SAP SuccessFactors Terminology and Abbreviations

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This document provides a number of acronyms and other terms that are commonly used in relation to the SAP SuccessFactors HXM suite.

Suite

Term	Definition
HXM	Human Experience Management
EX	Employee Experience
360	360 / Multi Rater
CDP	Career Development Planning
CMP	Compensation
CoC	Center of Capabilities
Comp	Compensation
EP	Employee Profile
GM	Goal Management
JPB	Job Profile Builder
LMS	Learning Management Solution
MDF	Metadata Framework
OMP	Opportunity Marketplace
ONB	Onboarding
PM	Performance Management
PMGM	Performance & Goal Management
REC	Recruiting
RCM	Recruiting Management
RMK	Recruiting Marketing
S&D	Succession & Development
SP	Succession Planning
VAR	Variable Pay
Var Pay	Variable Pay
WFA	Workforce Analytics
WFP	Workforce Planning
ATS	Applicant Tracking System
JRDM	Job Requisition Data Model

Architectural, Technical, and Integration

Term	Definition
ALP	Architectural Leading Practices
API	Application Programming Interface
FO	Foundation Object
GO	Generic Object
IDP	Implementation Design Principles
IaaS	Integration-as-a-Service
IC	Integration Center
iFlow	Integration Flow (an integration add-on)
ISC	Intelligent Services Center
OData	Open Data Protocol (see www.odata.org)
PaaS	Platform-as-a-Service
PI	SAP Process Integration
SaaS	Software-as-a-Service
SFAPI	SuccessFactors API
SOAP	Simple Object Access Protocol
SSO	Single Sign-On
UDF	User Data File

Security

Term	Definition
AD	Administrative Domains [deprecated in Q2 2019 release]
IdP	Identity Provider
IPS	SAP Identity Provisioning
OAuth	Open standard for authorization
RBP	Role-Based Permissions
SAML2	Security Assertion Markup Language 2.0
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer
SSO	Single Sign-On

Miscellaneous

Term	Definition
CS	Customer Support
CSV	Comma Separated Values
GA	General Availability
UI	User Interface
UX	User Experience
V12	V12 Revolution UI
WACA	Writing Assistant and Coaching Advisor
XML	eXtensible Markup Language

Abbreviations and Terms not used or no longer used

Term	Definition
CPI	SAP Cloud Platform Integration
EC	Employee Central
ECP	Employee Central Payroll
EC Payroll	Employee Central Payroll
J2W	Jobs2Web (not Recruiting Marketing)
JDM	Job Description Manager
SAP Cloud Payroll	Old name for Employee Central Payroll
SFSF	SuccessFactors New York Stock Market listing name
BizX	Business Execution Suite
NWPI	SAP NetWeaver Process Integration
REx	Recruiting Execution
RX	Recruiting Execution
PEPS	Product Expert Professional Services
HCI	SAP HANA Cloud Integration
HCP	SAP HANA Cloud Platform
ODS	Operational Data Store
SAIL	Social Media ABAP Integration Library
IRR	Internal Release Readiness

Last updated October 27, 2023.