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2773713 - How to Handle Different Behaviors of MDF and Legacy Picklists via OData API

Symptom

In SAP SuccessFactors, there are two types of picklist structures: Legacy and MDF.

These differ in both data storage and behavior when accessed via API.

      

IMPORTANT NOTES: 

  • The business keys are hardcoded by SAP and cannot be configured.
  • The "picklist migration" we usually refer to was a unification of the management platform (Picklist Center) and the underlying framework (MDF). However, from a data storage perspective, picklist values remain in separate objects/tables, and SAP currently has no plans to consolidate them into a single object.
  • If you wish to share an enhancement idea, we highly encourage you to do so on the SAP Influence website. Our product managers review these ideas, and the most popular ones are considered for implementation in future releases (instructions in the KBA 2090228).


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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions

Keywords

optionId, externalCode, PicklistOption, PicklistV2, Picklist Migration, MDF Picklist, Legacy Picklist , KBA , LOD-SF-INT-MDF , Metadata Framework API (MDF) , How To

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