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3660017 - "Error occurred when transitioning the workflow" message appears upon approving the hire workflow initiated from Onboarding

Symptom

Error occurs when approving a new hire workflow initiated from MPH > Onboarding.

  • “Error occurred when transitioning the workflow.”

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Proxy as the workflow approver
  2. Approve a new hire workflow triggered from MPH > Onboarding
  3. Error occurs

Cause

The workflow which is pending for approval seems to not exist anymore as onboarding has been cancelled.

Resolution

Please cancel/withdraw the workflow and restart the process of hiring.

Keywords

Unable to transition the workflow, workflow, error, Workflow, Error, ERROR, approval, new hire, hire, Hire, MPH, onboarding, transition,Unhandled error while preparing or performing service layer call ,"No row with the given identifier exists: [com.successfactors.hris.bean.eo.EmpJobInfoEO#]",No row with the given identifier exists: [com.successfactors.hris.bean.eo.EmpJobInfoEO#],No row with the given identifier exists,An error occurred during post workflow transition ,Caused by: org.hibernate.ObjectNotFoundException ECHireEntityGrouper , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-INT , Manage Pending Hires (Integration RCM/ ONB/ OBX + UI) , LOD-SF-EC-WFL , Workflows - Configuration, Tools, Objects & Rules , LOD-SF-EC-HIR , Hire & Rehire Wizards , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions