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3539355 - User was Wrongly Accepted as New Hire that has an Existing Record Already in EC - Onboarding

Symptom

  • The recruiter has accidentally selected "Proceed as New Hire" for a candidate who already has an existing record in Employee Central (EC)
  • During the "Manage Pending Hires" process, the candidate cannot be hired

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding

Reproducing the Issue

The issue is not reproducible as it is a result of an accidental action during the onboarding process.

Cause

The issue arose due to the candidate being wrongly accepted as a new hire

Resolution

Option 1:

  1. Terminate the re-activated user and make this wrong profile inactive again
  2. Trigger a new onboarding process for the new hire
  3. In Rehire Verification (Employment Profile Selection) task, click on "Proceed as New Hire" button
     

Option 2:

  1. Terminate the re-activated user and make the wrong profile inactive again
  2. Add the new hire directly into system by EC tool "Add New Employee"
  3. Guide: Adding a New Employee | SAP Help Portal 

Above are the only options you can do to mitigate the wrong scenario.

Keywords

onboarding, obx, rehire, new hire, proceed as new hire, wrong user, mph, wrong profile, rehire verification , KBA , LOD-SF-OBX-EC , Integration EC - MPH, Hire , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding all versions