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3308638 - How to Enable the Employment Details SourceOfRecord field in Manage Business Configuration (BCUI)?

Symptom

What are the steps to enable the Employment Details SourceOfRecord field in BCUI?

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Resolution

For any EC Standard field creation please refer to Guide:

Note: This field is required for integration between Employee Central and SAP ERP as well to Integration Center.

The list of values comes from the sourceOfRecord picklist. The picklist must contain the values "EC", "ONB", as well as any values for each external system where employee data is recorded. For technical reasons, the values for the picklist cannot contain commas.

Step 1: export  sourceOfRecord picklist from the Software Download Center.

  1. View:  sourceOfRecord picklist: Software Download Center.   51058604_44 / SFSF EC Configuration Files Master Picklist MDF

Step 2: Import picklist

  1. Go to Import and Export Data
  2. Select Generic Object: Picklist-Values
  3. Select picklist file
  4. Import

Step 3: Check sourceOfRecord picklist.

  1. Go to Picklist Center
  2. Select: SourceOfRecord 

Note

All configuration files for Employee Central, for example, master data models, master picklists, as well as country/region-specific files, have moved from the SAP Help Portal to the Software Download Center

Export : 51058604_44 / SFSF EC Configuration Files Master Picklist MDF

Check: 3153500 - How to Download Data Models, Picklists and other configuration files for Employee Central - SuccessFactors

Step 4: enable sourceOfRecord under BCUI

  1. Navigate to Manage Business Configuration;
  2. Click on 'employmentInfo';
  3. Add a new field;
  4. Type in 'source';
  5. See the 'sourceOfRecord' option display;
  6. Add a 'Label' and 'Default Label' to it;
  7. Set the 'Enabled' field to 'Yes';
  8. Hit 'Save'.

Via SDM Data Model

Code:

<hris-field id="sourceOfRecord" visibility="none">

      <label>Source of Record</label> 

     <label xml:lang="en-GB">Source of Record</label>

      <label xml:lang="en-DEBUG">Source of Record_Lbl#5788</label>

      <label xml:lang="es-ES">Fuente del registro</label>

      <label xml:lang="es-MX">Origen del registro</label>

      <label xml:lang="et-EE">Kirje allikas</label>

      <label xml:lang="fi-FI">Tietueen lähde</label>

      <label xml:lang="fr-CA">Source d’enregistrement</label>

      <label xml:lang="fr-FR">Source de l’enregistrement</label> 

<picklist id="SourceOfRecord"/>

    </hris-field>

See example below:

For RBP or  Visibility: Grant a permission to field: sourceOfRecord

  • Go to Manage Permission Roles Select your role 
  • Under : Employee Data  Employment Details - Source Of Record 
  • Grant a permission to field: sourceOfRecord

View field under

FAQ - Additional Information

Q) Where can I get information on this from the Guide?

 A) Guide: Data Model Field Information for Employee Central -

Q) Where can I get EC Master Data model and Master Picklists?
A) View 3153500 - How to Download Data Models, Picklists and other configuration files for Employee Central - SuccessFactors

See Also

  • 2472648 - Using the Check Tool to Check a SuccessFactors Configuration
  • 3397581 - Unable to see label of field Source of Record in Table report - Employee Central
  • 3066117 - How to export Data Models?
  • 2651585 - Manage Business Configuration: How to Generate Business Configuration Audit logs via Manage Scheduled Jobs

Keywords

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Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions

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