2967919 - OData generateNextPersonID function's response number is not incrementing by 1 - SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite

• You're requesting the next available person IDs through OData to create new employees;
• You observe frequent large gaps between the numbers generated by each subsequent function call. For instance:
  
  

  {

      "d": {

          "GenerateNextPersonIDResponse": {

              "personID": "1101680"

          }

      }

  }

  {

      "d": {

          "GenerateNextPersonIDResponse": {

              "personID": "1101864"

          }

      }

  }

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• SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
  
  • OData API

Increments larger than 1 are normal and gaps may occur occasionally, as person IDs which were occupied before may become available if users are purged from the system.

The generateNextPersonID function is based on the logic from page Generating User IDs from EC guide, which has the following statement:
"There is no guarantee that there will be no skipping of sequence values."

So these gaps may occur, being an expected behavior.

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