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3535848 - Dropdown shows all orgs in Position even though the relevant org permission is not granted

Symptom

No permission to view org A in Manage Data. However, when update or insert new record in Position, the dropdown shows org A.

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

  • Position
  • Permission

Cause

Permissions could not control the values in the dropdown of a position field.

Resolution

The values could be filtered out through object associations.

For example, Division field in position could be filtered out through Business Unit field value by using below configuration. 

In Configure Object Definition<Position<division

The Field Criteria cust_toBusinessUnit.internalId is coming from the Association settings in Configure Object Definitions<division

Keywords

filter, association, check, division, business unit, department, organization, dropdown , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-POS-OBJ , Object Configuration & Rules , LOD-SF-EC-RBP , Roles & Permissions (EC Core only) , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Core all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions

Attachments

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