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2704828 - Event Reason field from Compensation Info or Global Job Info table is blank - Advanced Reporting

Symptom

  • The Event Reason field from Compensation Info or Global Job Info table is showing blank results in Advanced Reporting
  • The field was showing data as expected previously
  • View Based Metadata is enabled in Advanced Reporting

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Environment

SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics (ANA) - All versions

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Advanced Reporting and create a query using Compensation > Compensation Information table
  2. Select the Event Reason fields
  3. Check the Results. The Event Reason fields will be blank:
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Cause

View Based Metadata is enabled in Advanced Reporting. Please refer 2573340 - View Based Metadata (VBM) 1711 Release Notes

Resolution

This is a current issue in Advanced Reporting with VBM enabled. Engineering is working on the fix.
The workaround is to use the Event Reason fields from the Foundation Object Event Reason:

  • Expand the Compensation Information > Foundation Objects > Event Reason

See Also

2573340 - View Based Metadata (VBM) 1711 Release Notes

Keywords

Event Reason field from Compensation Information table is showing blank results in Advanced Reporting View Based Metadata is enabled VBM , KBA , LOD-SF-ANA , Analytics & Reporting (Ad Hoc, YouCalc, ORD) , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics all versions