3688169 - Unable to submit Higher Duty if manager in the higher-level position has a future dated termination - Employee Central - 2H2025

• System does not allow to proceed after error message about inactive manager when adding higher duty;
• The higher duty end date if on or before the manager's inactivation;
• Cannot proceed when the error message pops-up;
• Error message: The manager provided in the record has the status Terminated, which means they are inactive.

• SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

1. Add a Higher Duty for user with a position in which the manager in the higher-level position has a future dated termination;
2. Go to employee's profile;
3. Add Higher Duty;
4. Submit;
5. Error pops-up "the manager provided in the record has the status Terminated, which means they are inactive";
6. Click proceed;
7. No actions are saved;

• Product Engineering team has confirmed that this is a defect from the 2H2025 release and the fix is planned to be patched on December 9th for preview and December 11th for production. 

Workaround: select another manager (i.e. manager's manager).

3468932 - "The manager provided in the record has the status Terminated, which means they are inactive" - Employee Central - SAP for Me

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