2078684 - Steps for Active Users Disappearing from Route Map - Performance Management

• This KB article focuses on Active individuals either disappearing or not showing up in the route map after proceeding to the next step.
• The entire step is missing from the route map shown at the top of the form. Because these individuals are considered Active, they should be in the workflow.

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• The missing person in the route map could typically be any user, but in this example the employee step (E) will be used as this is the most common example.
• Whenever an employee either tries to create a PM form for themselves or by mass creating for multiple users, it removes the employee from the route map, even though they are listed as active.

   Example: a PM form with the following route map

• When the PM form for an active employee is created, the employee is removed from the route map.
• As listed below, only the manager step remains because the system does not recognize the employee as active:

• This behavior is caused by the employee not belonging to the default permission group which controls basic functionality.
• Although the employee is active in the system, they do not have the basic permissions which would identify them on a form’s route map.

If the user is a Non-RBP based (Role Based Permissions):

• Ensure the user belongs to the Default User Group permission

If Role Based Permissions (RBP) are used:

• Ensure the users belong to the default permission group.
• The user will need to first be deactivated and then reactivated to ensure they are added to this group.
• If this does not the SAP engineering group will need to correct this on the back end via a custom solution to add these employees to the default group permission.
• Please open a case with Customer Success team.

If the user is Invalid or an Inactive User:

• The behavior could cause random failures throughout the system.
• It is impossible to define any logical cause as to why some steps seem to disappear while others are ok since this is a data issue.
• This is preventable by ensuring all data changes are properly ordered and users in a route map are set as ACTIVE at the time of transfer and belong to the default user group permissions.
• An Invalid user is any person who cannot log into the system.
  • If the user is set as ACTIVE but the manager was set as INACTIVE at the point in time, then the user will not be able to log into the system.
  • If the user cannot log into the system, the system is aware of this and will therefore skip the user in the route map.
• If the user is not in the default user group the will be considered inactive and not part of the workflow.

Note: Please keep in mind this logic applies at the exact time of transfer. While the data file may have a user active at present, if the user was not at the exact time the form was routed the issue has already occurred.

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