3736295 - Onchange rule with error severity shows warning message in Latest People Profile – SAP Successfactors Employee Central

There is an onchange rule created to raise a message with error severity.

In legacy people profile the error pops up as expected, however, in latest/full people profile the message appears with a warning icon instead of a red error icon.

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1. Navigate to a user profile in Latest (Full) People Profile.
2. Perform a change that runs an onChange business rule configured to raise a message with “Error” severity.
3. Observe the message displays with a warning-style icon/non‑blocking notification instead of an error icon.

Having an Error-level validation during onChange is not a valid scenario in Latest (Full) People Profile. This behavior (error pop-up on field change) was only available in Legacy People Profile. In Latest People Profile, onChange validations surface as non‑blocking notifications, which can appear with a warning icon.

In Legacy Profile: 

In Latest People Profile: 

Move validations that must block saving to onSave rules on the relevant Job Information element/field.

If this capability is important for your business, you can submit an enhancement request via the Customer Community Portal so it can be considered for future development cycles.

For step-by-step instructions on submitting ideas for SAP SuccessFactors products, please see KBA 2090228 - How to submit enhancement ideas for SAP SuccessFactors Products - SAP for Me

• Refer to: 2873818 - Error Message shows differently onChange and onSave
• Refer to: 2686223 - onSave Job Information Validation Rules Triggering Incorrectly

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