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3786554 - Home assignment back from global assignment not updated after editing global assignment end date via manage global assignment

Symptom

Home assignment back from global assignment effective date is not updated after updating global assignment end data via manage global assignment details.

Environment

  • Product: SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
  • Global Assignment

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open a user with an active global assignment.
  2. In Manage Global Assignment, edit the global assignment end date and save.
  3. Observe that the Host/global assignment reflects the new end date, but the Home assignment “Back from Global Assignment” effective date remains unchanged.
  4. Attempting to correct the Home assignment date from the UI is not possible.

Cause

There used to be data issue such as unmatching child and parent picklist value. Even though later on the data is corrected, once the data issue occurs in home assignment job information, back from global assignment will not be updated after editing global assignment end date via manage global assignment.

Resolution

Do a full purge import to correct back from global assignment end date to correct the data.

This is a known limitation. You can submit enhancement idea by referring to the below KBA.

2090228 - How to submit enhancement ideas for SAP SuccessFactors Product - SAP for Me

Keywords

global assignment, back from global assignment effective date, global assignment not updated, home assignment, end date not updated, end date not synchronized, manage global assignment, position management, right to return, unassign, cascading picklist, contract type, country, ECT_service_layer_VALIDATE_CASCADING_PICKLIST_INVALID_OPTIONID, invalid parent option id, job information, people profile , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-GA , Global Assignment , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions