources.
    No option to create CDS Views Data is calculated on the fly with cds views.

     

  • SAP FI Integration

    SAP FI Integration

    Preface – This post is part of the SAP FI series.

    Introduction

    SAP FI can be integrated with other SAP modules such as SAP CO, SAP SD and SAP MM. Integration with other modules plays a vital role in the strength of the SAP system.

    In simple terms, it means data is entered in one part of the system and through integration, it flows to other parts ensuring accuracy and saving time and effort.

    The three most common integration modules are SAP CO, SAP SD and SAP MM.

    SAP FI Integration

    NOTE: SAP CO – SAP Controlling, SAP SD – SAP Sales Distribution, SAP MM – SAP Material Management

    Case in point

    We can understand MM, SD and FI in simple terms as, MM means procure to pay, SD means sales to customer process and FI means payment and financial statement.

    Manufacturing business logic is made up of three things: BUY-MAKE-SALE. It means we buy the raw material from the vendor, make a finished product out of it, and sell this to the customer. Buy-Make-Sale

    Figure 1: Buy-Make-Sale

    • The organization buys the raw material, it goes to warehouse stock and is tracked under the MM module. And as an organization bought something it has to pay the capital to the vendor and which is tracked under the FI module.
    • To make a finished product from raw material, we need a contractor to process it. The process from raw material to finished product is tracked in the MM module and as an organization has to pay the contractor for his effort, payment will be made. This payment is tracked in the FI module.
    • We have the finished product now. So, to sell it to the customers we have to proceed with the sales process (sales order, delivery, billing etc). This is tracked under the SD module. So when we deliver the product to our customer, the customer will make payment for it, this will be tracked under the FI module. At that time, if the stock in the warehouse is decreased, this will be tracked in the MM module.

    Integration SAP FI-MM

    When material movement is processed and if it involves payment, an account entry is posted in FI. Let’s dig deep into how to post an account entry and do related configurations.

    Material master: It holds all the information for materials like material type, material group, purchasing information etc.

    Valuation class: Used to group materials based on same attributes (plant, material ..), so that we can carry same account determination for various materials. It is most important for automatic account posting. We can see the valuation class for particular material from t-code MM03.

    Valuation class

    Each material has a valuation class.

    Movement type: It is used for all types of material movements. For example, we transfer material from one location to another, a movement happens and a movement type is created for the same.

    Material movement is done with respect to movement type.

    Activity Movement Type
    Goods receipt 101
    Goods issue to production order 261
    Scrapping of goods 551
    Goods delivered to the customer 601
    Initial upload of stock 561

    Both valuation class and movement type are used to determine the G/L account.

    Integration Flow

    Automatic account posting

    T-code OBYC.

    T-code OBYC.

    For different movement types, account entry is done via different transaction event keys.

    NOTE: Movement type locates the valuation class for the material and posts the account to the G/L account associated with this valuation class.

    Integration SAP FI-SD

    When we sell the finished product, a bill is generated and the customer has to pay the amount, which is then posted to the FI module.

    The account entry of billing has two sides: Customer account (A/c Debit) and revenue account (A/c Credit). The customer data is fetched from customer mater data which is maintained from the SD module and the revenue account needs to be configured.

    For configuring the revenue account, we need to get the G/L account. There are five ways to determine G/L account in the SD module:

    • Cust.Grp/MaterialGrp/AcctKey
    • Cust.Grp/Account Key
    • Material Grp/Acct Key
    • General
    • Acct Key

    Assigned G/L accounts are used to post revenue, discount or surcharges if any.

    Configuration

    T-code: VKOA

    T-code: VKOA

    Figure : Default table and description for G/L account

    • The system firsts checks the table entry for Cust.Grp/MaterialGrp/AcctKey and goes to the transaction and the particular billing document. If checks for the customer group and material group combination and determines the G/L account.
    • If the G/L account is not present, it will go to the next table and performs step 1. This continues until the G/L account is not determined.
    • When the G/L account is determined for the combination, the amount is debited from the customer account and credited to the revenue account.

    Example

    Let’s take the G/L account 180033 is maintained for material group AAG.

    Example of SAP FI MM Integration

    When the system finds the combinations in the table, the amount is debited from the customer’s account and credited to G/L account 180033. The account key is used to determine whether it is revenue, discount or surcharges.

  • SAP FI Subcomponents

    Preface – This post is part of the SAP FI series.

    SAP FI Subcomponents

    SAP’s financial accounting is divided into submodules that reconcile with one another. SAP FI Subcomponents

    This article will focus on the SAP FI Subcomponents.

    General Ledger

    In SAP FI, everything is linked to General Ledger or G/L. G/L acts as the primary record to maintain all the financial transactions of the company. Example: customer transactions, internal company transactions, etc.

