SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3570311 - Error 'FTE is a required field and cannot be blank.' when changing locations

Symptom

Receiving error 'FTE is a required field and cannot be blank.' in Employee Central Quick Action Change Location.

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Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

  1. On Employee Profile
  2. Click on Take Action button
  3. Click on Change Location
  4. Select a new location from the dropdown
  5. Save
  6. Error "FTE is a required field and cannot be blank."

Cause

Standard calculation to calculate the FTE field is not being used.

If the standard logic to calculate the FTE field is not being used and the field FTE is not "on the screen"/visible while performing any changes the system sets the FTE value back to null.

Resolution

To resolve the issue, add an OnSave rule to calculate the FTE field or use the hardcoded standard calculation logic for FTE as per Guide/Preventive Action: Calculating FTE | SAP Help Portal

See Also

2498292 - Job Information: How does the FTE calculation work?

Keywords

quick action, change location, fte, null, error, FTE is a required field and cannot be blank, , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-JOB , Job Information , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions