Symptom
When mass creating calibration sessions using 'Admin Tools' -> 'Mass Create Calibration Sessions' the system notify the following error:
Here is a summary of errors encountered while processing the imported data.
Line number: 3. Error: Missing required field Session Name.
Environment
SAP Successfactors Calibration
Reproducing the Issue
- Log into the instance
- Admin Tools > Calibration> Mass Create Calibration session.
- Select the .csv file from the system> Import and Upload the csv file.
- Error notification message: Line number: 3. Error: Missing required field Session Name.
Cause
- This may be occur when the file encoding is not correct. You need to change the csv file encoding, for i.e. from UTF-8 to be ANSI.
- We recommend not using the non-English characters in your template names and other strings.
Resolution
There are two simple ways to make the change:
- One is open the file with Microsoft’s Notepad, then click Save As-> Change the Encoding to be ANSI beside the Save button-> Save;
- Another way is open the csv in Excel, then Save as type CSV(MS-DOS)(*.csv).
- Remove non-English characters in your template names and other strings;
See Also
KBA 2070741 - Manage Sessions - Mass Create Calibration Sessions - Calibration
Keywords
Mass Create Calibration Session, Calibration, Missing Required Field Session Name, Calibration Sessions , KBA , csg_q , LOD-SF-CAL-SES , Sessions, Creating, Managing etc. , Problem
Product
SAP SuccessFactors Performance & Goals all versions