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2715817 - Employee Information Rule to set Field Value in Dependent Portlet

Symptom

Employee Information Rule to set field value in Dependent portlet is working in Employee Profile but not during the New Hire Process.

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Environment

Employee Central - Dependent

Employee Central - Hire / Rehire

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Configure a dependent rule to trigger if certain conditions are not met with Base object - Emp-Info or Emp-Info Model - 
  2. Set to trigger onSave or / and Onchange in Dependent portlet/ relationship field.
  3. Proceed with New Hire up to dependent where you test the conditions
  4. Submit - the rule will not trigger and the Rule trace remains empty

Example: Configure a rule on Employee Information to set field value of field "Label" in Dependent Portlet

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The value is not set in the field

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This works fine in People Profile but not during Hiring / Rehiring

Cause

Code Defect

Resolution

This issue is now fixed with 1811 release and Employee Information Rule will now trigger as expected during the Hire / Rehire Process:

Example: Configure a rule on Employee Information to set value of field "Label" in Dependent Portlet

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This now works fine in People Profile AND during Hiring / Rehiring

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Keywords

Employee Information, Dependent, Dependent Info, Field Value, ECT-95383 , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-PER-PRS , Personal Info - Config, Rules, RBP, UI , LOD-SF-EC-JOB-RUL , Job Info Business Rules , LOD-SF-EC-DPD , Dependents Management , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central 1811