2620429 - How to - Creating a Business Rule to Calculate Service Length Using Custom Field (custom-double) in Employment Details

You wish to calculate a Service Length Using a Custom Field and maintain this information in the Employment Detail Information Portlet

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Employee Central - Business Rules

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite

This kind of calculation is possible with Employee Central, on instances without Employee Central such calculation will not be possible.

Step 1:

• Go to Manage Business Configuration
• Click on employmentInfo
• Select Custom-double
• Save

As seen below

Step 2: Grant a Permission

• Open the Permission Role for user whom you like to grant access to all jobs.
• Click on Permission
• Under Employee Data: Grant Permission
• Click on Save Changes.

Step 3:

1. Create Rule - View in Edit Mode

View Rule

Step: Add Rule to Manage Business configuration or BCUI

• Go to Manage Business Configuration
• Click on employmentInfo
• Select above rule
• Save

View Code in Succession Data Model XML

<hris-element id="employmentInfo">

<label>Employment Details</label>

<label xml:lang="en-US">Employment Details</label>

<trigger-rule event="onView" rule="Calculate_length_in_Service"/>

Example:

• Hire date: 24/05/2013
• Length of service Today:19/03/2018

PS: Do not use model rules, please use employmentInfo (Employment Details) base object.

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