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3622545 - "Cannot Delimit Time File Validity; Employee Times Exist; Cancel Times" Error When Trying to Terminate Employee

Symptom

You are trying to terminate an employee through the regular task in Personnel Administration, however the following error message appears:

"Cannot Delimit Time File Validity; Employee Times Exist; Cancel Times"

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Personnel Administration work center.
  2. Enter the Regular Tasks view.
  3. Select the country for the employee on the top bar.
  4. Click on Terminate Relationship with Employee.
  5. Select the employee.
  6. Set the Last Working Day.
  7. Click on the Save button.

Here, the error appears.

Cause

There is a manual adjustment for one of the employee's time accounts for a date later than the termination date.

Resolution

Check on the employee time accounts for manual adjustments that may be blocking the termination. In order to do this, please follow the steps below:

  1. Go to the Time Administration work center.
  2. Enter the Employees view.
  3. Search for the employee.
  4. Click on the Edit button.
  5. Navigate to the Time Account Balances tab.
  6. Select a time account from the list.
  7. On the panel below, select the Adjustments tab.
  8. Check for adjustments with date after the termination date.

Keywords

Termination, Resignation, Dismissal, Personal, Time File , KBA , SRD-HR-TLM , Time and Labour Management , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions