3662779 - Unable to create field-level criteria in association in corporate data model - SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Unable to create a field-level criteria in association within the corporate data model. Error occurs when attempting to define the field criteria in XML and import it into the corporate data model "Invalid file format specified. Please ensure the imported file is in XML format. org xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber; columnNumber ; Element type “field-criteria" must be declared".

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1. Navigate to the Foundation object in the system.
2. Attempt to define a field-level criteria between two custom objects in the corporate data model.
3. Import the XML file containing the field criteria into the corporate data model.
4. Observe the error during the import process.

System Expected Behavior. Foundation Objects do not support the same functionalities as MDF Objects, including field-level criteria, business rules and other advanced configurations.

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