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3312311 - Job Description Manager Warning: Please provide a description.

Symptom

When creating a behavior via Manage Competencies, saving a behavior with a blank description generates an error:

Please provide a description.

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Job Description Manager

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Login to system
  2. Admin Center > Company Settings > Manage Competencies
  3. Select a competency library
  4. Select a competency
  5. Select the Assigned to Behaviors tab > Add New Behavior
  6. Enter Behavior Name > Leave description blank > Receive error message

Cause

Expected behavior

Resolution

The behavior description is required in Job Description Manager. To bypass this validation, add behaviors through Families & Roles:

  1. Login to system
  2. Admin Center > Managing Competencies and Skills > Families and Roles
  3. Select a family
  4. Select a role
  5. Select a competency
  6. Select the Behaviors link
  7. Enter the name > Create
  8. Allows a behavior to be created with a blank description

Keywords

success factors, JDM, SF, competency, libraries, blank field, blank box , KBA , LOD-SF-TIH-JDM , Job Description Manager , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Platform all versions