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2512262 - Incorrect Period set during Calendar creation in Manage Time Off Calendars

Symptom

Incorrect period is set during creation of new time off calendars in Manage Time Off Calendars

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Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Time Off
  • People Profile (PP3)

Reproducing the Issue

1. Go to Admin Center > Manage Time Off Calendars.

2. Click on New Calendar button then select calendar type.

3. Name the calendar and select a time account type (i.e. monthly time account) then set the start date and end dates accordingly.

Period start/end dates are moved to a day earlier than the actual date of the calendar.

TimeOffCalendar_IncorrectPeriod.png

Cause

This was a known issue with user's timezone/locale in 1705 release.

Resolution

Code fix was released on 1711 to permanently address the issue.

WORKAROUND:

Use the old calendar UI for time off calendars creation. To access the old calendar UI, go to the URL section of the browser page then change changeCal to changeCalendar.

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Using the old Time Off calendar UI, periods for the calendars should now be set correctly.

TimeOffCalendar_OldUI.png

Keywords

calendar period, Manage Time Off Calendar UI, timezone, locale, calendar, ECT-78923 , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-TIM , Time Off , LOD-SF-EC , Employee Central , Bug Filed

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central 1705 ; SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central 1708