3247251 - Job Requisition State field has the value Dubai spelled as "Dubayy" - Recruiting Management

State field for Country United Arab Emirates is spelled as "Dubayy":

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SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management.

1. Recruiting;
2. Job Requisition;
3. Country > select United Arab Emirates;
4. Click on state dropdown values;
5. State picklist value Dubai shows as "Dubayy".

States are derived values pulled from settings within Admin Center > Set Up Job Board. Recruiting uses an ISO code list and what we see when using derived type fields is pulled directly from this source. Accordingly to ISO, Dubayy is a correct spelling and Dubai is a local variation. As system uses the hard-coded ISO data, we can consider this as expected. Please review all details here, on ISO official site: https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:AE

Once using the following configuration for the Standard State field, you will see the behavior. 

Results:

An alternative is to create a custom Picklist like this:

And use a specific Picklist within Picklist Center to assign the value. Once you configure the picklist values it will looks following your local label:

Please refer to the following documentation to see all steps of how to create a new Field and how to configure Picklists, Cascading Picklists to use in Recruiting: 

• 3134346 - How to set up cascading picklists in RCM templates through Manage Templates - Recruiting
• 2847135 - How to add a new Field in a Template via Manage Templates - Recruiting Management
• Picklists for Recruiting

• 3134346 - How to set up cascading picklists in RCM templates through Manage Templates - Recruiting
• 2847135 - How to add a new Field in a Template via Manage Templates - Recruiting Management
• Picklists for Recruiting

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