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3700425 - Internal Hire or crossboarding cannot be initiated, with validate hris data error: recruit/hire record already exists

Symptom

  • Initiate Internal Hire or crossboarding from RCM, however candidate does not show in Onboarding Dashboard.
  • From To do >> Business process Error message: "Validate HRIS data for user.jobInfo : There is already a recruit record for user XXXX. You cannot create another recruit record if one already exists., You cannot create a job information record for user 630135 before the effective start date in the recruit record."

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding

Cause

  • The issue is caused by the event reason sent from the Recruiting (RCM) to the Onboarding (ONB).
  • RCM sent the event reason with Event: Hire to ONB, which triggered the error message.
  • The event type of the event reason should not be "Hire" for internal transfers.

Resolution

  1. Correct event reason, ensuring event type of the event reason is not "Hire"
  2. Click on Restart button from To do >> Business process

Keywords

validate HRIS data, recruit record exists, onboarding error, internal transfer, crossboarding, event reason, event type, RCM, ONB, SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding, job change, hire , KBA , LOD-SF-OBX-DC , Personal Data Collection , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding all versions