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3381161 - Error Message When Changing The Employee Position

Symptom

When saving the position change in the job information portlet history an error is popping up, however, when making the change in Take Action or Edit, no error message is showing. 

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Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - Job Information
  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - Job Relationships

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Employee Profile.
  2. Go to Job information portlet .
  3. Select History (clock icon).
  4. Click Insert new record.
  5. Fill out the job information and change Position field 
  6. Click Save.
  7. An error message will popup.

Cause

A business rule is setting the Job Relationship Name field based on the position change.

Resolution

Kindly create a rule trace, then verify if the rule that is setting the Job Relationship Name field to NULL. 

Keywords

KBA , LOD-SF-EC-JRL , Job Relationships , LOD-SF-EC-POS , Position Management , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HXM Core 2305