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1404035 - Error 'No time agreement exists for employee' When Trying to Save Time Recordings via Excel Add-in for a Project

Symptom

Excel add-in throws an error "No time agreement exists for employee" when the user tries to save the time recordings on a project by Excel upload.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Make sure that Excel Add-in has been successfully installed on client PC.
  2. Open Excel template and enter proper data.
  3. Click button Save Data.
  4. Excel Add-in may throw error "No time agreement exists for employee".

Cause

The error you are experiencing is related to authorization reasons. It seems that the upload is being performed by an internal employee.

Resolution

To record times for other employees, a Project Manager typically requires authorization as a 'Time Administrator' or as a 'Line Manager of the employee(s)'. Currently, the option to upload project time recordings via Excel is supported for external employees (Service Agents). However, it can also be used for internal employees, but only by the user who has the authorization for the Work Center "Time Administration". To facilitate this process, you can assign the "Project Management" Work Center to a time administrator and request them to perform the Excel upload. Alternatively, if you have the Time Administrator authorization, you can also carry out the upload.

Keywords

Time Agreement, Excel, Project, Time Recording , KBA , AP-PRO , Project Processing , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions