Symptom
Internal Candidate cannot edit their own candidate profile.
The fields on the internal candidate profile look editable, but the user is unable to click on any of them on the screen. - It appears Frozen
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Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management
Reproducing the Issue
- Navigate to Careers
- Go to the My Candidate Profile tab
- Try to edit any field which you have permission to edit
- You are unable to click on any field and edit the information.
Cause
There are multiple causes for this issue.
Resolution
- Check Candidates have write permissions defined in the Candidate Profile Template.
- Ensure Candidates have a country maintained in the UDF File: KBA 2220688
- Check that the correct RBP permissions are granted: KBA 2187194
- An unsupported character is configured
Example:
<instruction-footer>
<label mime-type="text-html"><![CDATA[<p><font size="1"<div>
<div style="float: right;">© 2022 BestRun All rights reserved</div></div>]]></label>
The © character is not supported in HTML format which is causing the error.
Remove the © character from the configuration.
OR
Replace the unsupported character with entity ©
Please refer to HTML Symbols for a list of other characters and entities used in HTML encoding.
See Also
2187194 - Internal Candidates not able to edit Candidate Profile fields - Recruiting Management
2220688 - Candidate Country/Region field behavior and Known Issues - Recruiting Management
2337125 - Internal candidate unable to edit fields in sm-mapped candidate profile - Recruiting Management
Candidate Profile Element: Instruction Text for Internal and External Candidates
Keywords
RBP, EP, Candidate, Profile, CPT, Permissions, Data, Model, DTM, internal, edit, field, rcm, recruiting, HTML, , KBA , LOD-SF-RCM-CAN , General Candidate Issues (not Offers, not Profiles) , How To