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3740283 - The grayed-out Email Notification Templates cannot be disabled.

Symptom

The user is unable to disable Email Notification Templates that are grayed out.

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Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
    • Workflow
    • Email Notification Templates Settings

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Access Email Notification Template Settings
  2. Some templates are grayed-out

Cause

This is expected behavior. The grayed-out options are not available to be disabled.

Resolution

This is expected behavior. Workflow-related email notification templates cannot be disabled from Email Notification Templates Settings.

Keywords

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Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions