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

How to Propagate HRIS Element field to Custom MDF Object

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• SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
• Employee central - Metadata framework (MDF)

Example:

Propagate Job Information Field to Custom MDF Object Field

EC - Job information

Via UI- BCUI

• Go to job Infos
• field:job-title

Code Field:

  <hris-field max-length="256" id="job-title" visibility="view" allow-import="true">

        <label>Job Title</label>

        <label xml:lang="en-GB">Job Title</label>

         </hris-field>

Custom MDF Object Field

• Go to Object definition
• select Custom MDF Object 
• Create string field

Create Rule

• Base object: Custom MDF
• Example: cust_TemporaryAssignment

Add Rule under: Custom MDF - Field: effectiveStartDate

To achieve this requirement, we can put the rule on "effectiveStartDate" field as an onChange rule. 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.

Test

Step 1: Job Infos

• Go Test user Job Infos- Job title
• Edit
• Change value: 
• Save

Step 2: 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.

• Go to Custom MDF Object portlet in UI
• Click edit- (Pencil)
• Save

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

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