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3192633 - Workflow Dynamic Role triggering as of the changes' effective date - Employee Central

Symptom

Workflow Dynamic Role triggering as of the changes' effective date.

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to: Job Information
  2. Make a change to trigger a workflow effective as of a back date

Resolution

The Role Manager is fetched from User Data File (UDF), hence it is always as of today.

Whereas the Dynamic Role is fetched as of the changes' effective date.

Please refer to example below, workflow effective date (01 September 2021)


Workflow

 

Dynamic Role


Job Information

 

Workflow confirm your request page

Step 1 Role Manager:  Lilly Thom - fetched from User Data File (UDF), hence it is always as of today.

Step 2 Dynamic Role Test (DR_Test): Tessa Walker - fetched as of the changes' effective date (01 September 2021)

  • Retail-Corporate (RC)
  • Chicago (R309)

Keywords

Workflow, dynamic role, back, effective, date , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-WFL , Workflows - Configuration, Tools, Objects & Rules , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions

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