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3693921 - Unable to Delete Employee Group due to Dependency

Symptom

When trying to delete an Employee Group, the error message displayed: "Unable to delete the permission group that is used in existing permission roles. Before deleting the permission group, remove it from associated roles"

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors HCM

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to Manage Employee Groups.
  2. Attempt to delete any group in use
  3. Observe the error message: "Unable to delete the permission group that is used in existing permission roles. Before deleting the permission group, remove it from associated roles. To check the associated roles, see the 'Granted Permission Roles' tab of the permission group details page."

Cause

This is a generic error indicating that the group trying to be deleted has dependencies - it is being used throughout the system. 

Resolution

Check for any dependencies for this group and remove them if possible:

  • Review existing compensation forms - If they are in progress or completed, it means the group is still in use. In those cases, only purging the forms would make the group available to be deleted.
  • Review any worksheet using the group - it is necessary to purge, because even if deleted, there is still a dependency with the group. 

See Also

2368189 - Unable to delete recruiting groups "This group cannot be deleted when it is in use" - Recruiting Management - SAP for Me

2558154 - Unable to delete RBP group - SAP for Me

Keywords

unable to delete employee group, permission roles dependency, granted permission roles tab, employee group deletion error, compensation worksheets dependency, purge deleted worksheets, manage employee groups, system dependency error, permission group deletion, sf, INC12679919 , KBA , LOD-SF-PLT-DYG , Dynamic Groups (My Groups - Not RBP) , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions