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3675183 - To be hired field when position is Shared Position and Allow Multiple Incumbents

Symptom

  • When position is occupied by two incumbents and one of them is unassigned, the To be Hired field is updated to 'Yes' on the Position

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Position Org Chart
  2. See a position that is occupied by two incumbents
  3. Click in one of the incumbents and go to the profile
  4. Go to Actions and Change Job and Comp
  5. Move this user to another position
  6. Go to Manage Position and search for the previous Position 
  7. Check the 'To be hired' was updated to 'Yes'

Cause

Expected behavior

Resolution

When multiple employees are assigned to a Shared Position with the "Allow Multiple Incumbents" attribute enabled, the "To Be Hired" field does not update correctly due to system behavior.

See Also

  • Refer to SAP Note 2337998 - The "To Be Hired" field in position is not updated when changes are made from Job Information history.
  • Refer to SAP documentation on Position Types: Position Types Documentation.

Keywords

position management, vacant field, to be hired, sap successfactors, employee central, shared position, allow multiple incumbents, job information history, position issue, sap note 2337998 , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-POS , Position Management , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions