SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3644921 - externalCode field appears multiple times in Payment Information history upon changes - Employee Central

Symptom

externalCode field appears multiple times in the history section when changes are made to the Payment Information portlet.

Image/data in this KBA is from SAP internal systems, sample data, or demo systems. Any resemblance to real data is purely coincidental.

Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

Make sure at least one country has externalCode's Visibility differently from 'Not Visible' in Configure Object Definitions > Payment Information Detail XXX (country), then:

  1. Navigate to a sample employee.
  2. Click on the history icon under 'Payment Information'.
  3. Make changes in order to generate the externalCode random value.

Cause

The visibility setting for the externalCode field in the Configure Object Definitions > Payment Information Details XXX (country) is not adjusted to 'Not Visible' for all countries.

Resolution

  1. Navigate to Configure Object Definitions.
  2. Locate the Payment Information Details object for all countries.
  3. Change the visibility of the externalCode field from 'Read Only' to 'Not Visible'.
  4. Save the changes and verify that the externalCode field no longer appears multiple times in the history section.

See Also

KBA: 2603053 - People Profile: Payment Information/MDF Portlet History Displays Irrelevant Fields.

Keywords

externalCode, history, payment information, visibility setting, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, Configure Object Definitions, multiple entries, Payment Information Details, MDF portlet, field visibility, SF, EC, PAY, Not Visible, value, random, Read Only, Editable. , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-PAY , Payment Information (Bank Information) , LOD-SF-MDF , Metadata Framework , Problem

Product

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