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3740966 - Global Assignment tag is not showing for some users on Global Assignment in Latest People Profile - Employee Central

Symptom

When using Latest People Profile, the login user cannot see the "On Global Assignment" tag in the employee's profile. 

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Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

  • Go to employee's profile 

Expected behavior:

Actual behavior: 

Cause

As per system design, in Latest People Profile, if the login users does not have permission to see the Home Assignment at all, then the tag will not be displayed because the visible assignment is the only assignment the login user can see.

In Legacy People Profile, if the user did not have permission to see the Home Assignment, this was the display: 

  • When selecting the GA assignment: 

  1. When selecting the Home Assignment: 

Resolution

In Latest People Profile, this is what the login user sees.

  • When there is permission to see the Home Assignment:

  • When there are no permissions to see the Home Assignment:

Engineering team has confirmed that this will be fix with a patch on May 15th 2026. 

Keywords

global assignment, home assignment, permission, header, latest people profile, ppx, legacy people profile, GA, successfactors, sf, ec, employee central, COD0489632, ECT-271595, INC25475807 , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-GA , Global Assignment , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Core 2505