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3127365 - Workflows: Prevent Duplicate Workflows for Hire/Rehire/Global Assignment

Symptom

 Is it possible to Prevent Duplicate Workflows for Hire/Rehire/Global Assignments?

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Create a New Hire and fill in all details > trigger Hire workflow for approvals
  2. Create exactly the same New Hire with all the same details as the first New Hire > trigger Hire workflow for approvals
  3. Approve the 1st New Hire
  4. Approve the 2nd New Hire

Cause

Product Limitation

No duplicate check exists to prevent duplicate Hire/Rehire/Global Assignments when using Workflows (no check at final approver step)

Resolution

Currently this is a product limitation and there is no way to prevent duplicate Hires from being entered into the system.

If you have this requirement, please follow this artcile to raise an Enhancement Idea to Product Management - 2090228 - How to Submit Ideas for SAP SuccessFactors Products

See Also

2090228 - How to Submit Ideas for SAP SuccessFactors Products

Keywords

ECT-69217, Duplicate Hires when using workflows   , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-WFL , Workflows - Configuration, Tools, Objects & Rules , LOD-SF-EC-HIR , Hire & Rehire Wizards , LOD-SF-EC-HIR-RIE , Rehire Inactive Employee , LOD-SF-EC-GA , Global Assignment , Problem

Product

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