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3223767 - Duplicated Fields in People Profile Portlet after Configuring UI for a Custom MDF Object

Symptom

You configure a UI for a custom MDF object and duplicated fields are shown in People Profile Portlet

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Manage Configuration UI > Create new
  2. Select a custom object
  3. Click "Add  Group"
  4. Click "Add Field"
  5. Save

When you check the People Profile Portlet, the fields are duplicated and doesn't respect the UI order.

Portlet with duplicated fields:

Cause

There is no fields added to the group created.

In this example, the group EVENT is empty:

Resolution

At least one field must be added to a group, otherwise, the fields will be duplicated and in a different order from the UI configured.

To add a field in a group, click on "Add Field" in the group box, instead of the button "Add Field" on the top of the screen.

In this example, the fields "Event" and "Event Reason" were added under the group "Event":

See Also

Manage Configuration UI | SAP Help Portal

Keywords

Configuration UI, Duplicated Fields, Custom MDF, People Profile Portlet , KBA , LOD-SF-MDF-UI , UI Config, Layout & Rules , LOD-SF-MDF-PP3 , MDF on People Profile , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Platform all versions

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