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2278115 - How to Create a Business Rule to Validate a Phone Number

Symptom

How to Create a Business Rule to Validate a Phone Number

Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
  • Employee Central (EC)

Resolution

It is possible to create a Business Rule and use a Regular Expression to check the validity of the length and/or format of a Phone Number (or any STRING field).

 

Please note that currently the rule will only execute in the UI (as Business Rules on Import of Phone Information is not currently supported).

 

Below example of basic validation check for USA and India phone numbers (can be used onChange as well as onSave).

 

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See Also

2297965 - How to Create a Business Rule to Format a Phone Number

Keywords

enforce format; contact info; phone number , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-PER , Person Data (All Person Data Types) , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Core 1511