SAP HR Provisioning Modify Rule - Unable to Create a New Entry

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Hello everyone,

I am currently facing an issue with an SAP HR Modifying Rule. Specifically, I am encountering this error when trying to create a new entry on SAP HR for any provisioned attribute.

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While the rule works as expected for sync operations when the entry already exists on SAP HR, it fails when creating a new entry becomes necessary. Below is the relevant code snippet related to this operation:

private void modifyCommunicationData( String userId, String parValue, String type, String begDate, String endDate ) throws ConnectorException 
{
    JCoFunction jcoFunctionObject;
    if (null == begDate) 
    { 
        //If date is not present then use BAPI_EMPLCOMM_CREATE to add data
        
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
        Calendar begDateCalendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        Date begDate = begDateCalendar.getTime();
        String begDate = formatter.format(begDateCalendar.getTime());

        /*
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy");
        Date currentDate = new Date();
        String begDate = formatter.format(currentDate);
         */

        log.error("SAP HR Modifying Rule --- PUSHING BEGIN : " + begDate);

        jcoFunctionObject = connector.getFunction(destination,"BAPI_EMPLCOMM_CREATE");
    }
    else if (begDate.length() > 1 ) 
    { 
        //If date is alreday present then use BAPI_EMPLCOMM_CHANGE to modify data
        jcoFunctionObject = connector.getFunction(destination,"BAPI_EMPLCOMM_CHANGE");
    } 
    

    // BAPI locks the record for processing
    JCoFunction functionEnqueue = destination.getRepository().getFunction("BAPI_EMPLOYEE_ENQUEUE");
    functionEnqueue.getImportParameterList().setValue("NUMBER", userId);
    if ( functionEnqueue == null )
        throw new RuntimeException("BAPI_EMPLOYEE_ENQUEUE not found in SAP.");

    // BAPI to modify Communication data - email and phone
    if ( jcoFunctionObject == null )
        throw new RuntimeException("BAPI_EMPLCOMM_CHANGE not found in SAP.");

    String returnPersonnelID = null;
    jcoFunctionObject.getImportParameterList().setValue("EMPLOYEENUMBER", userId); // Personal Number
    jcoFunctionObject.getImportParameterList().setValue("SUBTYPE", type); // SubType 0010/0020 - Email/Phone
    jcoFunctionObject.getImportParameterList().setValue("VALIDITYBEGIN", begDate); // Begin Date
    jcoFunctionObject.getImportParameterList().setValue("VALIDITYEND", endDate); // End Date
    jcoFunctionObject.getImportParameterList().setValue("COMMUNICATIONID", parValue); // Email Address to modify

    // BAPI unlocks the record after processing
    JCoFunction functionDequeue = destination.getRepository().getFunction("BAPI_EMPLOYEE_DEQUEUE");
    functionDequeue.getImportParameterList().setValue("NUMBER", userId);
    if ( functionDequeue == null )
        throw new RuntimeException("BAPI_EMPLOYEE_DEQUEUE not found in SAP.");

    try 
    {
      // executing Bapis
        JCoContext.begin(destination);
        functionEnqueue.execute(destination);
        jcoFunctionObject.execute(destination);
        functionDequeue.execute(destination);
    } 
    catch (ConnectorException e) {
        throw e;
    } 
    finally {
        JCoContext.end(destination);
    }
}

I would highly appreciate any assistance or insights you can provide at your earliest convenience.

Thank you in advance!

Respectfully,

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Hi @Augjm,

After reviewing the error, it seems like you’re setting the VALIDITYBEGIN as such:
jcoFunctionObject.getImportParameterList().setValue("VALIDITYBEGIN", begDate);

Is it possible begDate is a String type, not a DATE type?

Try the following snippet of code:

// Convert begDate String to JCoDataType.DATE
JCoDataType dataTypeDate = JCoDataType.DATE;
JCoFieldDate begDateField = dataTypeDate.createField("VALIDITYBEGIN", begDate);
jcoFunctionObject.getImportParameterList().setField(begDateField);

If this snippet doesn’t work, I would highly suggest printing the datatype for begDate as a starting point.

Hope this helps!