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3420641 - Past Direct Mapping from a MDF Object in Document Generation

Symptom

When using Past Direct Mapping for a field of a MDF Object the data doesn't appear or appears broken in the document generated.

Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions 
  • SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite all versions

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to Manage Data;
  2. In first dropdown select the object of interest;
  3. In the second dropdown select an employee;
  4. There are more than one record for the employee;
  5. Check that there is a Past Direct Mapping for an object field in the Document Generation Template;
  6. In the document generated the previous value of the field doesn't appear in document generated or it appears broken.

Cause

Expected Behavior. The system only retrieves active records and the records which are not pending while fetching the data for the placeholder, so it only retrieve the data of the current record.

Resolution

You can submit an enhancement request specifically about this to have it considered within future development cycles – you can do this on our Customer Community Portal. For detailed steps on How to Submit Ideas for SAP SuccessFactors Products, please refer to KBA 2090228 - How to submit enhancement ideas for SAP SuccessFactors Products - SAP for Me.

See Also

MDF Objects | SAP Help Portal

2494561 - Custom MDF Objects mapping in document generation. - SAP for Me

2320253 - Document Generation: Specific field is not available for direct mapping - SAP for Me

Keywords

Document Generation, Direct Mapping, Past Direct Mapping, MDF Object, Document Generation Template , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-DOC , Document Generation , LOD-SF-MDF , Metadata Framework , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions