3104129 - Time Sheet Error: “The time sheet period is currently being rebuilt. Please try again later.”

When trying to access the Time Sheet UI of an employee, the following error occurs:

The time sheet period is currently being rebuilt. Please try again later.

• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central: Time Sheet

1. Navigate through the employee’s Time Sheet UI in a particular week
2. See the error: “The time sheet period is currently being rebuilt. Please try again later.”
3. The Time Sheet UI of the affected week will not load

This issue can happen due two main causes:

Cause 1:

Time recording profile assigned to the employee was changed, and the start day of the week has been changed between these time recording profiles. This causes inconsistency in the system due to the presence of a Time Sheet as per the old first day of week after the effective date of the change.

Cause 2:

The employee was initially hired on a certain date, and timesheet data was created as of that date. However, when the hire date is subsequently moved to a future date, the timesheet data that was created prior to the new hire date remains in the system. This discrepancy in dates between the hire date and existing timesheet entries results in database inconsistency.

For cause 1:

Time Sheets as per the old start day of week (on or after the effective date of the change of the time recording profile change in job information portlet) must be deleted. Refer to the documentation guide: Changing the First Day of the Time Sheet Week.
After that correction, a Time Sheet in the same period can be recorded. If the steps from the article do not work for you, you can alternatively follow below steps:

1. Change the Time Recording Profile for the first day of the week. If this is not possible, 2 time sheets will be generated by the system after which you can move to step 2
   2. Delete the Time Sheet generating the error
   3. Generate the Time Sheet using Time Management Recalculation Event
   4. Check your Time Sheet and adjust data where necessary
   5. Approve the Time Sheet via manage data or import 

For cause 2:

The Employee Time Sheet object that exists before the employee’s hire date must be deleted manually via Manage Data. 

Implementation of Time Sheet

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