3458083 - Employee Central Quick Actions do not respect field-level permission

In Employee Central Quick Actions, field level permissions are not respected.

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• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - Employee Central Quick Actions
• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - Role Based Permission

Prerequisite -

1. In Manage Business Configuration > Job Information > Custom string field is enabled.
2. The Manager has the permission to "View Current" and "View History" for the custom string configured.
3. Configured Employee Central Quick Action Template, refer to Configuring an Employee Central Quick Action Template | SAP Help Portal.

Steps -

1. Proxy as manager.
2. Click on 'Manage My Team' > select Actions > choose the template.
3. We could see that custom string field is editable and not respecting field level permission.
    
4. Now click on Cancel.
5. Select 'Change Job and Compensation Info' > select Job information.
6. We could see that custom string field is not editable and respecting field level permission.
    

The field are editable in the Employee Central Quick Template due to the "OData Read API Admin" permission is enabled.

Follow the below steps provided -

1. Navigate to Manage Permission Role > select 'Employee Central API'.
2. Disable the permission for "Employee Central Foundation OData API (read-only)", "Employee Central HRIS OData API (read-only)","Employee Central Foundation OData API (editable)", "Employee Central HRIS OData API (editable)".
3. Save the changes.
4. Proxy as Manager and navigating to Manage My Team, we could see custom string field is set to "View" and respecting field level permission.
    

Employee Central Quick Actions | SAP Help Portal

ECT-224817, permission, Employee Central Foundation OData API (read-only), Employee Central HRIS OData API (read-only), Employee Central Foundation OData API (editable), Employee Central HRIS OData API (editable), Employee Central API, Employee Central Quick Action Template, Manage my team, visible, editable, custom field, field level permission, RBP, manage permission role , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-JOB-UI , History UI & MSS UI , LOD-SF-EC-RBP , Roles & Permissions (EC Core only) , LOD-SF-EC , Employee Central , Problem