Symptom
- Child Groups' Title cannot display in Latest People profile of custom MDF portlet
- After configuring a UI with child groups, none information from these groups/field is displayed in the profile portlet. To see the data, it is necessary to click on edit (pencil icon) or "view all" and expand the section.
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Environment
- SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
- Metadata Framework (MDF)
Reproducing the Issue
- There has Parent Object and configured Child object as association.
- From Manage Configuration UI, configured customized group to group child fields from the child object
- Configure this MDF UI in Latest People Profile
Result in Latest People Profile of this MDF Portlet:
- The Child Groups cannot display in the full page of this custom MDF portlet, instead of that all fields display in the Child object default group:
Resolution
- This is expected behavior of latest people profile as per system design, the latest people profile page does not support to display directly the child object's groups currently.
- The latest people profile only support MDF UI configured with default Child Group if you have child object configured as association.
- Any customized group to group the child fields may result such scenario. Please keep the default Child group in the MDF UI configuration.
Note
- Child fields should not be added to any group outside the default Child Group.
A child object itself can be configured as a group, but:
- Such a group cannot contain any additional sub-groups.
- Such a group cannot include fields from grandchild objects, parent objects, or other objects.
Note: "Record 1" (etc..) label currently cannot be change via Manage Language
Keywords
custom MDF, PPX, latest People Profile, Child group, order, field order, UI, SuccessFactors, displaying, display, manage configuration UI. error, child object, Record1, Record 2, portlet, , KBA , LOD-SF-MDF-PPX , MDF on New People Profile , How To
Product
SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions
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