How To Fix 3G278 - Wage type &2: text key missing (country grouping &1, table T520S)

3G278 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 3G - Payroll: International

• Message number: 278

• Message text: Wage type &2: text key missing (country grouping &1, table T520S)

What causes this issue?

The system cannot find a text key in Customizing for wage type &v2&
(country grouping &v1&).

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

INCLUDE HRDME_ERROR_REJECT_PERNR OBJECT DOKU ID TX

How to fix this error?

Find out whether the wage type must be paid using the preliminary
program DME. If this is the case, you must enter the correct text key
in Customizing (table T520S) for wage type &v2&.
INCLUDE HRDME_ERROR_REPEATE_DTA OBJECT DOKU ID TX

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

3G278 - Details

• The SAP error message 3G278 indicates that there is a missing text key for a wage type in the specified country grouping. This error typically arises when the system is trying to access a wage type that does not have a corresponding text entry in the T520S table, which is used to store wage type descriptions for different country groupings.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Text Entry: The primary cause of this error is that the wage type specified (represented by &2) does not have a corresponding text entry in the T520S table for the specified country grouping (represented by &1).
  
  Configuration Issues: This can occur if the wage type was created or modified without the necessary text entries being added.
  Transport Issues: If the configuration was transported from one system to another (e.g., from development to production), the text entries may not have been included in the transport.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check T520S Table: 
  
  Go to transaction SE11 (Data Dictionary)