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2241621 - Import of Job History returns country specific error message

Symptom

Import of Job History returns the error message: Failed to perform country specific validation. Please ensure this record is associated with a valid Company record for given dates.error.jpg

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Environment

Employee Central - Employee Data Imports

Reproducing the Issue

Import of Job History file

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Cause

  • Error message "Please ensure this record is associated with a valid Company record for given dates." points to the date of the event date.In this file the date format is incorrect.
  • Leading zeros are missing from the user-id field.

Resolution

  • Populate the file with the event date in the correct date format DD/MM/YYYY.
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  • Please ensure leading zeros are included in the user-id field, if leading zeros are used.

Keywords

Import, Job HIstory, country specific error, failed to perform country specific validations , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-EDP , Import Employee Data (EC Core only) , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions