SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2614796 - Character restriction for block description in Configure People Profile

Symptom

When trying to enter text greater than 4000 characters in the text box for the block description in Configure People Profile, there is a character limitation issue. The information saves but all of the text does not appear after saving.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Profile

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Configure People Profile
  2. Try to enter text greater than 4000 characters in the block description
  3. The data saves but only text up to 4000 characters is displayed after saving.

Cause

By default there is a limit of 4000 characters for this field in PP3.

Resolution

This is expected behaviour. Currently it is not possible to enter character description text of greater than 4000 characters. Currently this is considered an enhancement request. Please submit your enhancement request in the Customer Community https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2090228

Keywords

PP3, Character Block Description, Text Box, Restriction, People Profile , KBA , LOD-SF-EP-CPP , Configure People Profile , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions