3690382 - "XXX is a required field and cannot be blank." error when submitting Higher Duty/Temporary Assignment - 2H 2025

• Mandatory error ccurs while submitting Higher Duty or Temporary Assignment, although the field is not visible when creating the assignment;
• The field is set to mandatory in BCUI;
• Error message displayed: "... is a required field and cannot be blank."

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

1. Navigate to Employee Profile > Take Action;
2. Select "Add: Higher Duty/Temporary Assignment;
3. Fill the necessary fields;
4. When submitting the assignment, an error is displayed: "... is a required field and cannot be blank."

Centralized services for Higher Duties have become universal post 2H 2025 release. All fields marked as mandatory in Manage Business Configuration must be populated, even if not visible in the UI.

Set up a Business Rule to make the field non-mandatory specifically for Higher Duty scenarios using the Event Reason as an If Condition within the rule configuration.

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