SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2513078 - Is it possible to hide external code of picklists, Foundation Objects and MDF Objects of HRIS elements?

Symptom

Can we hide external codes of HRIS elements shown in Employee Central pages?

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Environment

  • Employee Central - Job Information
  • Employee Central - Compensation Information

Reproducing the Issue

Navigate to Employment Information page and observe that we can see external codes along with any HRIS fields which reference a picklist, foundation object or MDF object;
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Resolution

  • This is currently a product limitation. Currently, it is not possible to hide external codes.
  • The same request is submitted in influence portal: Possibility to disable technical codes for fields in people profile which is accepted by Product Management.
  • Enhancement is currently being planned for 2H 2024, but not yet confirmed.
  • Please follow this KBA for updates, or refer the What's New Viewer of the releases.

Note: 

  • By default, picklist do not show external codes and currently there is no way to show it on UI.
  • Foundation objects and MDF objects on other hand does show label and externalCode both as of now.

    For Latest people profile:

    External codes for Foundation Objects, Generic Objects, and picklist option IDs do not appear by default. Users can now individually control whether the external codes are displayed. To configure the display, select Settings from the user account menu in the global header and enable or disable the setting People Profile Data Display > Show External Codes. 

    Refer documentation - Configuring General Settings for the Latest People Profile | SAP Help Portal 

Keywords

hide external code, code pp3, external code, ECT-50794, mdf, foundation, picklist, job information, picklist default external code, ECT-50794, https://influence.sap.com/sap/ino/#/idea/46970/ , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-JOB-UI , History UI & MSS UI , LOD-SF-EC , Employee Central , Product Enhancement

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Core all versions