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3769480 - Equipment Dropdown List Shows Empty in Request Equipment for New Hires Task - Onboarding

Symptom

The equipment task dropdown shows no options (blank).

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open the Request Equipment for New Hires Task.
  2. Click the equipment dropdown (for example, laptop) and observe that no options are available.

Cause

No items were configured for the relevant equipment category, so the dropdown list is empty.

Resolution

  1. Go to Manage Onboarding and Offboarding Tasks.
  2. Click Task Settings and select the relevant equipment category (for example, Laptop), then click Edit.
  3. Under “Add Items to the equipment category,” select Add, enter the ID and Item Name for each required item, and save.
  4. Run OData API Metadata Refresh And Export > Refresh Cache.
  5. Return to the equipment task and verify that the dropdown now lists the configured items.

See Also

Keywords

equipment task, dropdown, blank, no options, empty list, onboarding equipment, equipment category, add items, laptop list, manage onboarding and offboarding tasks, task settings, odata api metadata refresh, refresh cache, new hire activities, onboarding task, items not configured, OBX, empty , KBA , LOD-SF-OBX-NHA , New Hire Activities (activities, tasks, buddy, equipment) , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding all versions