It is very common for customers to look for options to improve the user experience through deep links, which are nothing more than hyperlinks that lead directly to a specific page in the SAP SuccessFactors system, but for many customers, the creation/definition of the deep link still causes a little discomfort or dedication of time that is increasingly scarce. Because of that, we’ve put examples in this blog that can be used as a starting point for those who want to better explore the possibilities of deep links to Employee Central processes/portlets.
DETAILS
Before jumping to the sample deep link use cases, it is important to remember that we will cover Employee Central links and for this, there are a set of supported Base URL options to be used, which are:
- /sf/liveprofile/
- /sf/employmentinfo
- /sf/personalinfo
- /sf/employeeupdate
The deep link is defined in blocks as per below diagram:
To bring the information of a specific person you can add the following parameter to these URL options: selected_user=UserID
To bring the information of a specific position you can use the following parameter: selected_position=position external code
- Sample Deep Links
1.1 Go to Profile
The below URL takes you to the Profile page, without pointing to any specific portlet/block.
https://salesdemo4.successfactors.com/sf/personalinfo
1.2 Profile Portlets/Blocks
when you need to send the users to a specific portlet/block from the profile, you can use the parameters:
- blockid=
- blockType=
In the below example we have used both. The first one we are pointing to the Address Info Portlet. The second we are directing the users to the Personal Information portlet.
https://salesdemo4.successfactors.com/sf/personalinfo?blockId=block7322
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Please remember that you have to go to the ‘Configurare People Profile’ to check and copy the block id or type to be added to your URL, as per the screenshot below:
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Below you can also find an example using the blockType parameter:
https://salesdemo4.successfactors.com/sf/personalinfo?blockType=PERSONAL_INFO_BLOCK
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1.3 Job Information
To directly access the Job Information portlet to make changes, such as Promotion, Demotion, Transfer, etc, the below URL brings you to the portlet. Please note that we have used the parameter to define a specific user.
https://salesdemo4.successfactors.com/sf/employeeupdate?selected_user=100239
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1.4 Employment Details
To directly access the Employment Details portlet use the below URL. Please note that we have used the parameter to define a specific user and the Action Controller to already open the portlet in edit mode.
https://salesdemo4.successfactors.com/sf/employeeupdate?selectquestion=essMssEmploymentDetailsActionController&selected_user=100009
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1.5 One Time Deduction
To directly access the One Time Deduction portlet use the below URL. Please note that we have used the parameter to define a specific user and the Action Controller to already open the portlet in edit mode.
https://salesdemo4.successfactors.com/sf/employeeupdate?selectquestion=essMssOneTimeDeductionController&selected_user=100009
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1.6 One Time Payment
To directly access the One Time Payment portlet use the below URL. Please note that we have used the parameter to define a specific user and the Action Controller to already open the portlet in edit mode.
https://salesdemo4.successfactors.com/sf/employeeupdate?selectquestion=essMssPayCompNonRecurringActionController&selected_user=100009
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1.7 Termination
To directly access the Termination portlet use the below URL. Please note that we have used the parameter to define a specific user and the Action Controller to already open the portlet in edit mode.
https://salesdemo4.successfactors.com/sf/employeeupdate?selectquestion=essMssTerminateActionController&selected_user=100009
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1.8 Concurrent Employment
For you, quickly start concurrent employment, use the below URL. Please note that we have used the parameter to define a specific user and the Action Controller to already open the portlet in edit mode.
https://salesdemo4.successfactors.com/sf/employeeupdate?selectquestion=essMssConcurrentEmploymentActionController&selected_user=100009
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1.9 Position Org Chart
To access the Position Org Chart for a specific position, use the below URL. In case you don’t want to access a specific position, but just the full Position Org Chart, you need to remove the selected_position parameter from the URL.
https://salesdemo4.successfactors.com/sf/orgchart?type=position&selected_position=3000901
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1.10 Company Structure Overview
To access the Position Org Chart for a specific position, use the below URL. Note that for this URL we have used the parameter type=
https://salesdemo4.successfactors.com/sf/orgchart?type=entity&bplte
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1.11 Time Off request
To directly access the Time Off request page use the below URL. Please note that we have used the parameter to define a specific user.
https://salesdemo4.successfactors.com/sf/timeoff?selected_user=100009
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1.12 Time Off Administer Time
To directly access the Time Off Administer Time page use the below URL.
https://salesdemo4.successfactors.com/sf/timeoffworkbench
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1.13 Time Off Calendars
To directly access the Time Off Calendars page use the below URL.
https://salesdemo4.successfactors.com/sf/timeoffcalendars
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This ends our blog, but as noticed, the parameters used are all optional, in other words, it can be used or not, depending on the use case that needs to be implemented.
CONCLUSION
This blog post shared some Employee Central deep link possibilities for you to use as a starting point when thinking about improving the user experience of your employees or admins.
Looking forward to your comments and seeing your use cases/experiences on this topic.
