2334925 - Custom field in position can be edited even after field level overrides permission is set to Read Only - Employee Central

Custom field in position can be edited even after field level overrides permission is set to Read Only

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• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
• Metadata Framework
• Role-Based Permission

1.  The employee has a permission role, in which permissions on a custom field of an MDF Object have a Field Level Override (Example below using a custom field called "Country")
2. Navigate to the Position, and try to Edit this custom Field

Result: You can Edit the custom field and save it.

The Custom field created is based on the values from the MDF Object. In my example, I created the object based on the  MDF Object 'Country

The system logic is that if an object is using the 'Valid Values Source', and the role has permissions to the MDF Object that is being referenced, then the user will also have permissions to the child object that is referencing the parent object

In this example showed the "Country" field is not controlled by any permission, then it is editable:

1. Restrict the MDF Object that is being used (Country on this example)
   
2. Now the field level override permission will work on the field.

Note: If you need to provide the permission to edit the Country field to certain roles, then you have to provide the permission in the RBP -> Miscellaneous Permission. Sample screen shot is shown below:

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