SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3440844 - When creating a rule using endDate the field is not populated as expected to rehire candidates - Onboarding

Symptom

When creating a rule that uses the field endDate the field in not populating as expected by the rule for Rehire candidates.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding

Cause

The Rehire process in Onboarding uses the merge logic. The merge would only be used for displaying the data on the RHDR page and not save anything to the DB unless the Rehire Coordinator submits the Data on the Page.

This can be explained in the blog below written by Engineering team: 

https://community.sap.com/t5/human-capital-management-blogs-by-sap/onboarding-an-insight-of-data-review-for-rehire-rehire-with-old-employment/ba-p/13567477

In the table, line 14 for Employment Info during save, some fields like 'okToRehire' and endDate are modified to null.

Resolution

Necessary to reach out to Implementation Partner or specialized services to review the rule.

Keywords

obx, rule, rehire, endDate, null , KBA , LOD-SF-OBX-ADM , Admin UI , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding all versions