Symptom
- Candidate cannot log in to the system.
- This issue only impacts certain candidates
- Error message:
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???COMMON_AJAX_EXCEPTION_CONVERTER_ERROR_OCCURRED???
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- Clcik on ???COMMON_Hide_Error???, show error message:
internalMessage=Failure to load pageMetaData
errorMessage=Failed to execute 'fetch' on 'Window': Failed to read the 'headers' property from 'RequestInit': String contains non ISO-8859-1 code point.
Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding
Reproducing the Issue
- Initiate the onboarding process for a candidate.
- Attempt to log in to the system as the candidate.
- Observe below error message preventing login:
- internalMessage=Failure to load pageMetaData
- errorMessage=Request constructor: Cannot convert value in record<ByteString, ByteString> branch of (sequence<sequence<ByteString>> or record<ByteString, ByteString>) to ByteString because the character at index 0 has value XXXXX which is greater than XXXX.
Or
- Error message:
???COMMON_Error_Label???
???COMMON_AJAX_EXCEPTION_CONVERTER_ERROR_OCCURRED???
???COMMON_Hide_Error???
- Clcik on ???COMMON_Hide_Error???, show error message:
internalMessage=Failure to load pageMetaData
errorMessage=Failed to execute 'fetch' on 'Window': Failed to read the 'headers' property from 'RequestInit': String contains non ISO-8859-1 code point.
Cause
The candidate's Default Locale is incorrect or contains special characters.
Resolution
- Go to Data Inspector, select Table_USERS_SYSINFO;
- Search the candidate with username/user sys id filter;
- If the candidate's Default Locale is incorrect or contains special characters, correct the Default Locale with a standard code. For example, en_US/zh_CN/en_GB and so on.
Keywords
candidate login issue, candidate cannot login, login system, onboarding login error, sap successfactors onboarding, Failure to load pageMetaData, Request constructor: Cannot convert value in record, onboardee login error, Default Locale , KBA , LOD-SF-OBX-ACC , Accessibility , Problem
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