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3642221 - Unable to save changes in Manage Document Template - Employee Central

Symptom

  • Changes made to document generation templates are not being saved when attempting to modify an existing letter or create a new letter.
  • No error message is displayed during the process.

Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
  • SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open the Document Generation Templates
  2. Attempt to modify an existing letter or create a new letter.
  3. Configure the template as required.
  4. Click "Save".
  5. Observe that the changes are not applied or saved.

Cause

The Pre-Delivered Configuration UI has been modified in Manage Configuration UI, with ID: DocumentGenerationOverviewConfigUIMeta.

Resolution

Make sure you have Pre-Delivered Configuration UI in other instance, for example, then:

  1. Go to Import and Export Data
  2. Select 'Export Data', and Generic Object: 'ConfigUIMeta'
  3. For 'Select all data records', choose No, and Select object: 'DocumentGenerationOverviewConfigUIMeta'
  4. Click on 'Export' button, then monitor its completion
  5. Click on 'Details' button and 'Download status' in Scheduled Job Manager
  6. Go to the instance where you have problem
  7. Go to Import and Export Data
  8. Select 'Import Data', and 'Zip File' tab
  9. 'Choose File' from your computer
  10. Click on 'Import' button
  11. Check if you are now able to make changes in Document Generation Template

See Also

Keywords

document generation, sap successfactors, unable to save, template changes, configuration, issue, templates, employee central, mdf ui, configuration import, zip file import, DocumentGenerationOverviewConfigUIMeta, ConfigUIMeta, import and export data, SF, EC, DOC , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-DOC , Document Generation , LOD-SF-EC-FOO , Foundation Objects (Organisation, Pay and Job Structures) , Problem

Product

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