3779309 - ExternalCode not auto-generating while using UPSERT functionality for the API entity: JobProfileLocalizedData

POST query for JobProfileLocalizedData (SHORTDESCRIPTION or LONGDESCRIPTION) OData API does not run successfully unless "ExternalCode" is added in the payload - but this field is not marked "required" on the ODATA API Dictionary.

• Log in to the SuccessFactors environment and prepare a Job Profile record with a valid JobProfile_externalCode.
• Verify the OData metadata for the entity SFOData.JobProfileLocalizedData.
• Confirm that the externalCode field is not marked as required and is expected to be system-generated.
• Create an UPSERT request to the OData API endpoint: POST https://api68sales.successfactors.com/odata/v2/upsert
• Use a payload for either the SHORTDESCRIPTION or LONGDESCRIPTION section without providing the externalCode field. Example:
  JSON1{2  "__metadata": {3    "type": "SFOData.JobProfileLocalizedData",4    "uri": "JobProfileLocalizedData"5  },6  "JobProfile_externalCode": "XXXX",7  "sectionId": "XXXXX",8  "sectionType": "SHORTDESCRIPTION",9  "desc_en_US": "test short desc",10  "desc_defaultValue": "test short desc",11  "status": "A"12}Show more lines
• Submit the UPSERT request.
• Observe that the request fails instead of automatically generating the externalCode.
• Review the API response and note the error:
  [COE0018] Field [GUID] should be numeric

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KI1H2026, WSM-35020, JobProfile_externalCode, SFOData.JobProfileLocalizedData, SHORTDESCRIPTION, LONGDESCRIPTION, update, post, query, upsert, endpoint, API, create, COE0018, dictionary, required field.  , KBA , LOD-SF-TIH-JPB , Job Profile Builder , Known Error