SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2347102 - Position field not populated when hiring a new employee from Add New Employee

Symptom

When using Add New Employee to hire a new employee into Employee Central, in the Job Information section, the Position field returns no results.

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Environment

SuccessFactors HCM Suite

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Admin Center > Add New Employee or Manage Pending Hires
  2. Select an employee or complete the required information for a new employee
  3. In the Job Information section, select a Position

Cause

The Position field has MDF security enabled and sufficient permission has not been granted to the hiring user.

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Resolution

  1. Access the Admin Center
  2. Enter Manage Permission Roles into the tool search
  3. Select the Role which is assigned to the Hiring User
  4. Select Miscellaneous Permissions from the menu on the left
  5. Find Position the panel on the right
  6. Grant permissions for access to the Position field. At least View Current is necessary

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Keywords

KBA , LOD-SF-EC , Employee Central , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite 1608