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1H 2025 Edit
Deprecation of Pay Scale Picklist Fields
Deprecated Required Automatically On Impact: High AI Enriched
Description

Support for pay scale picklists of the Job Information fields Pay Scale Type and Pay Scale Area will reach End of Maintenance on November 17, 2023 and will be Deleted on November 12, 2027.See More

Detailed Description

Support for pay scale picklists for the Job Information fields Pay Scale Type and Pay Scale Area will reach End of Maintenance on November 17, 2023 and will be deleted on November 12, 2027. SAP recommends migrating these fields from picklists to MDF (Metadata Framework) objects to avoid double data maintenance. An Admin Center self-service scheduled job is available to perform this migration automatically.

Impact Assessment

Implementations using picklists for Pay Scale Type and Pay Scale Area in Job Information must plan for migration to MDF objects. No migration is required only if picklists are not assigned in the Succession/Country-Specific Succession Data models, or if values have already been added via Manage Data. After the deletion date, existing picklist-based data for these fields will stop working, impacting reports, business rules, and integrations that reference these fields.

Test Recommendations
• Verify whether picklists are assigned to Pay Scale Area and Pay Scale Type in Succession and Country-Specific Succession Data models • If migration is required, execute the Admin Center scheduled job 'Initialize migration of picklist fields payscale area and type to mdf objects' • After migration, confirm that Pay Scale Type and Pay Scale Area data is correctly visible and editable via Manage Data (MDF) • Validate that existing reports, business rules, and integrations referencing these fields continue to function after migration • Test that the picklist-based fields are no longer shown and MDF-based fields display correct values in Job Information
Product: Employee Central
Modules: Employee Data
Feature: Employee Central Compensation
Reference: ECT-203910
Version: 1H 2023; 1H 2024; 1H 2025; 1H 2026; 1H 2027; 2H 2023; 2H 2024; 2H 2025; 2H 2026; 2H 2027
Valid as Of: Nov 12, 2027
Latest Revision: Apr 03, 2026
Affected Areas:
Employee Central Employee Data Job Information Pay Scale Type Pay Scale Area Employee Central Compensation MDF