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3690419 - Saving Photos into Strings or CLOB fields of MDFs - Integration Center

Symptom

You attempt to insert Photo data into a String or CLOB field inside a MDF object, but when checking the data on the object, the output is not correct.

Cause

Currently, we do not support mapping photo (binary) data to any String or CLOB data type, as this could lead to performance issues at runtime. Such integration would require holding a large amount of data in memory.

Resolution

If the Photo data that is being inserted into the MDF is from Photo entity, which will be used by Integrations in the future, it's recommended to query the Photo entity directly, and not to save the photo again somewhere else.

Keywords

photo, mdf, clob, string, mdf, odata, upsert, integration center, integration centre, ic, binary , KBA , LOD-SF-INT-INC , Integration Center , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions