2166531 - Error: Please make sure that the external code for picklist "x" with option ID "x" is valid - Compound Employee API

Compound Employee API call fails with following error which can be seen in its response:

<node_name>job_information</node_name>
<field_name>custom_string2</field_name>
<xpath>//sfobject[1]/person/employment_information[1]/job_information[1]</xpath>
<code>COMPOUND_EMPLOYEE/PICKLIST_INVALID</code>
<severity>WARNING</severity>
<message_text>Field "custom_string2" can't be returned: Please make sure that the external code for picklist "empJobTest" with option ID "667569" is valid. If this is a migrated picklist, please maintain missing non-unique external codes for this picklist.</message_text>

In this example above, "empJobTest" is the picklist name and the picklist value with option ID "667569" is the one failing.

Image/data in this KBA is from SAP internal systems, sample data, or demo systems. Any resemblance to real data is purely coincidental.

• SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
• Compound Employee API

externalcode, picklist, option ID, Boomi, SAP PI, Compound Employee, ce, Please make sure that the external code for picklist, with option ID, is valid, COMPOUND_EMPLOYEE/PICKLIST_INVALID, option id, Non-unique External Code, picklist center, migrated, mdf, non-migrated, , KBA , LOD-SF-INT-CE , Compound Employee API , LOD-SF-INT , Integrations , LOD-SF-INT-EC , Employee Central SFAPI & OData Entities , LOD-SF-INT-BOM , Standard SF to 3rd Party Boomi Content , Problem