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3800445 - Custom MDF card in Latest People Profile shows only effective start date field and child records are not displayed

Symptom

  • In Latest People Profile, the preview of a custom MDF card shows only Effective Start Date and does not display the child records. Even after clicking on 'show all', no additional fields are displayed.
  • A parent and child object association was configured to show the section, but the behavior differs from other custom MDF cards that work as expected.
  • After reconfiguring, the message "No Permission" appears when attempting to save data.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite

Cause

The child object configured is the same as the parent object, creating a self-association loop. An object cannot be both parent and child, which leads to incorrect display behavior in the card on the Latest People Profile.

Resolution

Parent and Child objects associated must be each a different and unique custom MDF object:

  1. Create a separate MDF object to serve as the child object:
    1. Set Effective Dating field on the parent object to Basic.
    2. Set Effective Dating on the child object to From Parent.
  2. Add an association on the parent object that points to the new child object.
  3. Assign the parent object’s portlet to Latest People Profile and verify that the child records appear correctly in the card preview.
  4. If you encounter "No Permission" when saving, verify Role-Based Permissions for the MDF objects (view/edit for both parent and child, including associations and UI), and refresh RBP to ensure changes take effect.

See Also

  • KBA 3714900 - Custom MDF Objects in Latest People Profile (Full Profile)
  • KBA 2438887 - How to create a custom field for a MDF Object in SuccessFactors?
  • KBA 3600494 - Latest People Profile: Customized Child Groups cannot display in custom MDF portlet
  • Help Portal - Associations in MDF | Help Portal

Keywords

latest people profile, mdf, custom card, child object, association, preview, effective start date, employee profile, portlet, child records not displayed, self-association, from parent, basic, permissions, no permission, child,  , KBA , LOD-SF-MDF-PPX , MDF on New People Profile , LOD-SF-MDF-OBJ , Object Definition & Field Related Issues , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions