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3757282 - Permission error when accessing Employee Central Quick Action Template in Manage Data while proxying — SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Symptom

  • Pop-up error when attempting to access 'Employee Central Quick Action Template' in Manage Data after proxying.
  • Error Message: "You don’t have the necessary permissions to access this information.", "No Permission For EmployeeCentralQuickActionTemplate".

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Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
    • Admin Tools (EC Core only)

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Log in as a user who can proxy.
  2. Proxy as a target admin user who has permission to manage Employee Central Quick Action Templates.
  3. Go to Manage Data.
  4. Select Employee Central Quick Action Template or try to create a new quick action template.
  5. Observe the pop-up error: "You don’t have the necessary permissions to access this information."

Cause

  • Proxy permission is not granted for the EmployeeCentralQuickActionTemplate object. When accessed via proxy, the system denies access (logged as "No proxy permission for EmployeeCentralQuickActionTemplate").
  • Behavior identified from release 1H 2026 onward which is being investigated with Engineering Team.

Resolution

  • The solution of this issue is currently under investigation.
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Temporary Workaround: Log in directly with the target admin user (do not use proxy) to create or edit Employee Central Quick Action Templates.

See Also

Refer to SAP Guide: Employee Central Quick Actions.

Keywords

INC27418058, KI1H2026, proxy, manage data, employee central quick action template, no permission, permission error, you don’t have the necessary permissions, access denied, proxy permission, generic object, quick actions, manage templates, admin, error pop-up, SF, EC, ADM , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-ADM , Admin Tools (EC Core only) , LOD-SF-EC , Employee Central , Problem

Product

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

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