Symptom
The requirement is to send an Alert Notification to a user (for example, an employee's Manager) some days before the Planned End Date of a Global Assignment is reached. This article provides a simple example of such a rule.
Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
Resolution
Please review the EC Alerts and Notifications feature implementation documentation (which is part of the "Implementing Workflows in Employee Central" handbook) first as there are more steps that must be completed in order for the system to send Alert Notifications (not just the below configuration).
The rule below is configured to send an Alert 3 days before the "Planned End Date" of the Global Assignment. Some specific notes -:
- Rule Scenario = Generate Employee Central Alerts
- Rule Base Object = Global Assignment Details
The rule can be configured as such:
The rule then needs to be added to the "globalAssignmentInfo" object in the Manage Business Configuration UI:
(Or it can also be done via Succession Data Model XML import)
See Also
- 2315275 - Employee Central - Workflows & Alerts
- 2156278 - How to set up EC Alerts and Notification using Business Rules
- Implementing Workflows in Employee Central
Keywords
ECT-61094, Alert, EC Alerts and Notifications, GA, Global Assignment , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-ALR , Alerts & Notifications (saveAlert - EC Core only) , LOD-SF-EC-GA , Global Assignment , How To