Symptom
User only has View and History Permissions for the Work Schedule Field under Employee Central Effective Dated Entities.
In the User's Job Information > Edit > the Work Schedule field value is read only, however the "Find A Work Schedule" option is still available.
Here they still can select and change the value of the work schedule field.
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Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - Time Off
Cause
The User has the "Admin access to MDF OData API" under "Metadata Framework" in Manage permissions Roles, which controls the visibility here.
Resolution
Once this "Admin access to MDF OData API" has been removed, the "Find A Work Schedule" link still appears, however no work schedules will appear, and they will not be able to change the value:
Keywords
Find A Work Schedule, Work Schedule Finder, permission, Admin access to MDF OData API , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-TIM-UI , Team Absence Calender/ Workbench/ ESS UI's , LOD-SF-EC-TIM-JOB , Time Management in Job Info - Records & Objects , Problem
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