3689834 - Lookup Error In SuccessFactors Employee Central Rule - 2H 2025

• Employees are unable to register vacation requests due to an error in the system following a recent release.
• Error message: "Error executing rule ECXP013_TIMEOFF_BLOQUEIADIASMRSB_V2: ERROR_RULE_FUNCTION - Error happened when invoking rule function: lookup, root cause: For input string: '2E+1'."

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - Time Off

• Configuration - You have configured a rule function to convert Lookup values from string to numeric value.
  • The result is in a scientific format instead of numeric.

1. Attempt to register vacation requests 
2. Observe the error occurring when processing values such as 10, 20, or 30 in the take rule.

• The issue arises because the system converts numeric values into scientific notation during the lookup process, leading to parsing failures.
  • In other words, the toString() returns scientific representation e.g. "2E+1" instead of "20" 

The solution of this issue is tentatively scheduled for 2511P8 

• Preview - 09 December 2025
• Production - 11 December 2025

Workaround.

Use the Round() to shorten the Scientific value into real number.

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