Symptom
- After completing the welcome message task, the manager’s welcome card displays an extra character.
- The behavior occurs only when a token used in the welcome message contains a comma.
- No error messages or error codes are shown.
Example:
Token JobTitle without special characters in the welcome card for the manager:
However, when there is a comma in the job title, system is adding a backslash "\" within before the comma within the job title.
Actual Job Title is "Analyst, Consultant / Worker" but the card shows "Analyst\, Consultant / Worker"
Image/data in this KBA is from SAP internal systems, sample data, or demo systems. Any resemblance to real data is purely coincidental.
Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding
Reproducing the Issue
- Configure a welcome message that includes a token whose value contains a comma.
- Complete the welcome message task.
- Open or view the manager’s welcome card.
- Observe that an extra character is present in the card content.
Cause
This is a known issue.
Resolution
The issue has been fixed by the Product Engineering team.
Keywords
onboarding, welcome message, card, extra character, invalid character, token, comma, placeholder, manager card, welcome task, rendering, display issue, special characters, localization, parsing, job title, JobTitle, First Name, FirstName, Name, First, Job, Title, backlash, KI1H2026 , KBA , LOD-SF-OBX-HP , Home Page for Onboarding 2.0/ Tiles , Known Error
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