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3602182 - Common Validation Errors for Retroactive Change Restriction in Time Recording Admissibility

Symptom

When creating and updating the Retroactive Change Restriction section in Time Recording Admissibility as per the Help Portal Documentation: Creating Admissibility Rules That Define When Amendments Are Permitted, the following validation errors could occur:

  • "You can only use the Retroactive Change Restriction if SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking is enabled."
  • "The Effective As Of date must be later than or equal to the No Changes Allowed Before date." 
  • "The period between the Effective As Of date and No Changes Allowed Before date must not be longer than 13 weeks."
  • "Same Effective as Of Date should be unique within several slices of the Retroactive Change Restriction." 
  • "Same No Changes Allowed Before should be unique within several slices of the Retroactive Change Restriction." 
  • "Make sure there are no retroactive change restrictions whose Effective as of Dates are more than 2 years old."
  • "Make sure there are no retroactive change restrictions whose effective as of dates are more than 2 years from now."

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking

Resolution

When creating or updating the Retroactive Change Restriction, the following validations are applied:

  • The "Retroactive Change Restriction" and its fields are only visible when Time Tracking feature is enabled. 
  • The "Effective as of" date should be same day or later than "No changes allowed before" date.
  • The "Effective as of" date should be limited in the future by 13 weeks starting from "No changes allowed before" date.
  • The "Effective as of date" should be unique across all "Retroactive Change Restriction" objects.
  • The "No changes allowed before date" should be unique across all "Retroactive Change Restriction" objects.
  • No retroactive change restrictions are allowed, whose "effective as of" dates are more than 2 years old. 
  • No retroactive change restrictions are allowed, whose period effective as of dates are more than 2 years from now.

See Also

Keywords

time recording admissibility calendar, Retroactive Change Restriction, Effective as Of date, No Changes Allowed Before date, validation error , KBA , LOD-SF-TTR-TMS , Time Sheet , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking all versions