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3603306 - How to set the incumbent of parent position to be the manager when creating a new position?

Symptom

There is a custom field in Position object, the field is user type. It is used to store the manager of this position, this manager should be the incumbent of parent position.

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Environment

  SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

  • Position Management

Resolution

Create a business rule and configure it as "Save Rules" in Configure Object Definition<Object Definitions<Position.

Sample rule configuration:

Keywords

position creation, onSave, business rules, automatic, set manager, supervisor, , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-POS-OBJ , Object Configuration & Rules , How To

Product

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