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
- Follow the onboarding implementation guide Enabling Onboarding in Provisioning | SAP Help Portal
- Activate the settings in provisioning necessary to activate onboarding
- Click Save Feature
- Receive Blank White Page
- 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
- Engineering are aware of this error and are working on permanent fix in OBX-19396.
- Workaround: manually create the Onboardee Person Type in manage data
- Navigate to Manage Data
- Create New
- PersonType
- externalCode: Onboardee
- personTypeName: Onboardee
- personType: Onboardee
- Save
- Perform odata refresh
- Disable and re-enable onboarding
- 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