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2978737 - Is it possible to remove the error "You cannot enter times here because this time period is outside of your user's active employment" in Time Sheet?

Symptom

  • The error "You cannot enter times here because this time period is outside of your user's active employment" appears for days post Termination Date in Time Sheet
  • Days after Termination Date are greyed out in Time Sheet

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - Time Sheet
SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to any employee.
  2. Terminate the employee and approve the Termination Workflow, if any.
  3. Go to the employee's Time Sheet and check the dates after the Termination Date.
  4. Notice that the Time Sheet is greyed out for the days after the terminiation date.


Cause

This is working as designed.

Resolution

It is not possible to remove this error message nor prevent the system from greying out the days post the Termination Date. 

Time Sheet is only available for employee's active employment period.

See Also

2753608 - Time Sheet UI Error 'You cannot enter times here because this time period is outside of your user’s active employment'.

Keywords

You cannot enter times here because this time period is outside of your user's active employment, Time Sheet, Termination, Hide Termination, Time Sheet greyed out, resign, resignation, inactive, employment , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-TMS , Time Sheet , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions