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2278115 - How to Create a Business Rule to Validate a Phone Number - Employee Central

Symptom

How to Create a Business Rule to Validate a Phone Number

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Resolution

It is possible to create a Business Rule and use a Regular Expression to check the validity of the length and/or format of a Phone Number (or any STRING field).

 

Please note that currently the rule will only execute in the UI (as Business Rules on Import of Phone Information is not currently supported).

 

Below example of basic validation check for USA and India phone numbers (can be used onChange as well as onSave).

 

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See Also

2297965 - How to Create a Business Rule to Format a Phone Number

Keywords

enforce format; contact info; phone number , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-PER-NAT , National ID - Config, Rules, RBP, UI , LOD-SF-EC-PER-PRS , Personal Info - Config, Rules, RBP, UI , How To

Product

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