SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3082553 - Supportability of the .xlsm file format in objects and portlets

Symptom

  • When uploading an .xlsm file to an MDF portlet/object (in Employee Profile), it results in an error:
  • “Excel cannot open the file because the file format or file extension is not valid. Verify that the file has not been corrupted and the file extension matches the format of the file’
  • Cannot upload an .xlsm file to an object

Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
  • Metadata framework (MDF)
  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Cause

This is expected behavior. The .xlsm file type is not supported

Resolution

Please convert the file to .xlsx before uploading

Keywords

xlsm, xlsx, excel file, file format, file type, object, portlet, mdf object, mdf, employee profile, upload, attachment, file , KBA , LOD-SF-MDF-IMP , Import and Export Issues , LOD-SF-EC , Employee Central , LOD-SF-PLT , Platform Foundational Capabilities , LOD-SF-EC-MDF , MDF & EC2MDF Migration , LOD-SF-MDF-OBJ , Object Definition & Field Related Issues , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM suite all versions