SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3596396 - Application Error When Requesting Time Off - 1H 2025

Symptom

While requesting time off, an application error is raised in the following format:

  • "An application error occurred. Please try again later, or notify support (with the error information of errorld==xxx-xxx, timestamp==yy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss, and the version information from the current screen) if the issue keeps occurring."

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - Time Off

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to Administer Time UI/Time Off ESS UI
  2. Request an absence
  3. Select the time type.
  4. Application error message is raised.

Cause

This is a known issue.

Resolution

The defect will be fixed via patch 2505p2 which is scheduled for 29th April 2025 in Preview environments.

Keywords

KI2505, 2505, time off, Time Off, absence, time type, Preview, Application Error, NullPointerException, getTimeType, oldEmployeeTime, simulateAbsence, Time Off Controller Proxy, Cannot invoke "com.successfactors.absence.api.entities.employeetime.EmployeeTime.getTimeType()" because "oldEmployeeTime" is null, fingerprint=de2e84d453e0fdcd379da2118a7d4cfe784a982a, de2e84d453e0fdcd379da2118a7d4cfe784a982a, INC12366363, TIM-50457, PTCH-46564 , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-TIM-ABS , Absence error's - Calculations, Deductions, TT&ET , Known Error

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central 2505