Symptom
When logged into the system in French (France), compliance forms are displayed in English instead of French.
Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding
Reproducing the Issue
1. Log in to the system as the onboardee.
2. Set the system language to French (France).
3. Navigate to the compliance step.
4. Observe that the documents are displayed in English.
Cause
SAP provides French translations only for French (Canada) fr_CA locale; fr_FR falls back to English as it's not supported for these country-specific forms.
Resolution
-
Select
French (Canada) fr_CAas the user's language preference in SuccessFactors during Onboarding compliance steps. -
Note: Defaulting to
fr_FRfor UI will keep forms in English.
See Also
Additional information:
KBA KB1315933 - TP-1015.3-V Quebec Source Deductions Return e-signature step cannot be completed by new hires - Onbo
Keywords
user's language preference French (Canada) fr_CA forms in English. , KBA , LOD-SF-OBX-FRM , Compliance 2.0 Country Forms (except i9&EV) , Problem
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