In SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, an "Event" signifies a change in an employee's job or employment details (e.g., Hire, Promotion, Termination). Each Event must be accompanied by an "Event Reason" that specifies the cause of the change. The Event Reason is the core configuration element where the resulting "Employee Status" (e.g., Active, Paid Leave, Terminated) is explicitly defined. When a manager or HR administrator processes an employment change and selects a specific event reason, the system automatically updates the employee's record with the status assigned to that event reason.

A. Self-Service: This is a user interface feature allowing employees or managers to initiate requests; it does not define the underlying system logic for status changes.

B. Workflows: These are approval processes that route a transaction for review. They manage the approval of a change but do not determine the resulting employee status.

D. Business rules: While business rules can automate or validate data, the fundamental mapping of an employment change to an employee status is configured within the event reason itself.

1. SAP Help Portal

Implementing Employee Central Core (Document Version: 2H 2023): In the section "Events and Event Reasons

" the configuration process is detailed. When setting up an event reason via the "Manage Organization

Pay and Job Structures" tool

the "Employee Status" field is a mandatory attribute that must be assigned. This directly links the event reason to the status that will be set in the employee's Job Information portlet. (See chapter on "Events and Event Reasons").

2. SAP Help Portal

Implementing Employee Central Core (Document Version: 2H 2023): The guide explains

"When you define event reasons

you assign an employee status to each one. When a user then chooses that event reason for an employee

the system automatically assigns the corresponding status to the employee." (See chapter on "Employee Status").