SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3311713 - Competency Description Error: Invalid value for property 'description'

Symptom

When entering the description for a competency, receive an error message:

Invalid value for property 'description'

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Center of Capabilities

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to Manage Center of Capabilities
  2. On the left panel, select Competencies > Select a competency
  3. Click Edit > Enter text into Description box > Save > Receive error message

Cause

The byte count has exceeded system limitations.

Resolution

The system has a limitation of 4,000 bytes in the competency description field. Text will need to be removed so characters are under that byte count.

If you think this should be changed in a future release, you can submit an enhancement request using 2090228 - How to Submit Ideas for SAP SuccessFactors Products.

See Also

Using Center of Capabilities - Creating a Competency

Keywords

success factors, COC, competencies, text limits, can't save text, SF , KBA , LOD-SF-TIH-COC , Center of Capabilities , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Platform all versions