SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3578653 - Future hired manager could not be searched under Job Information<Supervisor field

Symptom

Hire a manager in future, for example 1/1/2026. Add a Job Information record for an user, event date is chosen to 1/1/2026 as well, however, the future hired manager could not be found under the Supervisor field.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Cause

The future hired manager is inactive "today". 

Resolution

Currently, only the users whose status is active in EP could be searched out and set under Job Information< Supervisor field.

If you wish to request this feature, please log an idea with the Product Management team by following the instructions in the KBA 2090228 - How to Submit Ideas for SAP SuccessFactors Products

See Also

2385353 - User not appearing in a user field dropdown- EC

3290931 - Future Hire is not searchable in the People Picker and in the Global Search - SuccessFactors Platform

2090228 - How to Submit Ideas for SAP SuccessFactors Products

Keywords

manager, supervisor, search, active, inactive, ep, status , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-JOB , Job Information , Problem

Product

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