3556532 - Entry date fields are not aligned when hiring an onboarding employee through the Manage Pending Hires - 2H 2024

When an employee is hired through Manage Pending Hires by changing the hire date, the company entry date field is not aligning with the hire date of the employee post hiring.

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

1. Log in to SF instance.
2. Navigate to Manage pending hires -> Onboarding.
3. Change the start date for the employee.
4. Submit the hire.
5. Navigate to hired employee profile and check job information where company entry date is not aligned with hire date of the employee.

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Workaround:

Hire the employee without changing the hire date/start date and perform hire date correction.     
                                           (OR)
Perform full purge on job information of the employee.  

[ECT-171771] Allow overwriting field values of entry date fields for the very first record - SuccessFactors JIRA

Initializing New Entry Date Fields in Existing Job Info Records

2H2024, KI2411, b2411, Entry date fields, Manage Pending Hires, onboarding, start date, Job Entry Date, Position Entry Date, Company Entry Date, companyEntryDate, job information,  INC10426330 , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-INT-UI , MPH UI & Column Config Tool , Bug Filed