SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3194398 - Unable to initiate the onboarding process - Onboarding 1.0

Symptom

  • When a recruiter tries to initiate a new hire to onboarding, the following message appears.
  • Unable to initiate the onboarding process. [ErrorCode - 500; ErrorMessage- Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
  • However, the new hire's case is shown in the Onboarding Workqueue. There are even a number of duplicate cases.

Image/data in this KBA is from SAP internal systems, sample data, or demo systems. Any resemblance to real data is purely coincidental.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 1.0

Cause

Process is not being set correctly when onboarding is initiated.

Resolution

  1. Super Admin.
  2. Processes > Select affected process.
  3. Click on Step 1 > Actions.
  4. Delete the key Process from this action > Click Update.

    image

  5. Use Process Filters are in place to determine the correct onboarding process to use, there is no need to set the process in this manner.

Keywords

[ErrorCode - 500; ErrorMessage- Object reference not set to an instance of an object.], Process, Assign, Actions, Duplicate , KBA , LOD-SF-OBD-INT , Integrations with Onboarding , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 2111