Symptom
When changing the maximum fraction digits for a field (example- FTE) into 7, system reverts the number of decimal places to 5.
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Environment
- SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
- SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
Reproducing the Issue
1. Go to Admin Tools > Manage Business Configuration > jobInfo element
2. Change the Maximum Fraction Digits value to 7 for FTE field.
3. Save the changes.
4. Search for an employee and manually change the FTE with a value having 7 decimal places.
5. System immediately changes it to 5 decimal places.
Cause
This is an expected system behavior.
Resolution
The possible values for Maximum Fraction Digits ranges from 0 to 5 only.
However, you may only use this property only to HRIS fields with the data type DOUBLE. If you do not use this attribute for a DOUBLE data type, the number is rounded to three decimal places by default.
If you define a negative value, the default value of 3 decimal places is used.
You can choose a number from 0 to 5.
- Settings from BCUI is all normal, DOUBLE data type and maximumFractionDigits is '5'
- Same setting on data model XML
</hris-field>
<hris-field max-length="256" id="fte" visibility="view" maximumFractionDigits="5" allow-import="true">
<label>FTE</label>
<label xml:lang="en-US">FTE</label>
<label xml:lang="nl-NL">FTE</label>
</hris-field>
FAQ - Additional Information:
Q) Where can I get information on this from the Guide?
A) Guide: Data Model Field Information for Employee Central - Chapter maxFractionDigits
Guide: Business Rules Implementation Guide - Chapter: Round
Q) How is it stored in database like reports?
A) It has a limit of 15 fraction digits.
See Also
Keywords
Maximum Fraction Digits, FTE, decimal places, round, employee central, employee profile, successfactors, SF, EC, EP , KBA , LOD-SF-EC , Employee Central , LOD-SF-EC-JOB , Job Information , LOD-SF-EC-JOB-UI , History UI & MSS UI , Problem