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3142750 - Integration Center: job failing with error "A file name can't contain V*:"? <>| characters and null string"

Symptom

The user is seeing an the error: "A file name can't contain V*:"? <>| characters and null string"

 

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Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
  • Integration Center 

Reproducing the Issue

1. Run an outbound Offer Letter job in Integration Center 

2. Following error appears: "A file name can't contain V*:"? <>| characters and null string"

Cause

1. Some files are missing the a file extension

2. There are invalid characters in the calculated fields

Resolution

Add the file extension as a default parameter. This way it will set the default file type as PDF if it is not returned in the response:

  

1. Go to More Filed Options in the calculation


  

2. Add PDF as default string


  

3. File extension is now added to output:


  

4. Offer letter filter may have to be removed if it contains invalid characters

Keywords

integration center, calculated file name, offer letter , KBA , LOD-SF-INT-INC , Integration Center , LOD-SF-INT , Integrations , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM suite all versions