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2548317 - Defining default picklist field label being fetched by Integration Center for New Hire JobApplication Entity Language-Specific Fields

Symptom

Using Integration Center Odata API JobApplication Entity Language-Specific Picklist Fields returns a specific language by default (e.g. Latin)

Need to translate the values and configure to US_English as it affects downstream processes.

e.g. In the example, Ethnicity Field returns German Value

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors HCM

  • Integration Center

Reproducing the Issue

1. Go to Integration Center

2. Select JobApplication Entity, See Language-Specific Picklist Label value

Cause

By default picklists value returns the first value of the list. The list is ordered/arranged alphabetically

e.g. (Language-Specific Label)

de_DE --> 1st label is considered and fetched in the query

en_DEBUG

en_US

es_ES

fr_CA

fr_FR

pl_PL

pt_BR

sl_SI

tr_TR

zh_CN

Resolution

Sample Language-Specific picklist Label Field : 'ETHNICITY

1.      For ethnicity field, click and navigate to ‘Change Field Association’

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2.      Update the Entity Tree View.

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3.      Update the ‘Field Filter’ and set ‘PicklistLabel’ to ‘Locale’, See result

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Note : Picklist Labels (When sorted de_DE comes first)

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See Also

For Full Information Search 'Integration Center' Guide

See 'How to Query a Language-Specific Label for a Field Associated with a Picklist'

https://help.sap.com/doc/0c0be9005af14c4f89b986a677bf270f/latest/en-US/SF_Integration_Center.pdf

Keywords

Integration Center, JobApplication, Picklist, Picklist-Label, Language-Specific Label, Odata API, Ethnicity, Translate Language , KBA , LOD-SF-INT , Integrations , LOD-SF-INT-ODATA , OData API Framework , LOD-SF-INT-INC-ODATA , ODATA API In Integration Center , LOD-SF-INT-INC , Integration Center , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Core all versions