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2149882 - After Simulation of Period End Processing, The Job Response File is Empty

Symptom

You are simulating a Period End Processing (PEP) calendar but, upon downloading the job response, an empty csv file is returned.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - Time Off

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to Admin Tools> Manage Time Off Calendars > Choose "Period End Processing" as "Change Scenario".
  2. Create a new calendar and simulate it.
  3. Go to Scheduled Job Manager > Download the simulated file and observe that the file is empty.

Cause

Booking end date is not falling within the calendar period.

Resolution

Criteria for picking a Time Account during PEP simulation is that the Booking end date must fall in calendar period.

For example, I have a 2024 Vacation account with below details:

  • Time Account Start date - 01/01/2024
  • Time Account End Date - 31/12/2024
  • Booking Possible Until Date - 31/03/2025

Here the Booking Possible until date is 31/3/2025. Therefore, make sure that the Booking Possible Untill Date is falling in between the PEP calendar's start date and end date.

  • PEP calendar start date 31/12/2024 and end date 31/5/2025:  Correct --->31/3/2025 is falling between PEP calendar start and end date
  • PEP calendar start date 01/01/2024 and end date 31/12/2024: Wrong ---> 31/3/2024 is not falling between PEP calendar start and end date, hence 2024 accounts will not be considered for this run.

See Also

Period-End Processing | SAP Help Portal

Keywords

Time off, Period End Processing failed, Simulation Failed, PEP, empty csv, Period-End-Processing, simulation, pep simulation, empty, excel file, calendar, job response , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-TIM-CAL , Calendar Jobs , LOD-SF-EC-TIM , Time Off , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions