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3799885 - Lineage Chart still showing Gender field even without permission - Succession

Symptom

After revoking permissions for selected users, gender icons are still visible for other users, but not on the viewer’s own node. 

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Proxy as a user who lacks People Profile Read permission for the Gender field.
  2. Open Succession > Lineage Chart and observe that the user’s own node doesn’t show a gender icon, while successors’ nodes do.

Cause

Lineage Chart applies two checks by design:

  • For successors and other users’ nodes: only the Succession reporting permission is evaluated. People Profile field-level permissions are not applied.
  • For the viewer’s own node (starting/root): People Profile field-level permission (Read on Gender) is required; without it, the gender flag is not rendered on the viewer’s own node.

Resolution

To show the gender flag on the user’s own node in Lineage Chart:

- Grant People Profile (Employee Data) Read/View permission for the Gender field to the user’s role, ensuring the target population includes Self.

See Also

Keywords

lineage chart, talent flags, gender icon, people profile permission, employee data gender, rbp, succession org chart, matrix grid, talent grid export, field-level visibility, successor visibility, icon configuration, provisioning, export fields, succession report permission , KBA , LOD-SF-SCM-MXG , Matrix Grid Reports (9 Box) , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development all versions