Symptom
In the latest people profile, job information permission(s) are not respected in latest edit UI, when accessing via the edit/pencil icon.
Permissions are respected when editing via 'take action' on the profile, as this retrieves the legacy edit UI.
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 2H 2025
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.
Cause
The field is editable because the logged in user might have one of the below permission:
- Employee Central HRIS OData API (read-only) OR
- Employee Central HRIS OData API (editable) OR
- Employee Central Import Entities > Job Information
Resolution
- Employee Central HRIS OData API (read-only) and Employee Central HRIS OData API (editable) permissions are intended to be used only for system administrators in order to perform API actions, hence is not recommended to provided such permissions for regular users.
- 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.
- Please remove these permissions from the logged in user:
- Employee Central HRIS OData API (read-only)
- Employee Central HRIS OData API (editable)
- Employee Central Import Entities > Job Information
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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