Symptom
- Unable to initiate Onboarding from SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management (RCM).
- Error Message: "We were unable to initiate this onboarding process (2.0). An unknown error occurred."
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Environment
- SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting
- SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding
Reproducing the Issue
- Attempt to Initiate Onboarding for a candidate Take Action > Initiate Onboarding
- The following error is shown:
"We were unable to initiate this onboarding process (2.0). An unknown error occurred."
Cause
Two or more statuses are set to hired or hireable in the Status set.
Resolution
- Navigate to Applicant Status Configuration page
- Open the Status Set for the affected job requisition
- Inspect each status and ensure you have one hireable status and one hired status.
- There should only be one status with Hirable Options > Hireable and only one status with Hirable Options > Hired.
- The Hired status should have a Category > Hired and should be the ONLY one in your status set to be so.
See Also
Keywords
Unknown Error, Recruiting, Initiate Onboarding, process, Applicant Status, hirable, hired, application status , KBA , LOD-SF-RCM-INT , Integration Center & Intelligent Services , LOD-SF-OBX-RCM , Initiate onboarding from RCM , Problem
Product
SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 2511 ; SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting all versions
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