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2852518 - Sync Incumbent Pop-up Doesn't Appear When Making Changes to a Position

Symptom

When making any changes to a Position from Manage Position/Position Org Chart, the pop-up to sync the position data to the incumbents does not appear.

Environment

Employee Central - Position Management

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Position Management Settings > Synchronization
  2. Check that the 'Position Organizational Chart Synchronization' field is set to 'User Decision' or 'User Decision if Required'
  3. Navigate to Manage Positions
  4. Make any changes (for example, modify the Job Title)
  5. Save Changes
  6. Changes are saved an no pop-up to sync to the incumbents appears

Cause

The 'Pending Data' flag on the Position object is set to No

PendingDataFlag.png

Resolution

Change the Pending field to Yes by doing the following:

  1. Configure Object Definition > Position
  2. Take Action > Make Correction
  3. Change 'Pending Data' field to Yes

After this, the sync incumbents pop-up should appear

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Keywords

sync, incumbents, popup, pop-up, position, management, pending, data, doesn't, appear , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-POS , Position Management , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions