Symptom
How to set a condition to allow only alphabetic characters without spaces, numbers, or special characters in panels Onboarding 1.0
Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding
Reproducing the Issue
- Process a candidate activity in Onboarding 1.0.
- In the First Name, Last Name, or Middle Name field, attempt to enter values that include spaces, numbers, or special characters.
- Requirement is to accept only a single word composed of letters.
Resolution
- Go to Onboarding Settings.
- Navigate to Panels.
- Open the panel that contains the name field (for example, First Name).
- Select the name field (control).
- Add a Regular Expression Validator to the field.
- Set the regular expression to: ^[A-Za-z]+$
- Save the changes.
- Repeat steps 3–7 for Last Name and Middle Name if the same restriction is required.
- Test by entering a single alphabetic word (letters only) and confirm entries with spaces, numbers, or special characters are rejected.
See Also
- refer to:2439957 How to use custom National Insurance Number format - Onboarding 1.0
- refer to: Customer Community Onboarding Transformation
Keywords
onboarding 1.0, panels, panel designer, first name validation, last name validation, middle name validation, single word, regex validator, regular expression , KBA , LOD-SF-OBD-PAN , Panels, Panel Designer , How To
Product
SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 2605
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