SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2706021 - Allow Users to View a Positions History but Remove Take Action -> Make Correction Function

Symptom

Customer would like users to view the history of a position, but would not like them to make any changes via Take Action -> Make Correction

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Environment

Employee Central - RBP

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Search for Manage Data
  2. Choose Position
  3. Select Any Position
  4. Users can view the history and make changes via Take Action -> Make Correction

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Cause

User currently has the appropriate permissions to make corrections to a positions history.

Resolution

Remove the permissions from the user:

Search for Manage Permission Roles, click Permission, find the Miscellaneous Permissions, remove edit access:

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Search for Metadata Framework, enable Read/Write Permission on Metadata Framework, disable Manage Positions

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Once you configure these permissions, the Take Action -> Make Correction Function will no longer be available and the user will only be allowed to view the history of the object

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Keywords

Permissions, Position, Metadata, Framework, History, Take Action, Make Correction, RBP, roles , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-RBP , Roles & Permissions (EC Core only) , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions