Symptom
When you access the Mentoring by Signing in as a mentor and try to perform any action, an error appears.
error : "Operation failed. Please refresh your browser and try again later."
Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development
Reproducing the Issue
- Log in as the affected user.
- Navigate to Development > Mentoring.
- Open the mentoring program.
- Sign in as mentor.
- Attempt to perform any action; the error "Operation failed. Please refresh your browser and try again later." appears.
Cause
Competency filters are configured in the default development plan template, but the competency field is not defined.
Resolution
Configure the competency field in the corresponding development plan template.
Example xml code for competency field definition:
<field-definition id="competency" type="competencies" required="false" detail="false" viewdefault="on" showlabel="false" field-show-coaching-advisor="false" cascade-update="push-down">
<field-label>Related Competencies</field-label>
<field-description>Related Competencies</field-description>
<field-format>use-competencies</field-format>
</field-definition>
Keywords
error, mentoring, operation failed, competency field, development plan template, mentoring error, mentoring program, error message, "operation failed. please refresh your browser and try again later",Sign in as mentor , perform any action , KBA , LOD-SF-MEN-ADM , Admin Center and Setttings , Problem
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