2971238 - Background Element upsert 'Two beans have the same order position' error - SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite OData API

When upserting a background entity (any which has 'Background_' as a prefix), an error message similar to this one is returned in the response:

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• This error indicates that the record you're upserting has the same 'bgOrderPos' (order position) value of another record associated to the user
• The bgOrderPos field determines the order in which the records are shown in the employee's profile UI portlet, so the value for each record must be different
• For example:
  
  • if one user has 2 Background_InsideWorkExperience records, one will have bgOrderPos = 1 and the other will have bgOrderPos = 2
  • if you try to upsert a third record passing the value bgOrderPos = 2, the error will occur;
• IMPORTANT: this will apply even if the same user has more than one backgroundElementId which shares the same bgOrderPos as another backgroundElementId
• You also may be facing this issue due to upserting a 'bgOrderPos' value that is too large
• The current limit is around 7 digits, but it will be increased as of the b2011 release (November 2020)

• To prevent this, you may pass the value bgOrderPos = -1 in the API call
• This will trigger a system function that calculates the next available bgOrderPos for that specific background entity and user, and insert the new record with that value
• Going back to the presented 'Background_InsideWorkExperience' example in the section above, the system will attribute bgOrderPos = 3 to the new record

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