SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3103692 - Comments are not visible in view absence

Symptom

Approver declined workflow with comment which is not visible in the View Absence under Administer Time UI>Absence>Leave Request>View Absence.

Comment is displayed as "-". For few leave requests, comment is visible.


Comment is Blank:


Comment Visible:


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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - Time off

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - Workflow


Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to Administer Time UI>Absence tab
  2. Click on specific Leave Request
  3. View Absence UI pop-up
  4. Comment is blank for one leave request
  5. For other leave request comment is visible

Cause

Expected behavior


Resolution

It is an expected behavior

Only workflow initiator comments will be visible under comment field in the View Absence UI under Administer Time UI>Absence>Leave Request>View Absence


You can check activity log of the leave request with comment visible in the view absence UI

*Initiator Comment is available



Activity Log of the Leave request with blank comment in the View Absence UI:

*Initiator Comment is blank


Employee can view the comments in the Activity Log under ESS UI >Show All>Absence Tab>Select specific leave request>Click on Show in Calendar

Admin/Manager can view the comments under Manage Workflow Request.

Keywords

Comment is blank, Blank Comment, Comment not visible, comment missing, View absence, view absence comment, comment -, comment, workflow comment, Time Workflow comment, Time off comment, leave request comment, leave comment, comments , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-TIM-WAN , Workflows - Alerts - Notifications , LOD-SF-EC , Employee Central , LOD-SF-EC-WFL , Workflows - Configuration, Tools, Objects & Rules , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions