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3265640 - Initiating onboarding from Recruiting failed: Onboarding Candidate Information MDF Object isn't saved successfully - Onboarding 1.0

Symptom

Cannot initiate onboarding from Recruiting and see error message:

You can't initiate onboarding for the selected applicant because the Onboarding Candidate Information MDF Object isn't saved successfully. Contact your system administrator for further action.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 1.0

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Initiate onboarding for the candidates in Recruiting.
  2. A pop-up shows with message: You can't initiate onboarding for the selected applicant because the Onboarding Candidate Information MDF Object isn't saved successfully. Contact your system administrator for further action.

Cause

Start date value (field "WOTCStartDate") is not mapped for candidate.

Resolution

Maintain mappings of "WOTCStartDate" and then initiate onboarding again.

See Also

Mapping Fields from Recruiting to Onboarding 1.0 | SAP Help Portal

Keywords

SAP, SuccessFactors, Onboarding 1.0, OBD, Initiate onboarding, Recruiting, MDF Object, MDFEventMetaData, objectTypeOnboardingCandidateInfo , KBA , LOD-SF-OBD-INT , Integrations with Onboarding , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding all versions