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3238494 - Unable to record Time against a Project, system throws error message "Labor resource assignment mandatory for project time confirmation on DD.MM.YYYY".

Symptom

You or an employee is trying to record time against a project, but system throws error message "Labor resource assignment mandatory for project time confirmation on DD.MM.YYYY".

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Home work center.
  2. Access the Self-Services view.
  3. Choose the Self-Services Overview.
  4. Click the Edit Time Sheet link.
  5. Enter the time recording as required.
  6. Click the Save button.
  7. Click the Release button. 
  8. System throws the mentioned error message.

Cause

As the time recorded is for date DD.MM.YYYY where the labour resource is not applicable for this time , as the job is not active on the labour resource until date DD.MM.YYYY.

Resolution

Correct the validity period for the job assignment on resource "XYZ" which covers the periods of the time recordings that require to use the labour resource.

See Also

 1961483 - Error Message "Labor Resource Assignment Mandatory for Project Time Confirmation on DD.MM.YYYY." 

Keywords

Time Recording, Labour Resource, Project Time entry , KBA , AP-TIM-TIM , Employee Time , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions