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3745314 - Error in EmpJob Upsert after 1H 2026: "Maximum length limit exceeded for field eeo1JobCategory"

Symptom

After the 1H 2026 Release, the error below started occurring in EmpJob OData API Upserts:

"Maximum length limit exceeded for field eeo1JobCategory: actual length: 33; maximum length: 32."

However, when checking this field configuration, it has a maximum length of 256.

Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
    • OData API

Resolution

Product Engineering is investigating a solution.

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The fix for this behavior is scheduled to be deployed on 2605.p5 expected to be delivered on May 19th (subject to changes)

Workaround

Use the Picklist option ID instead in your upsert payload.

See Also

Keywords

KI1H2026, EmpJob, job info, odata, bcui, length
, KBA , LOD-SF-INT-EC , Employee Central SFAPI & OData Entities , Bug Filed

Product

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