SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3507924 - Account External ID not available for Workflow Rule

Symptom

A notification Workflow Rule was created and it is required to have the Account External ID field set as placeholder, but the option is not seen there.

Environment

SAP Cloud for Customer

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Administrator > Workflow Rules.
  2. Open the desired rule.
  3. Go forward until placeholder section.
  4. In the Field column under placeholder, click on the dropdown and see there is no External ID option, only Account ID.

Cause

The External ID is not available by standard.

Resolution

This is the expected system behavior.

If the feature/functionality is required urgently, please refer to KBA 3475641 - Functionality Currently not Available.this would be a new requirement.

Keywords

WKF, place holder, place-holder , KBA , LOD-CRM-WKF , Workflow , LOD-CRM-ACC , Account , Problem

Product

SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions