2361220 - How to map Picklist fields in EC Position Management to RCM Integration with oData API - Recruiting Management

Error message received when attempting to create a Job Requisition from Position Management (Position Org Chart) if a Job Requisition field with type "Picklist" is included in the Business Rule Mapping.

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Customers may request the possibility to use a picklist on the requisition side that is mapped to and prefilled from the position.

If this is the intended scenario, the OData API will require you to map the picklist values from MDF to the optionId of the picklist in RCM. When mapping a picklist to RCM, keep in mind that regardless of it is MDF or legacy picklist, you will be looking to find the OptionId of the picklist (Related KB article 2780148).

In order to do so, you will need to define this mapping with the help of an additional object that contains both the code and the optionId value.
The mapping object needs to be setup and maintained. Whenever there is a new value in the picklist, you will need a new instance of the object.

The MDF and the legacy picklist do not have to be manually kept in sync, as there is an automated way of doing so (see EC master guide, Q2 version, section 16.5 “Keeping ECV2 and MDF Picklists in Sync”).

Please find an example for such a picklist mapping:

Picklist Value	External Code	Option ID
Apple	Apple_1	2001
Orange	Orange_2	2002
Banana	Banana_3	2003

To configure this in your system, execute the following steps:

1. Create the mapping object in Configure Object Definitions, with only one custom field which is called “optionId”:
   

2. Create a new instance of this object for every mapping. For the mass creation of all values of one or several picklists, it may be best to use the MDF import for the object(s): 
   Please note that there should no comma or decimal in the picklist Option ID.
   

3. Use the mapping object in the field mapping to look up the Option ID via the External Code:
   The format of the requisition field should be "field.id".
   

NOTES:

• Make sure that the optionID in the lookup table matches the optionID of the picklist in use in the Job Requisition Template. Otherwise, it will throw an error: "Sorry, the requisition cannot be created. Creation of a job for position POSITION1 failed. Details: FIELDID is invalid."

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Employee Central Master:
https://help.sap.com/viewer/b14dd15ca58f43e0856184a740a4b212/latest/en-US/2f555274e4ad4dcc92a427dcbfb3dc5e.html

Employee Central Position Management:
https://help.sap.com/viewer/cf23ba26985f4d4a8df3a34b7392847d/latest/en-US/2f555274e4ad4dcc92a427dcbfb3dc5e.html

Manage Pending Hires:
https://help.sap.com/viewer/11888ce8119846ecab730236b601aeb4/latest/en-US/2f555274e4ad4dcc92a427dcbfb3dc5e.html

Contingent Workforce Management:
https://help.sap.com/viewer/7b2dec4ed4d9459f893cce6f5920528d/latest/en-US/2f555274e4ad4dcc92a427dcbfb3dc5e.html

Position Management, oData, API, Picklist, Business Rule, Job Requisition, is invalid, Sorry, the requisition cannot be created

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