Symptom
Time type Field in Employee time object returns numeric values instead of time type code/name in Story report
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Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Platform
- Story report
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to report center, create a new story report.
- Select Employee Time object in query designer page.
- Select Time Type column(column id: TIMEMANAGEMENT#EmployeeTime#timeType), set it as dimension, preview query.
- Observe that values appear as numeric IDs instead of the expected codes or names.
Cause
Time type data needs to be fetched from separate Time Type object.
Resolution
- Add/link the related Time Type object to Employee Time object.
- Select the External Name or External Code from Time Type object(column id: TIMEMANAGEMENT#TimeType#externalName or TIMEMANAGEMENT#TimeType#externalCode),set as dimension
- The Time Type code or name values will be output properly.
Keywords
TIMEMANAGEMENT, EmployeeTime, timeType, TIMEMANAGEMENT#EmployeeTime#timeType, numeric id, internal id, external code, external name, ec time, sac story, time type object , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-REP , Reporting Data (EC core only) , LOD-SF-ANA-SAC-DAM , Data Modelling - Module & Entity Data Issues , Problem
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