Symptom
When running the Check Tool for RCM > Candidate Profile Template, this warning is being detected by the system:
Invalid standardized background data field mapping - (Background Mapping Template Reference: outsideWorkExperience, Data Field Mapping Template Reference: prevEmployerLastRateofPay)
Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to The Check Tool
- Click on "Use Legacy Check Tool"
- Run the Check Tool for RCM > Candidate Profile Template
- This warning shows up: Invalid standardized background data field mapping - (Background Mapping Template Reference: outsideWorkExperience, Data Field Mapping Template Reference: prevEmployerLastRateofPay)
The same warning occurs in Provisioning when saving the CPT.
Cause
The field "prevEmployerLastRateofPay" was configured in a previous version of the CPT and then removed.
As it was mapped to another field in "Configure Standardization Mapping", once the field got removed from the CPT, the system generates a warning because the field does not exist anymore, despite it having been mapped in "Configure Standardization Mapping".
Resolution
- Go to "Configure Standardization Mapping"
- Select "Candidate Standardization" for the Object
- Map the affected field to another field
- Save the changes
- Perform a metadata refresh
- Log out
- Log in again
- Go back to "Configure Standardization Mapping"
- Select "Candidate Standardization" for the Object
- Remove the mapping
- Save the changes
- Run the Check Tool again
- The warning does not occur anymore
NOTE: It is highly recommended to never remove a field once it has been configured in any of the XML templates in Recruiting. If a field is no longer needed, read and write permissions can be removed so that the field is not available (visible) anymore.
Keywords
Check, Tool, Warning, Mapping, Data, Field, Template , KBA , LOD-SF-RCM-CAN , General Candidate Issues (not Offers, not Profiles) , Problem