Status Handling for Job Requisitions

In SuccessFactors BizX, a job requisition has a state and a status. Different statuses are also defined for the job requisition in the SAP ERP system. The following contains an overview of the status values and the status changes that occur depending on the process step.

Features

State of a Job Requisition in SuccessFactors BizX

The state of a job requisition is stored in the field jobReqStatus. The following table shows which states are possible and their significance:

State	Meaning
pre-approved	The job requisition can be closed and reopened
approved	The job requisition can be closed and reopened
closed	The job requisition can be reopened

Status of a Job Requisition in SuccessFactors BizX

The status of a job requisition is stored in the field status. The following table shows which statuses are possible and their significance:

Status	Meaning
SAPClosed	The job requisition is closed
SAPDeleted	The job requisition is designated for deletion Note This status is no longer used. For more information, see SAP Note 1938486. End of the note.
SAPReopened	The job requisition is reopened

Note Note

The listed status values are those that are expected as standard. If you want to use other status values, you need to define them in Customizing for the integration add-on, under Integration Scenario for Recruiting Data Transfer of Job Requisition Data from SAP ERP to SuccessFactors BizX Define Values of Job Requisition Status Used in SFSF .

End of the note.

Status of a Job Requisition in the SAP ERP System and Effects on the State and Status in SuccessFactors BizX

The following table shows how the statuses appear in the SAP ERP system before the data transfer and how each status and state of the job requisition are changed by the data transfer in SuccessFactors BizX.

Process Step	Status in SAP ERP System Before Data Transfer			Status Change in SuccessFactors BizX After Data Transfer
Process Step	Infotype 1107: Current Status (Field STATUS)	Infotype 1107: Target Status (Field TARGET_STATUS)	Tab: SFSF Job Requisition (Field Job Requisition Status)	SuccessFactors BizX: State Change of Job Requisition (Field jobReqStatus)	SuccessFactors BizX: Status Change of Job Requisition (Field status)
No vacancy/record of infotype 1107 created yet	Initial	Initial	empty	empty (job requisition does not exist)	empty (job requisition does not exist)
Record of infotype 1107 is created	Initial	Open	To Be Created	empty > pre-approved	empty (remains)
Job requisition is created in SuccessFactors BizX	Open	Open	Created	pre-approved > approved Caution The status approved needs to be set manually. If this is not done, the status remains pre-approved. End of the caution.	empty (remains)
Position is staffed	Open	Closed	To Be Closed	Approved > Closed	empty > SAPClosed
Position is staffed	Open	Closed	To Be Closed	pre-approved > closed	empty > SAPClosed
Job requisition was closed, function Reopen Job Requisition was performed	Closed	Open	To Be Reopened	Closed > Open	SAPReopened
Job requisition is closed in SuccessFactors BizX	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed (remains)	SAPClosed (remains)