Oracle HCM Cloud 25C — What’s New (and Why It Matters)
Overview
- AI Agent Studio inside Fusion to create, test, and deploy HR agents.
- Dozens of HCM AI agents land across Benefits, Absence, Comp, Payroll, HR.
- Redwood Business Rules to harden data quality (defaults, warnings, errors).
- Redwood Analytics + OTBI to surface KPIs on Activity Centers.
- Recruiting uplift with Redwood Job Offer, AI Message Assist & AI Ratings.
- US Payroll: geospatial tax jurisdiction + detailed Tax Calculation Report.
AI Agent Studio comes to Fusion HCM
Design-time workspace to instantiate templates, build custom agents or agent teams, add tools and topics (your policies, guides, PDFs), then debug and deploy those agents right into HCM pages and processes. Think of it as your governed agent factory—with existing Fusion roles and audit trails.
Quick start:
- Open Navigator → Tools → AI Agent Studio.
- Start from a template (e.g., Benefits Policy Advisor), add your policy docs as Topics.
- Enable the tools your agent can use (lookups, actions, deep-links, alerts).
- Test, then deploy to the Redwood page or Journey step that needs it.
25C — Most important features by HCM area
HCM Common (Platform & UX)
- Business Rules on Redwood pages: default and validate values (warnings/errors) to improve data quality across high-volume flows.
- Redwood Analytics + OTBI: build visualization configurations and drop KPIs into Activity Centers.
- Extract & Data Mover enhancements: streamlined configuration and delivery options.
Global HR
- New AI agents (e.g., Employment Details Assistant, Employment Contract Analyst) reduce HR case volume.
- Journeys: add Workflow Agent subtasks on Redwood pages to inject agent-powered guidance.
Recruiting
- Redwood Job Offer experience end-to-end.
- AI-assisted Message Center: compose/reply with AI, plus conversation summaries.
- AI Ratings enhanced (education, experience, skills parsing).
- New Candidate creation through intelligent Resume Parsing
- New dashboard widgets, sourcing tile, improved filters and VBS parameters.
Talent Management
- AI assistance for Manager Evaluations (Redwood performance docs).
- Talent Advisor (My Team) agent helps leaders take action.
- Suggested Goals continues to improve with AI Assist.
Compensation
- Compensation Advisor agents (employee & manager views) surface pay and insight conversationally.
- Market Composites: govern AI Assist visibility via business rules.
Benefits
- Benefits Analyst and Benefits Policy Advisor agents guide employees through eligibility and options.
Absence Management
- Leave & Absence Analyst and Leave & Absence Policy Advisor handle balances, donations, cash-outs, entitlements.
Learning & Development
- Self-paced learning APIs and new extensibility props for page defaults.
- AI-driven career role recommendations to guide upskilling.
Dynamic Skills & Opportunity Marketplace
- AI-assisted skill descriptions and tighter rating assessments.
- Opportunity Marketplace picks up Redwood UX refinements and filters.
Oracle ME (Employee Experience)
- HCM Communicate becomes Oracle Communicate; new celebrate/recognition analytics subject area.
The AI roundup — what’s now in the box
HR & Journeys
- Employment Details Assistant
- Employment Contract Analyst
- Workflow Agent subtasks in Redwood Journeys
Benefits & Absence
- Benefits Analyst
- Benefits Policy Advisor
- Leave & Absence Analyst
- Leave & Absence Policy Advisor
Compensation & Talent
- Compensation Advisor (employee & manager)
- Market Composites with AI Assist controls
- Talent Advisor (My Team), Suggested Goals assist
Recruiting
- Recruiting AI: Message Assist & Ratings; Redwood Job Offer
Adoption checklist — where to focus first
- Pilot 2–3 agents: Benefits Policy Advisor, Employment Details Assistant, Pay Policy Advisor. Tighten prompts, topics, and roles.
- Recruiting uplift: enable AI Message Assist, roll out Redwood Job Offer, validate AI Ratings against your templates.
- Analytics: define 3–5 OTBI-backed Redwood dashboards for HR/Recruiting.
- Data quality: use Business Rules for defaults/validations on high-volume pages.
- Upskill: schedule role-based enablement on 25C features for HR, TA, Comp, Payroll, IT.
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Author: Richard Atkins