SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3457371 - Forward to Requisition will include the resume and cover letter from the candidate profile of the forwarded candidate - Recruiting Management

Symptom

When using the "Forward to Requisition" tool from the Job Application page, the new application will not include the resume and cover letter from the previous application page, but the items currently available in the Candidate Profile.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to an application page.
  2. Click "Take action" > "Forward" > "Forward to Requisition".
  3. Choose a Req ID and click "Forward to Select".
  4. View the resume and cover letter in the new created application are from candidate profile, not from the previous application page.

Resolution

This is an expected system behavior.

These two fields forward with data intact from the candidate profile if present. If not, fields are copied from the job application if defined as forward-intact="true".  More information about other fields, refer to Job Application Fields Behavior with Data Intact - Help Portal.

Even if you have change resume and cover letter in A application page, it will not affect resume and cover letter in B application page when you use "Forward to Requisition" tool to forward candidate from A to B. 

See Also

2082035 - Forward to Colleague - Recruiting Management

Job Application Fields Behavior with Data Intact - Help Portal

Keywords

forward to requisition, resume, cover letter, application, candidate, candidate profile , KBA , LOD-SF-RCM-CAN , General Candidate Issues (not Offers, not Profiles) , LOD-SF-RCM-APP , Applicants and Job Applications , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting all versions