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3673839 - Behavior of picklist field values when selecting from the dropdown.

Symptom

When picklist values are manually entered and saved, they appear to be saved but are not actually reflected in the picklist field.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Login into the instance and navigate to the custom MDF portlet which contains picklist.
  2. Attempt to input values manually into the picklist fields.
  3. Observe that the values appear to be saved but are not actually retained.

Cause

Resolution

This is the expected behavior across all UIs. Users must select a value from the dropdown list to ensure it is saved correctly.

Keywords

MDF, Import and Export Data, Object, custom MDF object, mdf picklist, picklist, field criteria, dropdown list, SuccessFactors, platform, Metadata, LOD-SF-PLT, LOD-SF-MDF , KBA , LOD-SF-MDF-PKL , Picklists , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite 2505