2906479 - convertAssignmentIdExternal failing with java.lang.Integer cannot be cast to java.lang.String

API Call convertAssignmentIdExternal failing with java.lang.Integer cannot be cast to java.lang.String

 SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite

In this example we will be using Postman to do API call.

Testing 1:Request payload:

https://apisalesdemo4.successfactors.com/odata/v2/convertAssignmentIdExternal?oldAssignmentIdExternal=britney&newAssignmentIdExternal=test1234

• Response Payload: 

{
"d": {
"convertAssignmentIdExternal": "test123"
}
}

Testing 2:Request payload:

https://apisalesdemo4.successfactors.com/odata/v2/convertAssignmentIdExternal?oldAssignmentIdExternal=jonsnow&newAssignmentIdExternal=1234&$format=json

• Response payload:

"error": {
"code": "ServerErrorException",
"message": {
"lang": "en-US",
"value": "java.lang.Integer cannot be cast to java.lang.String"

The values for AssignmentIdExternal could not be pure numeric values or values that start with numbers in the API request query, but with single quote will always work.

If value starts with numeric, use single quote.

2825052 - Assignment ID

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convertAssignmentIdExternal ServerErrorException, java.lang.Integer cannot be cast to java.lang.String , KBA , LOD-SF-INT , Integrations , LOD-SF-INT-ODATA , OData API Framework , Problem