Symptom
When creating activities in Manage Payroll Activities, the system issues the error:
“Monitoring step should be configured after the Initiate Policies step.”
“Monitoring step should be configured after the Initiate Policies step.”
Environment
- Human Capital Management (HCM)
- SAP S/4HANA
- SAP Payroll Control Center (PCC)
Reproducing the Issue
- Navigate to Set Up Payroll Activities.
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Create an activity with a monitoring step.
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Activate the activity. then the error message is triggered.
Cause
The error occurs because the required Initiate Policies step has not been defined before adding a Monitoring step.
In addition, if an activity includes a Monitoring step, a policy must be assigned to the activity. Without assigned policies, the system cannot execute the monitoring step, resulting in the error.
Resolution
Please create the Policies to group the validation rules. This allows you to assign policies to activities that include a Monitoring step during the activity list configuration.
Ensure that:
- Policies are defined and contain the required validation rules.
- The Initiate Policies step is included in the payroll activity.
- Policies are correctly assigned before configuring the Monitoring step.
Keywords
Payroll Control Center, Manage Payroll Activities, Monitoring Step, Initiate Policies, Policies, Validation Rules, Activity List Configuration, PCC, Activity Activation Error, Payroll Activity Configuration.
, KBA , PY-XX-PYP , Payroll Control Center , Bug Filed
Product
SAP SuccessFactors HCM Core 2605
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