2418814 - How to configure an MDF Sequence object and Business Rule to auto-generate Person ID during Hire

How to configure an MDF Sequence object and Business Rule to auto-generate Person ID during Hire?

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• SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Please Note:

The following is for configuration of a rule for Person ID, please see the below KBA for further detail on the new enhancement for UserID:
2678155 - 1808 - Rule-based generation of UserID / Username for Hires and Rehires (with New Employment)

Configuration

1. Create a "Sequence" object with the required Sequence Number and Step Count;
   
   
   
   
2. The rule to generate the IDs will be consumed not by the standard events (onChange, onSave), but directly by an appropriate method entered in a designated place in the Hire/Rehire Configuration object. There is also a new template option in the Manage Business Rules UI to create a rule to generate the Employment ID. This addresses the previous gaps with standard events where the sequence for employee IDs was skipped.
• Please reference KBA 2678155 - 1808 - Rule-based generation of UserID / Username for Hires and Rehires (with New Employment) for rule example

• The above example will set the Person Id to be the sequence USA or MEX (depending on the selected country) followed by the sequence number (USA1290 or MEX1290).
• Please see the following section of the handbook for more information the Format() and Format Number() functions Link.

 FAQ

• When using an MDF sequence to generate employee id while doing the new hire, we have the following Expected Behaviors:
1. Do not trigger the rule as onInit or onSave from the personInfo element. Instead please implement this functionality as per the KBA 2678155: it is not recommended to use onSave or onInit rules to generate PersonID during hire anymore.
2. Do not use Lookup objects in your Rule. Instead use the IF / THEN / ELSE IF conditions to determine different Sequences to be used. (Using Lookup object is not a stable solution and can lead to inconsistencies).

• 2678155 - 1808 - Rule-based generation of UserID / Username for Hires and Rehires (with New Employment)
• 2352610 - Automatic generation of position code

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