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2935977 - Error Message When Trying To Update Position Criticality

Symptom

When trying to update the Position Criticality via the Succession Org Chart or Position Tile View you receive the following system message; "You do not have necessary permission to perform the selected task".

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Succession Org Chart or Position Tile View and select a Position.

  2. Attempt to update the Position Criticality field.

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  3. You receive a system warning message "You do not have necessary permission to perform the selected task".

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Cause

A common root cause of this error message is that there are fields in your Position Object Definition which marked as required/mandatory which are null (blank) for this specific Position. You can verify if a field is set as required/mandatory by checking if it has a red asterisk (*) beside the field name.

Another possible route cause may be due to a rule which you have configured in the Position Object is triggering a warning message. To identify the root cause of this, try manually updating the Position Criticality through 'Manage Data' or 'Manage Position' and check the warning message which is generated. 

Note: This only applies to systems which are using the MDF Positon Nomination Method.

Resolution

Please ensure all required/mandaory fields contain appropriate data and no rule is triggering a warning message.

Keywords

MDF, Key, Position, Criticality, Error, Warning, Validation, Update, Change, Flag, Succession, , KBA , LOD-SF-SCM-ORG , Succession Org Chart , LOD-SF-SCM-POS , Position Imports, Sync, Tiles etc. , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development all versions