3199982 - Type and Related Position fields on Position Object under Matrix Relationship section are always set to Mandatory

• On the Position object, the Type and Related Position fields are always set to mandatory.
• These fields are derived from the object "PositionMatrixRelationship " and when they are set to non-mandatory, the following error messages appears : 

You are not allowed to change the value of attribute Required for the field matrixRelationshipType of this object.
You are not allowed to change the value of attribute Required for the field relatedPosition of this object.

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• SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite - All versions
• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - All versions

1. Navigate to Manage positions and notice that the "Type" and "Related Position" fields  under Matrix Relationship section are always set to Mandatory

    2. Try changing the field setting "required" to No on configure object definitions and notice the error message as indicated in the symptom section

• This is an expected behavior
• The fields "Type" and "Related Position" are marked mandatory when you intend to use the Matrix Positions section. Otherwise, this section can be ignored while creating/modifying a position

• The fields cannot be set as Non-mandatory.
• As a workaround, if you do not want the matrix relationship then either remove it from UI or Go to object definition and edit object-> select matrix relationship association by clicking on detail and make association status inactive and visibility also to non visible ->Save position object. 

SF, EC, Success factors, Employee Central , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-POS-MAT , Matrix Relationships & Job Relationships Sync , Problem

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