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3764300 - "application error=errorId=null, timestamp=null, errorMessage=Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'mdfCoreFieldIds'), errorName=TypeError" OR Page keep on loading in Add New Employee Page

Symptom

  • "application error=errorId=null, timestamp=null, errorMessage=Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'mdfCoreFieldIds'), errorName=TypeError" pops up when click "Continue" button in add new employee to go to MDF related sections
  • Page keep on loading after click "submit" button in Add New Employee Page

Environment

SAP Successfactors Employee Central

  • Hire
  • Hire Template

Cause

MDF configuration UI is corrupted.

Resolution

  1. Go to Manage Configuration UI
  2. Manually create a new UI for the MDF that is supposed to be used in Hire template (Do not copy the existing one)
  3. Go to Manage Data, create a new Hire Template (Do not copy the exsiting one)
  4. Configure the new MDF configuration UI in the hire template

Keywords

Exception has occurred while trying to retrieve meta and data of configUI:Object Definition not found for XXX, mdfCoreFieldIds, hire template, configuration UI,MDF, metadata framework, , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-HIR-NEW , Add New Employee Wizard , Problem

Product

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