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2H 2025 Edit
Mandatory Event Reason for Onboarding Process Initiation
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Description

As an administrator, it's now mandatory that you send the event reason upon initiating the onboarding process. See More

Detailed Description

As an administrator, it's now mandatory that you send the event reason upon initiating the onboarding process. Ensure that you send the event reason using one of the existing following options: Configure a business rule to set the event reason for new hires whose onboarding is initiated from SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting. For more information, refer to Configuring Business Rule for Event Reason topic in the Related Information section.

Impact Assessment

This feature requires configuration changes and thorough testing before the release is applied in production in Onboarding implementations. As an administrator, it's now mandatory that you send the event reason upon initiating the onboarding process. Ensure that you send the event reason using one of the existing following options: Configure a business rule to set the event reason for new hires whose onboarding is initiated from SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting. Implementation teams should verify that existing configurations remain valid and test core business scenarios after the upgrade to confirm correct behavior.

Test Recommendations
• Verify the feature is enabled and accessible from the expected navigation path or configuration area in a test environment. • Test the end-to-end scenario with representative test data covering both happy paths and error conditions. • Validate correct behavior across all relevant user roles and permission configurations (admin, manager, employee). • Test edge cases: empty or missing values, boundary conditions, concurrent users, and large data sets. • Confirm that existing integrations, workflows, and downstream processes are not affected by the change.
Product: Onboarding
Modules: Onboarding
Feature: Onboarding
Reference: OBX-36661
Version: 2H 2025
Valid as Of: Nov 14, 2025
Latest Revision: Oct 03, 2025
Affected Areas:
Onboarding Recruiting