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3342154 - fromDate and toDate are not working on odata API call

Symptom

You are performing an odata API call and you have noticed that undesired records which does not respect the fromDate and toDate range are returning.

Environment

SuccessFactors odata API

Reproducing the Issue

  1. go to any api tool such as postman
  2. perform an odata API call as the example below:
  3. the result returns the employee but return records that does not match the from and to date period

Cause

Wrong $ performed in the API call:

As per the implementation guide, when using from and to date, we do not use the $:

Resolution

To have the from date and to date working as expected, just remove the '$' folowwed by from/to date as per example below:

Keywords

fromDate, toDate, from date, to date, date range, odata api filter not working , KBA , LOD-SF-INT-ODATA , OData API Framework , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions