SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2691629 - Unable to Set Expected Return Date as Non-Mandatory field in Leave of Absence

Symptom

  • Expected Return Date shows as a required field when requesting for Leave of Absence.
  • Expected Return Date field marked as non-mandatory field in Employee Time object definition but always shows as required field.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - Time Off

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Time Off ESS request page/ Administer Time.
  2. Request for Leave of Absence.
  3. Expected Return Date shows as a required field.

Cause

Expected behaviour.

Resolution

  • By design, expected return date will always be mandatory / required field for leave of absence requests and cannot be made as not required as it is internally being used by the corresponding transient field within job information to display the expected return date of the Time Off LOA record.
  • Expected Return Date is also used by system validations necessary for Time Off for Leave of Absence functionality, for example, system validation that ensures that there will be no overlapping leave of absence requests in Time Off and in the corresponding LOA job information records.

See Also

KBA 2577808 - Time Off for Leave of Absence (PP3 and V12) FAQ

Keywords

Leave of Absence, Time Off for Leave of Absence, Expected Return Date is required mandatory, actual return date, employee time object, required , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-TIM-UI , Team Absence Calender/ Workbench/ ESS UI's , LOD-SF-EC-TIM , Time Off , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central 2605