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2839777 - Future Dated Position is not displaying in Manage Pending Hires

Symptom

While hiring users to Positions which become active in the future in the Manage Pending Hires wizard, either from Onboarding or Recruiting, the Position field is empty.

Environment

  • Employee Central
  • Suite Integration
  • Position Management 

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Hire a user from Onboarding or Recruiting to a Future Dated Position
  2. Navigate to 'Manage Pending Hires' > Select the user in the 'Onboarding' or 'Recruiting' tab
  3. Navigate to the Job Information section of the wizard
  4. Note the Position field is not populated with the future dated Position despite having mapped this value from the source suite

Cause

Future dates Positions are considered to be inactive until the Start Date of the Position is reached, so despite mapping the value, the system will not be able to pull the Position in Manage Pending Hires

Resolution

This is expected system behaviour, therefore an enhancement request must be submitted to have this functionlaity revisited. Please see KBA 2090228 for more information on Enhancement Requests

Keywords

Future dated Position, Position, Suite Integration, Onboarding, Employee Central, Recruiting, Manage Pending Hires, Manage Pending Recruits, Blank, Empty, Mapping, Passing, Start Date, Hire, Recruit, not populated, , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-INT , Manage Pending Hires (Integration RCM/ ONB/ OBX + UI) , LOD-SF-EC-HIR , Hire & Rehire Wizards , LOD-SF-EC-POS , Position Management , Problem

Product

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