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2813354 - Extended User Information template doesn't show all elements

Symptom

  • When we download an Extended User Information template for Personal Information we see do not see all of the configured standard elements.
  • All of the fields are not appearing in the Extended User Information export.

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Admin Center > Import Extended User Information
  2. Select "Personal Information" for Specify the Type of Information You Want to Import 
  3. Select Download Data Import File Template
  4. Review the template and notice that all standard elements configured are not visible.

Cause

  • Partial Data Model configurations are missing for the the user-defined block <view-template id="sysDefinedFields">
  • The view-template sysDefinedFields only accept the fields which are not in the UDF file.

Resolution

Important: 

  • To validate and resolve this issue you will need access to provisioning. As a customer you do not have access to validate/resolve this issue. Please reach out to your partner to validate and resolve.  If you are no longer working with a Partner, please open a support ticket using the component LOD-SF-PLT-UIM.
  • There is 26 valid fields that can be added to appear in the Extended User Information export/template that relate to person info are listed below:

ssn

dateOfBirth

citizenship

nationality

ethnicity

married

minority

businessSegment

serviceDate

level

photo

function

performance

potential

objective

competency

talentPool

riskOfLoss

impactOfLoss

benchStrength

reasonForLeaving

newToPosition

dateOfPosition

keyPosition

futureLeader

matrixManaged

 

  • Each added element must be defined in the user-defined block <view-template id="sysDefinedFields">
  • If the element is not defined in this section the field will not appear in the Extended Users Information export/template.

Check the definitions

  1. Provisioning
  2. Import/Export Data Model
  3. Export file (Select 'Save' not 'Open')
  4. Submit
  5. Open the file
  6. This template load fields from data model <view-template id="sysDefinedFields"> and <edit-template id="fields">. The configuration looks like this:

<view-template id="sysDefinedFields" visibility="none" pdf-printing-enabled="false">

<label>Company Fields</label>

<description>This view defines the list of standard used by the company.</description>

<edit-template id="fields">

<label>fields</label>

<description>fields</description>

<standard-element-ref refid="ssn"/>

<standard-element-ref refid="dateOfBirth"/>

<standard-element-ref refid="citizenship"/>

<standard-element-ref refid="nationality"/>

<standard-element-ref refid="ethnicity"/>

<standard-element-ref refid="married"/>

<standard-element-ref refid="minority"/>

<standard-element-ref refid="businessSegment"/>

<standard-element-ref refid="riskOfLoss"/>

<standard-element-ref refid="impactOfLoss"/>

<standard-element-ref refid="futureLeader"/>

</edit-template>

</view-template>

Please check if some invalid field is under the view-template “sysDefinedFields”,  remove the invalid field from your succession data model and import the data model again.

See Also

2091409 - Extended User Information: Import & Export Process for Personal & Background Information, and Trend Data

2754075 - How to download template for Extended User Information Import?

Keywords

Extended User Information, missing, fields, values, not appearing, import, export, template , KBA , LOD-SF-PLT-UIM , Employee Import Issues , LOD-SF-PLT-UEX , Employee Export Issues , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM suite all versions