SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2294141 - Limitation for manage attachments during workflow execution

Symptom

Approvers are unable to edit attachment in workflow and therefore cannot upload an attachment to it.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

Workflow approver cannot edit the attachment section of a workflow that is pending approval.

Only workflow initiator can edit and upload an attachment to it.

Cause

As per the current product design, there are some limitations with regards to managing attachments during workflow execution.

Resolution

This feature is supported only for following workflow types (because they have Job Information change, which has attachment field):

  1. Job Information change workflow
  2. New hire/rehire/internal hire workflow
  3. Termination workflow
  4. Global Assignment workflow 

Keywords

Edit, workflow, add, attachment, upload, load, update, send back, approver, pending approval, workflow approver, manage attachment, workflow execution , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-WFL , Workflows - Configuration, Tools, Objects & Rules , Problem

Product

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