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3782531 - Reminder emails cannot start a specific number of days before RNHD task due date for custom onboarding notification

Symptom

  • Custom onboarding email notification is configured for the Review New Hire Data (RNHD) task.
  • The notification is initiated when the RNHD task status changes to In Progress.
  • Requirement is to send reminders starting 20 days before the RNHD task due date, repeating every 5 days, and stopping when the task is completed.
  • There is no configuration option available to set an initial offset (for example, 20 days) before the due date.
  • No error messages are shown.

Environment

 SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Configure a custom onboarding email notification for the RNHD task.
  2. Set the notification to initiate when the RNHD task status changes to In Progress.
  3. Attempt to configure reminders to start 20 days before the RNHD task due date, repeat every 5 days, and stop on task completion.
  4. Observe that no option exists to set the initial offset (for example, 20 days) before the due date.

Cause

This is a system limitation. Currently, there is no supported configuration that allows you to define an initial reminder to start a specific number of days before a task's due date for custom onboarding email notifications.

Resolution

  1. Note that configuring reminders to begin a specific number of days before the task due date is not supported.
  2. Use the available reminder settings in Email Services, such as frequency of reminders in days and number of reminders to be sent, to manage reminder cadence within the supported capability.
  3. For configuration details and supported options, refer to: Creating a New Email Notification Template.
If this functionality is required to meet your business requirements, please raise an enhancement request for product team evaluation and consideration in a future enhancement.
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See Also

Keywords

RNHD, review new hire data, onboarding email services, reminder offset, initial offset, reminders before due date, custom notification, task due date, frequency of reminders, number of reminders, start before due date, limitation, not supported, onboarding reminders, email template configuration , KBA , LOD-SF-OBX-EML , Notifications , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 2605