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2624574 - Field Validation to Phone numbers and Social Security Number fields - Recruiting Management

Symptom

Candidates can enter alphanumeric values on their Primary, Secondary phone and Social Security Number.

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management

Reproducing the Issue

In Candidate Profile

1. Go to Phone and Secondary Phone numbers

2. Add any text with alpha chracters and click on save

3. You will able to save successfully

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In the Candidate Application

1. Apply to a requisition

2. Fill out information on the Candidate profile

3. Proceed to Candidate application

4. See Phone field and add any alpha character on the field

5. Click Save

6. You will be able to save successfully

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Cause

Configuration in Manage Recruiting Setting. The feature "Enable field level validation on standard Phone Number fields (cellPhone and & homePhone) on the Candidate Profile & Application" is not enabled.

Resolution

To fix the issue:

  1. Enable the field validation for Phone Number fields in Admin Center -> Manage Recruiting Settings -> Field Validation.
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  2. Once the validation is enabled you will be prompted with a message shown below when alpha characters are added in the Phone number fields in the Candidate and Application profile.

Candidate Profile

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Application

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For Social Security Number, the system will not let the candidate add any alpha characters of the fields at all and only numbers will be accepted.

See Also

  • 2782454 - End Date validation for the Candidate Profile background element fields - Recruiting Management
  • 3644128 - The Required Field Has No Value in Candidate's Profile - Recruiting Management

Keywords

Phone Numbers, Candidate Profile, Field Validation, Number validation, RCM, Recruiting Management , KBA , LOD-SF-RCM-CAP , Candidate Profiles , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting all versions