Symptom
In the latest people profile, when editing Employee Central data such job information permissions are not respected in latest edit UI is enabled.
Is observed that permissions are respected when editing via 'take action' on the profile.
In order to verify you are using the latest edit UI, please review if the setting ‘Enable the latest editing and history UI for employee central HRIS entities on full profile’ is enabled in Configure Latest People Profile UI.
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Environment
- SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
- Latest People profile
Reproducing the Issue
- Log in to SF instance
- Remove element permission e.g. ‘cost center’.
- Proxy as user within MSS role -> navigate to any direct report's profile.
- Take action -> permission is respected.
- Pencil icon -> permission is not respected.
Employment details:
- Proxy user with view only RBP for employment details field
- New edit UI - RBP not respected - field is editable
- PP3/Old edit UI - RBP respected - field is view only
Cause
The field is editable because the logged in user might have Import permissions. Example based on the reproducing steps documented:
- Employee Central Import Entities > Job Information
- Employee Central Import Entities > Employment details
Employee Central Import Entities e.g. Job Information, and target population centric, permits the granted user to edit all job information via Latest Edit UIs.
This is documented in following Guide: Notable Differences in Existing Features
Resolution
Please remove these permissions from the target affected user:
-
- Manage Permission Roles
- Remove -> "Employee Central Import Entities" related entity permissions
See Also
3594795 - Fields are not respecting RBP permissions in Full Profile - SAP for Me
3629096 - Fields In Quick Action Are Editable EvenThough There Is No Permission Granted - SAP for Me?
Keywords
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