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2697274 - The following fields TIMEZONE are mandatory in the Data Model

Symptom

System throws error during saving employee or final workflow approver of new hire.

Environment

Successfacrtor Employee Central: Add New Employee

Reproducing the Issue

Try to hire an employee using "Add New Employee" and system throws the error "The following fields TIMEZONE are mandatory in the Data Model."

Cause

This Error comes due to mandatory field in standard element and no HRIS mapping defined for this field.

Resolution

To correct this error, you can implement below 2 solutions:

  1. Maintain correct HRIS sync mapping from Job information timezone to UDF Timezone field. System will still throw the error if Timezone contains NULL value.
  2. Make Timezone field of Standard Element optional.

Keywords

Timezone error TIMEZONE Data Model   , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-HIR , Hire & Rehire Wizards , LOD-SF-EC , Employee Central , Problem

Product

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