2550552 - Change/Creating Username Using Business Rules

Can we create a username in the add new employee wizard via business rule?

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Employee Central -  Business Rules

This is currently not supported. There is no base object that allows you to drill into the username field

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Also view: 2459427 - Hide User Id and Username in New Hire wizard , 2527668 - Default Username as Employee ID, 2594977 - How does HRIS Element Identifier userAccountInfo Work?

FAQ - Additional Information

Q) Where can I get information on this from the Guide?

A) Guide: Implementing and Managing the Employment Lifecycle (from Hiring to Termination)

Chapter:  Differentiating Between Person ID, User ID, and User Name in Employee Central

Guide: Implementing Business Rules in SAP SuccessFactors

Q) Can You map the email-address of any type to the "username" field in Employee Profile EP ?

A) It's recommended not to configure/map the email-address of any type to the "username" field in Employee Profile

• Do NOT configure username as a standard-element-ref. View Guide: Fields Hard-Coded for Syncing  
• As there is no "uniqueness" check available on EC side, the system can try to pass non-unique values to "username" which would result in UI/Import errors when attempting to do so
•  2336779 - Invalid HRIS Sync Mapping Configuration " HRIS Sync Job Failure"

• 2527668 - Default Username as Employee ID
• 2421728 - How to Autogenerate Employee ID/ Person ID Based on Country Using a Sequence
• 2594977 - How does HRIS Element Identifier userAccountInfo Work?
• 2459427 - Hide User Id and Username in New Hire wizard
• 2785629 - Check Tool: How to use Check Tool to check for duplicate usernames
• 2392253 - How to modify employee User ID
• 2730512 - Changing Username - Error Username already exists, please choose another one - Platform BizX

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