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3620047 - Special characters that could not be used in placeholder in Document Generation Template

Symptom

After the document generation mapping is successfully saved, an error occurs when re-open this document generation mapping.

Cause

The placeholder contains a special character that could not be accepted by system.

Resolution

Below is the list of special characters that should not be used in the placeholder name.

  • &
  • < 
  • > 
  • "
  • \'
  • ,

Keywords

c210177fd72e223a6852925fa5a16fb6f6961399, document generation template, mapping, error, placeholder, special character , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-DOC , Document Generation , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Core 2505 ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions