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2473758 - Unable to initiate onboarding process. [ErrorCode - 500; ErrorMessage- salutation] in Onboarding 1.0

Symptom

  • When the Salutation field is mapped to Title users receive an error during initiate Onboarding:

Unable to initiate onboarding process. [ErrorCode - 500; ErrorMessage- salutation]

  • When this mapping is removed, Onboarding is initiated without a problem

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding

Cause

  • A misconfiguration in a field definition in the Data Dictionary.
  • The field type is a Suite Picklist and the system is using same key for name and for Ext Code Key.

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Resolution

Use a different key for the Ext Code Key or leave Ext Code Key blank.

Keywords

sf, success factors, ONB, OBD, on boarding , KBA , LOD-SF-OBD-PAN , Panels, Panel Designer , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding all versions