Symptom
When changing the employee position you want the Manager to not be set by default as the Parent Position incumbent.
Environment
Employee Central - Position Management
Reproducing the Issue
- Navigate to Employee Profile
- Under Job Info History click Insert a new record
- Assign a new position
- Check that manager field is not propagated with the expected Manager from the Higher Level Position
Or
- Navigate to Add New Employee
- Select a Position (the Higher Level Position should have an Incumbant assigned)
- Check that the Manager field is not propagated as expected
Resolution
- Navigate to Admin Center
- Position Management Settings
- Hierarchy Adaptation tab
- In the option "Default The Supervisor Or The Position In Hire, MSS Job Information And History" select No
- Save
You can check the Employee Central Position Management Guide for more information.
NOTE: Changing this option affects the whole instance. There is no option where we could select only a few countries to be affected.
Keywords
Supervisor, manager, parentPosition, parent , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-POS , Position Management , How To
Product
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Core 1905