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3536864 - COE0018 error while cancelling onboarding due to "Company" field - Onboarding

Symptom

See error while cancelling onboarding for candidate:

[COE0018]The cancellation request for new hire xxxx has failed. Please contact your administrator.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to onboarding dashboard > search for candidate
  2. Action > Cancel onboarding
  3. See error pop-up: [COE0018]The cancellation request for new hire xxxx has failed. Please contact your administrator.

Cause

Cause 1: Value for "Company (Legal Entity)" field is invalid or missing.

Cause 2: Incorrect configuration in Admin Center > Position Management Settings.

  • (For SAP Support only) Backend log: The value for field "Company" in this Job Information record does not exist. Please select a valid value for field "Company".
    (check internal memo for detailed logs)

Resolution

Scenario 1: "Company (Legal Entity)" field has no value or value displays under the field column

  1. Make sure below permission is granted to user who cancel onboarding:
    • MDF Foundation Objects > LegalEntity
      
  2. Go to Actions > New Hire Data
  3. Maintain value for "Company (Legal Entity)" field manually > submit
  4. Try to cancel onboarding again

Scenario 2: "Company (Legal Entity)" field is having valid value

  1. Follow resolution steps in KBA: https://me.sap.com/notes/3357702/E
  2. Go to OData API Metadata Refresh and Export > refresh OData
  3. Try to cancel onboarding again

See Also

3357702 - "The value for field 'Company' in this Job Information record does not exist. Please select a valid value for field 'Company'." error upon submitting a Leave of Absence request - SAP for Me

Keywords

SAP, SuccessFactors, Onboarding, cancellation, COE0018, Company, Legal Entity, permission, Position Management Settings , KBA , LOD-SF-OBX-CAN , Cancel Onboarding , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding all versions