SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2595429 - Propagation of the fields is not updating when editing an existing record

Symptom

  • Forward propagation is not updating field when editing the previous record of same day
  • Forward propagation is not working properly when editing a previously dated effective record made on the same day

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Add a new record for an existing date with a different event reason so the system created two sequences:

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  1. Edit the first sequence 1 of 2 and change one field, for instance "Location". Use the "Make Correction" option and not the "Insert New Record":

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  1. The result is the location of the sequence 2 of 2 is not updated. This also applies for all the records above the one changed:

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Resolution

  • This is currently consider as Expect Behavior.
  • Propagation will not work when modifying an existing record.
  • It only works when inserting a new record between two existing records.

See Also

2281023 - How to submit an Enhancement Request for SAP Employee Central

Keywords

Success Factors, EC, SF, Sequence, Edit, Job information, ECT-86440 , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-JOB , Job Information , Product Enhancement

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions