3567756 - Mass Change to update field is Completing with Errors due to Field Visibility

• An attempt to perform a mass change to update "field - A" results in completion with errors.
• The error message displayed is: "This scheduled job failed to complete. For details, please contact SuccessFactors customer support. java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.successfactors.hris.bean.model.HrisElementField.getLocalizedLabel()" because "field" is null."

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

1. Navigate to Manage Mass Changes.
2. Click Create New and populate the mass change details.
3. Once the mass change status is completed, click on the completed with errors status and note the error message.
4. Error =  java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.successfactors.hris.bean.model.HrisElementField.getLocalizedLabel()" because "field" is null.

The issue is due to the visibility configuration of the field "field - A", which is configured with "visibility=VIEW" in Manage Business Configuration.

1. If the change has to be made through Mass Changes, change the visibility to "EDIT".
2. Alternatively, use "Employee Data Import" to change the field's value. For import to work, the field with visibility=view should have -  Allow import = "Yes".

2092850 - Massive Changes to Employee Data via Import - Employee Central - SAP for Me

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