Symptom
The below two configuration becomes No Selection in target instance after configuration transport center job is run.
- Event Reason for Assigning Employees to New Manage
- Event Reason for Synchronizing Incumbents after Position Change
Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
Reproducing the Issue
Source Environment Setup:
1.Go to Position Management Settings and configure as such:
General Settings:
- Use Position Types: No
- Position External Code Generation by onSave rule: No
Hierarchy Adaptation:
- Event Reason for Assigning Employees to New Manager: eg. Annual Salary Review
Synchronization:
- Event Reason for Synchronizing Incumbents after Position Change: eg. Position Reclassification
2.Navigate to Configuration Transport Center → Transport Requests → Create transport request
Transportation Process:
• Export the configuration changes in the transport request
• Navigate to target environment
Target Environment Import:
• Go to Configuration Transport Center → Transport Requests → Imports
• Import the transport request
• Verify import shows as successful
Issue Verification:
1. Navigate to Position Management Settings in target environment
2. Check configuration values:
General Settings: (These transported correctly)
- Use Position Types: No
- Position External Code Generation by onSave rule: No
Hierarchy Adaptation: (Issue occurs here)
- Event Reason for Assigning Employees to New Manager: No selection
Synchronization: (Issue occurs here)
- Event Reason for Synchronizing Incumbents after Position Change: No selection
Cause
This is a Known Issue.
Resolution
The fix for this issue is planned to be deployed in 2H 2026 release.
See Also
- SAP Help Portal - SAP SuccessFactors Product Release & Road Map Information
- SAP Help Portal - SAP SuccessFactors Patches Knowledge Base
Keywords
PTCH-49606, configuration transport center partially failed, configuration not transported, position management settings failed to be transported, Event Reason for Assigning Employees to New Manage, Event Reason for Synchronizing Incumbents after Position Change, data not transported, no selection , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-POS , Position Management , Known Error
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