    Tcodes used for maintaining General Ledger
    F-06
    F-07
    FBCJ
    FB50
    FB02

    Account Receivable

    SAP’s Accounts Receivable module ensures that businesses receive money efficiently from their customers. It manages customer accounts and transactions.

    Tcodes used for maintaining Account Receivable Tables used for Account Receivable
    FD11 KNA1
    FD10 KNVV
    FRCA BSIW
    VD01

    Account Payable

    An account payable is a debit or credit to an external business partner, such as a supplier, or to an internal stakeholder. Accounts payable submodules are primarily used to manage our supplier accounts and pay for our suppliers’ goods and services.

    Tcodes used for maintaining Account Payable Tables used for Account Payable
    XK01 LFA1
    MK01 LFM2
    MK02 LFBK
    FCHU

    Asset Accounting

    Asset Accounting deals with all aspects of the company’s fixed assets, including all transactions related to fixed assets. It works closely with other SAP modules, such as SAP MM, SAP Plant Management, and EWM. Example: When a company purchases a product that can be considered an asset, details about the purchase are sent from SAP MM to Asset accounting.

    Tcodes used for maintaining Account Receivable
    AT01
    AT03
    AUN0
    ASEM

    Banking

    Bank accounting deals with all the transactions through the bank. It manages all the incoming/outgoing transactions, balance and bank-related master data.

    Tcodes used for maintaining Bank Accounting Tables used for Bank Accounting
    FIBLAROP LFBK
    OBEBGEN BNKA
    FI13 KNBK
    FF_6
    RVND

    Travel Management

    The travel management module tracks all the travel expenses of a company. The project includes all travel requests, travel planning, and expenses associated with all requested trips. Due to its integration with all the other SAP modules, it helps organizations manage travel expenses efficiently.

    Tcodes used for maintaining Travel Management. Tables used for Travel Management.
    PR05 TA22B
    PRTS PTRV_HEAD
    TRIP FTPT_PLAN
    PR00 FTPT_ITEM

    Fund Management

    Fund management manages funds in a company. Various modules like General Ledger (G/L) and SAP AR/AP, as well as SAP Material Management, etc., interact with Fund Management to provide fund details. This covers all transactions relating to the receipt of funds, the expenditure of funds, and the future expenditure of funds. The company can use the funds in a proper manner and create a budget forecast.

    Tcodes used for maintaining Fund Management. Tables used for Fund Management.
    FM5I FMFCTR
    FMWA FMIFIIT
    FMEQ FMIT

    Legal Consolidation

    By treating multiple units of an organization as a single entity, legal consolidation allows one to view details of all the companies under that umbrella as one financial statement.

    Tables used for Legal Consolidation
    FILCP
    MCDX
    GLT3
    T000K

    NOTE: Legal Consolidation (earlier supported in an older version of SAP ERP) module is now performed by SAP Business Process Consolidation BPC and SEM-BCS.

     

  • What is SAP FICO?

    What is SAP FICO?

    Preface – This post is part of the SAP FI series.

    Introduction

    The SAP FICO acronym stands for SAP Financial Accounting and Controlling and is one of the most important SAP modules. It can be integrated with SAP MM, SAP SD, SAP PP, SAP SCM, etc.

    SAP FI is a financial management system that analyzes the financial data of an organization. SAP CO is responsible for monitoring, coordinating, and optimizing all the processes of an organization.

    Subcomponents of SAP FI

    The SAP FI system is divided into several subcomponents for specific account processing. The following are the SAP FI subcomponents:

    • Finance Accounting General Ledger: It contains all the transactions of companies.
    • Finance Accounting Accounts Receivable: Records customers’ transactions and manages their accounts.
    • Finance Accounting Accounts Payable: Records all vendor and manpower transactions.
    • Finance Accounting Asset Accounting: Captures all the transactions related to the company’s fixed assets such as land etc.
    • Finance Accounting Bank Accounting: Keeps track of the company’s financial account transactions and data.
    • Finance Accounting Travel Management: It manages all aspects of the travel process, including booking trips and handling travel expenditures.
    • Finance Accounting Fund Management: Manages the company’s revenue and expense budgets.
    • Finance Accounting Legal Consolidation: It provides an overview of the company’s financial position as a whole by combining financial statements for multiple entities.
    • Finance Accounting Special Purpose Ledger: The ledgers are defined in SAP FI for reporting purposes.

    SAP FI Subcomponents

    Figure 1: SAP FI Subcomponents

    Why use SAP FI?

    SAP FI manages financial accounting data across multiple companies, currencies, and languages. The objective is to record all financial transactions posted by an entity and prepare an accurate financial statement at the end of the trading period.

    There are several financial components involved.

    • Fixed asset
    • Accrual
    • Cash journal
    • Accounts receivable and payable
    • Inventory
    • Tax accounting
    • General ledger
    • Fast close functions
    • Financial statements
    • Parallel valuations
    • Master data governance