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2982477 - How To Propagate HRIS Element Field to Custom MDF Object

Symptom

How to Propagate HRIS Element field to Custom MDF Object

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Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee central

Resolution

Enabling the field in Job information

  1. Go to Manage Business Configuration > jobInfo
  2. Select any field, for example field:job-title
  3. Make sure enable=yes 
  4. Save 

Custom MDF Object Field configuration

  1. Go to Configure Object definition
  2. Select Object Definition and any Custom MDF Object, for example cust_VehicleDetails 
  3. Create string field cust_jobTitle 

Creating Rule

  1. Go to Configure Business Rules >create rule 
  2. Select the scenario "Rules for MDF Based Objects" and the custom object as the Base object, for example: cust_VehicleDetails 

Add Rule in the Custom MDF

  1. Go to Configure object definition
  2. Select Object Definition and the object cust_VehicleDetails 
  3. Take action>Make Correction 
  4. Add the test rule as onChange in the field  effectiveStartDate

This field is initiated when we click on the Edit button (Pencil Icon) and hence the values will be fetched and set the moment portlet loads up for the data entry.

Note: This will only work with MDF objects whose external code is data type user.

See Also

2562069 - Custom MDF Object based business rules - Parameters and other related information.

2544336 - Custom MDF workflow and its behaviors depending on Pending Data = Yes/ No.

Keywords

rule, Propagate, Job Information, Field, Custom MDF Object, onchange, externalcode, obj, jobInfo, prop, forward, rul,  , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-MDF , MDF & EC2MDF Migration , LOD-SF-EC-JOB-RUL , Job Info Business Rules , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HXM Core 2011