Symptom
When initiate an Onboarding activity manually the Onboardee Employee ID is not following the sequence of the rule.
Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding
Cause
The rule only applies when the new hire is onboarded from SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting.
Resolution
This is expected behavior. Please check SAP Portal: Configuring Business Rule for Custom User ID and Employee ID Format in Onboarding
If you believe this feature/ability can improve the system, we suggest you to refer your scenario and business in the Influence Portal, where our Product Management team will be analyzing your case and if successfully voted and approved, can be implemented in further product releases. Please, refer to the following article for any additional information - 2090228 - How to Submit Ideas for SAP SuccessFactors Products
We already have enhancement requests for this behavior: Improvement Request Details - Customer Influence (sap.com)
See Also
Configuring Business Rule for Custom User ID and Employee ID Format in Onboarding
2090228 - How to Submit Ideas for SAP SuccessFactors Products
Keywords
Business, Rule, Employee, ID, Person, User, Onboarding, Next, Onboardee, Manual, Onb, Obx , KBA , LOD-SF-OBX-OCL , Onboardee Creation and Lifecylce , Problem