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2264623 - Yugoslavia is Missing from the Country Picklist - EC

Symptom

  • The country 'Yugoslavia' is not present in the country picklist when selecting the 'Country of birth' for an employee.
  • Picklist for Country of Birth does not have the value of Yugoslavia as an option to select, when user is trying to enter Biographical Information.
  • The need to add required country to Picklist.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Access the profile of any employee
  2. Go to Personal Information
  3. Edit Biographical Information
  4. Edit 'Country of Birth' - Value = Yugoslavia is not available for selection.

Cause

  • The country of Yugoslavia is no longer in the picklist, since the country has been divided.
  • It is divided into 6 countries Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and Croatia.

Resolution

  1. Although the standard country picklist does not contain Yugoslavia, you could always add any required country to the picklist:
  2. Go to Admin tools > Manage data > under Create New, select Country > Enter all the details of the new country.
  3. Now the new country value will appear under the 'Country of Birth' field under Biographical Information.

Keywords

SF, Success Factors, Pick list, EC , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-EDP , Import Employee Data (EC Core only) , Problem

Product

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