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3526199 - Error "Organizational unit must be or must be assigned to a reporting line unit" While Assigning Org Units To Employees

Symptom

You are trying to assign org unit to employee when creating new employee in system, but facing error "Organizational unit must be or must be assigned to a reporting line unit".

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Business Partner work center.
  2. Create new employee via clicking the New button.
  3. Enter the First Name and Last Name.
  4. Enter the org unit ID.
  5. When saving, the error is shown: "Organizational unit must be or must be assigned to a reporting line unit".

Cause

The Self-Service Procurement check under the Purchase Order is scoped in Business Configuration. As the reporting line unit is mandatory for self-service procurement, hence for every employee reporting line unit is mandatory in order to procure the self-service requirement. 

Resolution

You can remove the scoping of Self-Service Procurement check under the Purchase Order or assign reporting line unit to the required org units.

Keywords

Org Unit, Employee, Reporting line unit, Self-Service Procurement , KBA , AP-OM , Organisational Management , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign 2408