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3627943 - Blank Page in Provisioning After Enabling Onboarding - Onboarding

Symptom

  • Enable onboarding in provisioning and receive blank white page when click save feature although onboarding is enabled
  • Standard Onboarding roles & groups not created after enabling
  • Error message: "com.successfactors.person.api.IPersonType.setExternalCode(String)" because "personTypeEO" is null

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Follow the onboarding implementation guide Enabling Onboarding in Provisioning | SAP Help Portal
  2. Activate the settings in provisioning necessary to activate onboarding
  3. Click Save Feature
  4. Receive Blank White Page
  5. Check onboarding is enabled

Cause

  • Onboarding when enabled received blank white page on save is not expected. You should be see company settings page after clicking save feature button
  • Errors presented in the bankend, caused by error "com.successfactors.person.api.IPersonType.setExternalCode(String)" because "personTypeEO" is null

Resolution

  1. Engineering are aware of this error and are working on permanent fix in OBX-19396.
  2. Workaround: manually create the Onboardee Person Type in manage data
  3. Navigate to Manage Data
  4. Create New
  5. PersonType
    1. externalCode: Onboardee
    2. personTypeName: Onboardee
    3. personType: Onboardee
  6. Save
  7. Perform odata refresh
  8. Disable and re-enable onboarding
  9. Missing roles & groups should be available now

See Also

Keywords

Enabling onboarding, blank white page, provisioning, person type, persontype, com.successfactors.person.api.IPersonType.setExternalCode, personTypeEO, provisioning onboarding, missing groups, missing roles, Enable Onboarding, blank page, OBX-19396 , KBA , LOD-SF-OBX-ADM , Admin UI , Known Error

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 2505