3281517 - Custom country specific field is cleared out during import - Employee Central

While making a Job History import, a custom Country/Region-Specific picklist field is cleared out in the imported record, even not being part of the import template. The same behavior happens if the expression "&&NO_OVERWRITE" is added in the field in the import file.

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

1. Go to 'Import Employee Data' and select the option to import Job History
2. Select a file that does not include the custom country-specific field, or that includes it with the expression "&&NO_OVERWRITE&&"
3. Proceed with the import
4. Check the Job Information of the affected user: the custom field is cleared out

The same custom field is configured in a different country with different settings or with a different picklist assigned.

When a custom field is configured for multiple countries, it needs to have the same configuration in all of them.

For example: if the field custom-string50 is configured as a picklist in country USA and it is associated to picklist "yesNo", this same custom-string50 needs to be a picklist field associated to "yesNo" in all other countries. Otherwise, this field will be cleared out during import.

To maintain different settings for custom fields, please use different custom IDs. 

• Country/Region-Specifics for Employee Central - Custom Fields | SAP Help Portal
• Prerequisites for Importing Employee Data | SAP Help Portal

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