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2324639 - How to populate object information from Employee Central to Custom Portlet or Objects via Business Rule?

Symptom

How to populate object information from EC to custom portlets or objects?

Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
  • SAP SuccessFactors MetaData Framework

Reproducing the Issue

After creating a custom object containing externalCode as users and other fields that are Objects (Foundation Object and Generic Objects), you need to populate the data of the user from Employee Central (EC) to this Custom Object.

Example of a Custom Object:

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NOTE: Please make sure that the externalCode is of USER type and the "Subject User Field" in the Object is externalCode.

Resolution

Create an "OnChange / onSave Rule " and attach the rule in the custom object you created.

Example of rule to populate data from EC to custom object:

rule_LWD.png

See Also

Scenario based business rules for MDF objects, Parameters, Limitations and other information about custom MDF Business Rule configuration scenario

Keywords

business rules, FO to CO, EC to Custom, populate data from EC to custom object, foundation object, custom object, foundation to custom, data from foundation to custom, MDF, EC. , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-FOO , Foundation Objects (Organisation, Pay and Job Structures) , LOD-SF-MDF-OBJ , Object Definition & Field Related Issues , LOD-SF-MDF-RUL , Custom Oject based Business Rules , How To

Product

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

Attachments

rule_LWD.png