2310044 - Upsert on Background related OData API entities - SuccessFactors OData API

When you perform an OData API insert/upsert call in a Background entity (Background_Mobility, for example) and you try to pass a value for the backgroundElementId field, you get below error message:

"The Property backgroundElementId is not insertable".

Or, when you are creating an input integration on Integration Center which would insert a record on any Background entity, you receive a similar error:

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• SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
• Integration Center
• OData API

The backgroundElementId API field is a key field for any background Entity. This is a unique value and can't be edited (or upserted).

The bgOrderPos represents the order that the background records are shown in the screen. If one user has 2 Background_Mobility records, one will have bgOrderPos = 1 and the other will have bgOrderPos = 2. If you try to upsert a third record passing the value bgOrderPos = 2, an error will occur.

Whenever you create a new Background record via OData API operation insert/upsert, you'll have to pass the value "0" in the payload for the backgroundElementId field.

The system will automatically generate a value for this field.

Note: In the Integration center, preview mode while testing if you receive the error "Complex key values cannot be null". You will also see backgroundElementId=null in the payload when the value is 0, please ignore and proceed to "Run Now".

Note2: In the Integration center, please also use Upsert single operation.

Also, in order to prevent passing an existing value to "bgOrderPos" field, you can pass the value bgOrderPos = -1 in the API call. This will make the new record be placed in the next position, for example: if the user has 2 Background_Mobility records and you upsert a third record with bgOrderPos = -1, it will be placed in the third position and will end up receiving the value bgOrderPos = 3.

Check this page of SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite OData API: Reference Guide. It has more info about the Background entities and how they behave on OData API calls.

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