Symptom
The "Time Type" field mapping is not correctly resolved in email notifications.
- The "Time Type" field mapping should resolve to the external name, but it does not. Instead, figures are displayed.
- Time Type.External Name also does not resolve correctly.
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Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central > Time Off - 1H 2026
Reproducing the Issue
- Create a Document Generation Template similar to the example in Enhancements to Time Off and Time Sheet Custom Workflow Notifications | SAP Help Portal, which includes tokens for the newly added reference mappings such as employee name, time type, start time/start date and end time/end date of the absence.
- In Manage Document Template Mapping, search for the template and map each of the placeholders using the newly added 'Direct' references to the Employee Time object.
- Create an absence for a time type that uses this document template in its workflow configuration. This will trigger an email notification.
- Observe that the "Time Type" mapping does not resolve to the External name.
- In the Manage Document Template Mapping page, change the mapping to Time Type.External Name, request another absence. Note that it also does not resolve correctly.
Resolution
Product Engineering is investigating a solution.
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Workaround
Change the mapping to Time Type. External Name.Country. Ensure to select the same language used in the Document Template.
See Also
- SAP Help Portal - SAP SuccessFactors Product Release & Road Map Information
- SAP Help Portal - SAP SuccessFactors Patches Knowledge Base
- KBA 2171560 - How to be notified of new or updated SAP Notes or KBAs
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