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2838126 - Workflow Approval : System error. Please contact administrator

Symptom

When a final approver tries to approve the leave of absence or any Job Information Change request, an Error message comes up as below :

"System error. Please contact administrator."

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Submit a LOA or a Job Information change and that Inturn triggers a workflow.
  2. When the final approver tries to approve it, an Error message comes up as below :

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Cause

  • This Error comes up when there is an issue with the Data of the Incumbent.
  • In this specific scenario, the Child positions to the Incumbent's position in position hierarchy had some mandatory fields that were blank

Resolution

  • Fill the mandatory fields on the positions that are a part of the hierarchy of the Incumbent's position and try to approve the Workflow again.

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Keywords

SF, EC, Success factors, Employee Central, Error while transferring the incumbents,  HierarchyAdaptionService. , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-TIM , Time Off , LOD-SF-EC-WFL , Workflows - Configuration, Tools, Objects & Rules , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions