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2986602 - API Entity "createOnboardee" for Rehire

Symptom

Onboarding API Entity createOnboardee throws an error when run via Postman

 

Error message:

<message lang="en-US">An existing user is already present in the system for userId:<existing_userid></message>

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 2.0

Reproducing the Issue

Run query via Postman:

POST: https://<API Data Center>.com/odata/v2/createOnboardee

Body:

{ 
 "userName":"rehire username",
 "userId":"rehire userId",
 "email":"rehire email address",
 "password":"Password",
 "applicationId":"rehire application id"
 "isNewHire": No <this is optional>
}

Cause

Onboarding 2.0 only allows Rehire for New employment

Resolution

Make the Rehire as a New Employment and not use the existing User ID

See Also

SAP SuccessFactors oData API Reference Guide: createOnboardee 

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 2.0 Implementation Handbook: Rehire

Keywords

KBA , LOD-SF-OBX-RHM , Rehire Mechanism , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 2011