Symptom
When approver is attempting to approve the time off workflow using the "Approve with comment" or "Decline with comment" functionality on the home page results in an error message for approvers.
Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
Reproducing the Issue
- Proxy as Approver.
- Navigate to the home page and select one of the time-off workflows.
- Click on Approve with comments.
- Add a comment and click on approve.
- Error occurs:
internalMessage=Error performing action
errorMessage=Deserialize parameter failed. Tree should be empty but still has content left: comments
name=Error
code=BadArgument
Resolution
- Product Engineering is investigating a solution.
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See Also
- SAP SuccessFactors Product Release & Road Map Information
- SAP SuccessFactors Patches Knowledge Base
- KB Article 2171560 - How to be notified of new or updated SAP Notes or KBAs.
Keywords
KI2H2025, INC16344185, approve, workflow, error, comment, time-off, decline, approve with comment, KI2511, b2511, 2H2511, 2H 2025,internalMessage=Error performing action errorMessage=Deserialize parameter failed. Tree should be empty but still has content left: comments name=Error code=BadArgument. , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-TIM-WAN , Workflows - Alerts - Notifications , LOD-SF-EC-WFL , Workflows - Configuration, Tools, Objects & Rules , LOD-SF-EC-WFL-REQ , My Pending Requests, ToDo's & Mass Approvals , Bug Filed
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