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2455583 - Not able to Retrieve Country Specific Fields in Document Generation for Foundation Objects

Symptom

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You have created a document and you need to retrieve in one placeHolder information about one country sperfic fields for foundation objects EG location (please se the screenshot below)

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If you try to map these fields in the document generation directly os try to create a business rule to this you'll see that you cannot find these fields.

  • Mapping directly:

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  • Trying a business rule:

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Environment

Employee Central - Document Generation

Reproducing the Issue

First way to reproduce it:

  1. Go to Manage Document Template Mapping;
  2. Select Direct for the field Mappyng Type;
  3. Try to find the country specific fields for the foundation object;

Second way to reproduce it:

  1. Go to configure business rules;
  2. Try to set one business rule to reach the foundation object related with the job information;
  3. See that you can reach the foundaton object but you can't reach the country specific fields to set in the rule;

Cause

This is currently not supported.

Resolution

Please raise an enhancement request if this is something that is needed for your company.

Keywords

Country specific fields in document generation; , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-DOC , Document Generation , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions