In SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, associations define relationships between objects.

A Composite association establishes a parent-child relationship. The association is configured on the parent object, and its destination is the child object. For example, the Job Information (parent) object has a composite association pointing to the Pay Component Recurring (child) object.

A Valid When association creates a link between two foundation objects, typically to filter values. The association is defined on the lower-level object, and its destination is the higher-level object it depends on. For instance, the Location (lower-level) object has a "valid-when" association pointing to the Legal Entity (higher-level) object.

A. Composite association - Parent object: The composite association is defined on the parent object, but its destination is the child object, not the parent itself.

C. Valid When association - Lower level object: The "valid-when" association is defined on the lower-level object, but its destination is the higher-level object that governs its validity.

1. SAP Help Portal

Implementing the Employee Central Master: "Associations in the Corporate Data Model" section.

For Composite Association (Answer D): "A composite association defines a parent-child relationship between two objects... The association is defined in the parent object definition and the destination object is the child object."

For Valid When Association (Answer B): "A valid-when association is a relationship between two foundation objects... The association is defined in the lower-level object and the destination object is the higher-level object."