What's new or changed in Dynamics 365 Human Resources September 20, 2021

Article
06/28/2022

Applies to these Dynamics 365 apps:
Human Resources

This article describes features that are new, changed, or coming soon in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Human Resources.

For more information about our update process and schedule, see Update process.

For more information about new features and their expected general availability dates, see Overview of Dynamics 365 Human Resources 2021 release wave 2.

In this release

This release includes the following new features and bug fixes. Changes apply to build number 8.1.4464.

New features

The following features are generally available with this release.

Feature	Release plan	Documentation
Enable simplified payroll integration (Payroll integration APIs)	Enable simplified integration with payroll providers	Payroll integration API
Enable employees to be marked as ready to be paid	Enable employees to be marked as ready to be paid	Ready to pay

Bug fixes

The following bug fixes are included in this release.

Note

Our goal is to get you this information as soon as possible. We might update this article to include bug fixes that made it into the build after this article was initially published.

Issue number	Issue	Description
619774	Editing address description does not sync to Dataverse in real time.	When editing the description for a worker address, the updated description does not get synced in real time to Dataverse. The subscription in the Logistics Location table was updated for sending an update.
614603	Error on the Worker page when the Worker personnel actions parameter is not selected.	When hiring a new worker or navigating to the Worker page, the following error displays, "Field Personnel action type must be filled in", even if Personnel actions are turned off.
615367	Approved time off tab displays a warning and displays incorrectly.	If the leave unit is set to Days before enabling the feature Configure leave units per leave type, the Approved time off tab displays an invalid warning and incorrect columns.

In preview

The following new features are in preview. For more information about how to turn features on or off, see Manage features.

Feature	Release plan	Documentation
Benefits management workspace	Benefits management workspace (Preview)	Benefits management workspace
Custom fields in Eligibility	Custom fields support in eligibility processing	Using custom fields in eligibility processing
Benefits statement	Benefits Statement	Benefits statement

Benefits statement known issues

Issue	Description
Report parameters page in Employee self service for the benefit statement is incorrect.	When navigating to the Benefit statement in Employee self service, the Report parameters page displays Records to include and Run in the background FastTabs. These need to be removed.
Closed and future periods are displayed in the Reports parameter page for the benefits statement.	When navigating to the Benefit statement report destination page, the user is able to select benefit plans periods that are closed or are future dated, which results in a blank page. Only the current benefit plan period should display in the list.
Error when emailing report using GER report destination.	The benefits statement can be set to use email parameters within the GER Report destinations page. When completing the setup and printing the report, the user will receive a formatting error and the benefits statement will not be sent.

Coming soon

For a complete list of planned features and their scheduled releases, see Overview of Dynamics 365 Human Resources 2021 release wave 2.

Feature	Details
Platform update 10.0.21 (45)	Roll-out of Platform update 10.0.21 is scheduled to begin with the service release on October 4, 2021. For more information, see Platform updates for version 10.0.21 of finance and operations apps (October 2021).
Performance journals extended reports view	This feature will become enabled by default in the next roll-out.