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3563398 - Issue with Translation of Custom MDF Fields in Employee Profile

Symptom

  • In the Employee Profile, custom MDF fields are not appearing translated in the selected system language.
  • The fields within the sections appear in English instead of the selected system language (e.g., German), but the section names appear in the selected system language.
  • This issue is only observed in the view mode of the People Profile (PP3) and with object with conditional association. In the edit mode, the fields appear translated in the selected system language.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors HCM

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Change the system language to German.
  2. Navigate to the employee profile of a user.
  3. Scroll down to the portlet and check the fields within the sections. The fields appear in English instead of German.
  4. Click on the edit mode.
  5. All fields and sections appear translated in German in the edit mode.

Cause

The issue is caused by a discrepancy in the system's handling of language translations in the view mode of the People Profile (PP3). The system does not correctly apply the selected system language to the custom MDF fields in the view mode.

Resolution

  • This is a known behavior, however since we have a new PPX functionality available which has better user experience, Engineering will focus on the latest people profile development and this behavior on the legacy people profile will not be changed.
  • As a work around, please start using the Latest People Profile (PPX) functionality instead of the legacy People Profile (PP3), also in PP3 if the conditional association are removed then the language translation will work as expected.

See Also

New People Profile Experience First Half 2024 and Second Half 2024

Deprecation of Data Viewing in Legacy People Profile | SAP Help Portal

Keywords

Employee Profile, Custom MDF Fields, Translation, German, English, View Mode, Edit Mode, People Profile, PP3, Language, System Language. , KBA , LOD-SF-MDF-PP3 , MDF on People Profile , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions