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3326922 - Latest Goal Management Error: You do not have permission to edit goal field: field id.

Symptom

After upgrading to Latest Goal Management and converting the goal plan templates, when attempting to edit or copy a score field users receive an error:

You do not have permission to edit goal field: field id.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Latest Goal Management

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Login to system
  2. Home dropdown > Goals
  3. Create Goal > Create New
  4. Enter all details > Save Changes
  5. Receive error message

Cause

The user does not have write permission for an affected calculated field.

Resolution

In Legacy Goal Management, the calculated field, such as goal-score, rating, weight fields, could be modified by users if they had the ability to edit goals.

With Latest Goal Management, users need to have the write permission to modify the calculated field.

The permission needs to be updated in the Goal Plan XML, and this can only be modified via Provisioning. 

As a customer, you do not have access to Provisioning. Please engage your Certified Partner to implement the fix. If you do not have a certified partner, you can look for one using 2149831 - SAP Professional Services / SAP Certified Partner / SAP Account Management Team [SuccessFactors Cloud].

Keywords

Latest goal, latest goal management, success factors, SF, GM, PMGM, objectives, goals, calculation, calculated field, custom calculation, goal scores, goalscore, LGM , KBA , LOD-SF-GM-ADM , Admin Tools, Settings, Permissions , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Performance & Goals 2211