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2560736 - Insert Space Into Concatenated Field Using Business Rule

Symptom

  • Requirement to have a space between First Name and Last Name if they are concatenated in a single field.

Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - Business Rules

Resolution

Use the format option when writing the business rule and the following template syntax,  %s %s  , as per example below (please note a space is required between each %s).

Rule Concat name with space.PNG

PS: The format function returns null if no value is found, use IF condition to check if the fields being added are not null, only then concatenate the strings. Otherwise end result will come up as null null instead of blank value.

Keywords

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Product

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