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2694298 - Not able to find position when transferring employee from one Company to another

Symptom

You are trying to transfer one employee from company A to company B and when you are informing the position ID and/or name it is returning "No Data".

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Select Any employee you want to transfer;
  2. Click in Actions > Change Job and Compensation Information;
  3. Select the effective date and Even reason (if event reason is not automatically defined);
  4. Type the position ID and or Name and get "No data"

Cause

In Position Management settings you have set Yes to "Use Company Filter for Positions in Manager Self-Service Job Information, History, and Quick Actions" under UI Customizing Tab.

Resolution

When you have Use Company Filter for Positions in MSS Job Information and History set to "Yes" the system will display the position in the Position field based on the Company defined for the employee, this means that in order to be able to select the position you want you need to follow the following process:

  1. Select Any employee you want to transfer;
  2. Click in Actions > Change Job and Compensation Information;
  3. Select the effective date and Event reason (if event reason is not automatically defined);
  4. Select the Company where the employee will be moved to;
  5. Then after selecting the company you'll be able to select the position you want.

See Also

 Configuration Settings for the User Interface, Imports and APIs in Position Management | SAP Help Portal

Keywords

cannot find position in job information,cannot find position in job history, position, company, UI customizing, position management, filter position by company, MSS , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-POS , Position Management , LOD-SF-EC-POS-OBJ , Object Configuration & Rules , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions