2832450 - UPSERT null value on date-type field returns error - SuccessFactors API

You perform an UPSERT call providing a null value to a date-type field and the errors below are received in return:

Error: Invalid value for field '<date-type_field>' - FAILED_PARSE_DATE_STRING: The date string is null or empty.:

or

The given value null for property startDate is invalid. Valid values are:[]. Please check the property in Admin Center &gt; OData API Data Dictionary. with the index 0

• SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
• SFAPI
• OData

This error occurs because the date field is being provided in the call with no value, which makes the API understand it as it was being provided with a blank value, which is invalid on date-type fields.

Don't mention the date-type field that you want to have the null value in the payload of your API call. This will make the API upsert the field with a null value.

If you are providing the field in the call like this:

<sfobject>
   <id>BKG-1234</id>
   <type>Background_Awards</type>
   <issueDate></issueDate> //date-type field
   <name>blabla</name>
</sfobject>

Remove it from the payload, which will make it look like this:

<sfobject>
   <id>BKG-1234</id>
   <type>Background_Awards</type>
   <name>blabla</name>
</sfobject>

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