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3508825 - "Assign/Remove Learning" behavior - Manager Links

Symptom

  • Managers are unable to remove admin assigned items from the direct reports' Learning Plan using the Manage Assignments option;
  • The message "The following items and programs were not removed as they were either assigned by an administrator or through the curricula" is displayed;
  • How to use the functionality to remove admin assigned items, programs or curricula mentioned on SAP Help Portal - Manager Ability to Remove Items in Team View Now Option on User Settings Page?
  • What can and can't be done when using the "Assign/Remove Learning" functionality of the Manager Links?

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Learning 

Reproducing the Issue

When the 'New Learning Experience' is enabled and entity assigned/removed by manager:

  1. Login and go to Learning 
  2. From the Dashboards menu, access 'Team View' 
  3. From the 'More manager actions', click on 'Manage Assignments, which leads the manager to the "Assign/Remove Learning" feature.

When the 'New Learning Experience' is enabled and entity assigned/removed by admin:

  1. Access Learning as a manager >
  2. Go to Team View >
  3. Go to Manage Assignments >
  4. Select Remove Assigned Learning >
  5. Click on Add the item and search for an admin assigned item >
  6. Search for the user and click on Continue >
  7. Click on Remove Learning >
  8. The item is not removed.

When the 'New Learning Experience' is disabled:

  1. Login and go to Learning > My Team 
  2. At the 'Manager Links' tile, click on "Assign/Remove Learning".

Resolution

Assign Learning:

  • Managers can assign items, programs and curricula to one or multiple employees.

Remove Assigned Learning:

  • Managers may use this tool to remove assigned items or programs from one or multiple employees;
  • Curricula and its items CANNOT be removed using the "Assign/Remove Learning" feature;
  • Entities assigned by administrators CANNOT be removed using this functionality.

NOTE: There have been some enhancements requests on it, and our customers are welcomed to vote for them and/or create additional requests. In ILX Team View, to remove items assigned by an admin, instead of the Manage Assignments option, the manager needs to use the 'Remove' button available when opening the item details page from the user assignments or the 'Remove' button available at each assigned item.

Workaround for the managers remove curricula assigned by them:

  • When 'New Learning Experience' is enabled > at the 'Team View' page > select the required direct report > at the user's record header, there will be a Curriculum Status indicator when the user is assigned to curricula. Clicking on the indicator leads the manager to the user's 'Curriculum Status' wizard, from where the manager can remove curricula that was assigned by them;
  • When 'New Learning Experience' is disabled > at the 'My Team' page > select the required direct report > at the 'Status' link, there is a Curricula option showing the user's progress towards curricula assigned to them. Clicking on it, the manager lands on the user's 'Curriculum Status' wizard, from where the manager can remove curricula that was assigned by them.

See Also

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Product

SAP SuccessFactors Learning all versions