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2515224 - Free Text for National ID Format in Employee Central

Symptom

  • If we do not have any specific format for field like "Apprentice Registration Number" in CSF data module
  • How to maintain free text, that could be Alphabetic, Numeric, Alphanumeric
  • For ID type, there is no specific format for this id type in national id portlet.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Resolution

  • National ID portlet is developed to follow the different standard formats for each country. 
  • Free text has been not supported as of now for the National ID format.  
  • National ID should have fix number of length, and regular expression is configurable. It is not possible with unlimited field length.
  • It is recommended to use custom field on the personal information or job information objects to meet the requirement.

See Also

 2668688 - National ID Card: How to create custom Regular Expression and Display Format

Keywords

SF, success factors, EC, free text, national id, format, length, no format, empty, blank. , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-PER-NAT , National ID - Config, Rules, RBP, UI , LOD-SF-EC , Employee Central , Problem

Product

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