2314289 - Unable to Hire New User via Add New Employee Wizard - JDBC Batch Update Error

• In the Add New Employee Wizard, when trying to save the record of a newly added user, an error popup appears with the following message:
  
  "Error: Sorry, an error occurred during the hiring process. Wrapped Exception: Wrapped Exception: Wrapped Exception: Exception caught: Could not execute JDBC batch update"

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SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

1. Go to Company System and Logo Settings -> Check the current value for the Next Person ID Assigned Setting
   
   
   
   
2. Go to any test user's Personal Information page and change the personId number, in the Biographical Information portlet, to the value identified in the abovementioned
   
   
   
   
3. Add a new user via the Add New Employee Wizard, save the record. The following error will appear:
   
   

The next available personID is already being used by an existing user. Hence, system is throwing an error.

Go to "Company System and Logo Settings! and update the value in the "Next Person Id Assigned" field to a new value that is not used, yet. Then, try to do the hire again.

In order to proactively identify which personId numbers are not yet assigned, you can generate an Ad Hoc Report on Person Information, look for the PERSON_ID_EXTERNAL or personID field.

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