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3448260 - Application error on rehire action - Employee Central

Symptom

When trying to rehire an employee an application error happens.

Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee 
  • Hire/Rehire

Cause

This is due data issue on Emergency Contact as the previous employment has invalid relationship type for their Emergency contact information.

Resolution

  1. Search inactive profile in the instance
  2. Go to Emergency contact
  3. Set a valid relationship
  4. Save
  5. After Above steps proceed the rehire.

Keywords

centralized, services, cs, rehire, application, error, KI2311, Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "Object.equals(Object)" because the return value of "java.util.List.get(int)" is null at com.successfactors.personandemployment.service.servicelayer.rule.filter.impl.HrisPayloadAlreadyDeletedByRuleFilter.isToBeFiltered(HrisPayloadAlreadyDeletedByRuleFilter.java:57) , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-HIR-RIE , Rehire Inactive Employee , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions