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3620419 - To Be Hired flag not updating via job information import - SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Symptom

  • To Be Hired adaptation is not working when employees are hired or updated via import
  • It works as expected when employees are hired from Add New Employee page or edited via Take Action (MSS)

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Perform a job information import adding or editing the position of a user
  2. Check the Position and see that the To Be Hired field is not updated to "No".
  3. Same does not happen via UI; field is properly updated.

Cause

Follow-up process is not configured for imports. 

Resolution

In order to trigger the follow-up process, the "HrisSLEventPublishConfig" must be created in Manage Data as mentioned in Setting Up Follow-Up Processes after Imports.

Please create the object if is not created yet following steps documented here: Configurations to Consider for SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Events | SAP Help Portal 

Note: In case that Centralized Services HRIS Event Publishing Configuration cannot be found in the object in Manage Data, follow the steps below: 

  1. Go to Configure Object Definitions;
  2. Search for Centralized Services HRIS Event Publishing Configuration;
  3. Make Corrections;
  4. Add a label;
  5. Save it.

After above steps make sure to grant your user permission to this object under Miscellaneous Permissions.

If the issue persists after enabling this object, go to Admin Alerts -> Follow-up Activities to review if there is any issues after the import. The follow-up message will point to the error. 

 

See Also

Keywords

INC13297151, to be hired flag, employee import, sap cloud identity services, position org chart, manage positions, job information import, active employment status, troubleshooting, adaptation, sap cloud identity services, vacant, import, to be hired not updated via import, employee central, successfactors, follow-up process, follow, admin alerts , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-POS-OBJ , Object Configuration & Rules , LOD-SF-EC-POS , Position Management , LOD-SF-EC-EDP-JOB , Job Information Imports , Problem

Product

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