SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3671553 - Field orientation in a form is showing vertically when candidates signed the form - Onboarding

Symptom

E-signature is not working as expected.

  • When some candidates signed the form, the form fields showed vertically, while other candidates' form fields showed as expected.
  • The affected form fields are using the same placeholder.

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding

Cause

Form configuration issue:

  • The form field orientation is set to '90'.

Resolution

  1. Edit the form in your PDF editor
  2. Select the affected fields
  3. Ensure that the 'Orientation' is set to '0'
  4. Re-upload the form and test with a new candidate

Keywords

Form, field orientation, PDF, esignature step, Document Flow, Document, Form field, Vertically oriented, Signature, ONB, OBX , KBA , LOD-SF-OBX-DOC , Generation of Documents using PFS , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding all versions

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