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3069879 - Error Message "Invalid data due to gaps or overlapping employment periods" Displayed After Replication

Symptom

After replicating basic master data for a workforce from external HR systems to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, you get the following error message in the API response or in the Message Monitoring Overview app: 

Invalid data due to gaps or overlapping employment periods.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Cause

The workforce person is moving from an 'Inactive' employment status back to an 'Active' employment status. Examples for such scenarios are 'rehiring' and 'withdrawn from termination'.
You did not delimit the planned working time information while the workforce person was 'Inactive'. This now creates an inconsistency because the working hours can never be '0' for an 'Active' employment status.

Resolution

Report a case using the component CA-WFD-INT. For more information, refer to KBA 2563519

See Also

Replicate Basic Master Data for Workforce from External HR Systems

Keywords

KBA , CA-WFD-INT , S/4HANA Cloud Workforce Domain Integration , Known Error

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions ; SAP S/4HANA Cloud all versions