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3451428 - Delete Talent Pool Error: You can't delete this talent pool because it has nomination records.

Symptom

When attempting to delete a talent pool, receive a warning:

You can't delete this talent pool because it has nomination records.

Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors Succession Planning
  • SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Log in to SuccessFactors
  2. Navigate to Admin Center > Tools > Manage Data
  3. In the first Search dropdown, select Talent Pool
  4. In the second Search dropdown, select a talent pool
  5. Select Take Action > Permanently Delete Entry
  6. Receive error

Cause

Nomination records are tied to the talent pool

Resolution

Positions cannot be deleted if an employee has ever been nominated to the position. This validation prevents the loss of nomination data, especially during data migration. More details on how the data validation works is in Implementing and Managing Succession - Validation for Permanently Deleting Positions and Talent Pools with Nomination Records. You can use one of the below options:

Soft Delete a Position (Make Position Inactive)

To soft delete/inactivate a position, you can select the Delete option in the position card following the steps in Implementing and Managing Succession - Editing or Deleting MDF Positions from Position Card. This will deactivate the position, but it can be reactivated at a later time.

Permanently Delete a Position with Data Retention Management

To permanently delete a position with nomination records, you can purge it in Data Retention Management using the purge request type Purge Non-Sensitive MDF Business Data. The steps on how to complete this process are in Implementing and Using Data Retention Management (Legacy and Non-DRTM) - Purging MDF Data (Non-DRTM).

See Also

Keywords

success factors, sf, sfsf, scm, talent pools, deletion, deleting, purging, cannot delete, nominations, error, warning, SCM-19911, SCM-19894 , KBA , LOD-SF-SCM-TP , Talent Pools , LOD-SF-SCM-NOM , Nominations - Form Based and Formless , LOD-SF-MDF-MGD , Manage Data - Create, Update & Delete , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite 2405 ; SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development 2405