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3221249 - Role name appears instead of workflow approver's name

Symptom

When triggering a workflow, only the role name appears, instead of the approver's name.

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Trigger workflow
  2. Result: Role name appears instead of workflow approver's name

Cause

The employee does not have the Job Relationship Type informed in workflow, but the workflow is configured to "Stop the Workflow" in the "No Approver Behavior" option:

Because of that, the workflow is stalled at the approval step and the Role name appears.

More details about it can be found in the link:

Enabling Four-Eye Principle for Workflow Approvals

Resolution

  • Adjust the "No Approver Behavior" option to "Skip this Step" in the workflow configuration, and it will be approved automatically since the employee does not have the Job Relationship mentioned in the workflow

or

  • Add the roles mentioned in the workflow in the Employee Profile as Job Relationships.

See Also

Enabling Four-Eye Principle for Workflow Approvals

Keywords

Job Relationship, relationship, approver, name, workflow , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-WFL , Workflows - Configuration, Tools, Objects & Rules , Problem

Product

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

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