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3412172 - The external user was not created because of an internal error. Please try again later. UUID: - Onboarding

Symptom

  • After initiating the Onboarding process of an onboardee from Recruiting, it lands in the To-Do panel > Business Process tile.
  • Error:
    • View user validation errors for [Candidate name] [e-mail address/username] for Onboarding process trigger [Process ID]
      Create External User (1)
      Create External User
      The external user was not created because of an internal error. Please try again later. UUID: 1a234b56-78c9-1011-1de2-3fg4567h8ijk

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Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Log in to the instance
  2. Navigate to the To-Do panel > Business Process
  3. View user validation errors for [Candidate name] [e-mail address/username] for Onboarding process trigger [Process ID]
    Create External User (1)
    Create External User
    The external user was not created because of an internal error. Please try again later. UUID: 1a234b56-78c9-1011-1de2-3fg4567h8ijk

Cause

  • Mapping issues between Recruiting and Onboarding

Resolution

  1. Go to Check Tool
  2. Validation
  3. Application: Onboarding
  4. Go
  5. Data mapping between Recruiting Management and Onboarding is consistent. (ONB2DataValidationCheckForInitiateOnb)
    Initiate Onboarding from Recruiting: Data Validation
  6. Run Check
  7. Input the Job Application ID of the candidate
  8. Run

The results will provide the number of issues found with the list of fields wherein no values were passed.

The affected fields which are listed under the results must have values.

Once the values are passed, restart the associated Business Process tile/error.

Keywords

Onboarding, Onboarding 2.0, LOD-SF-OBX, LOD-SF-OBX-RCM, OBX, RCM, UUID, Business Process, Create External User, The external user was not created because of an internal error , KBA , LOD-SF-OBX-RCM , Initiate onboarding from RCM , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 2305