How To Fix 3W273 - Employment status change for action &1 / reason &2 not in table T5W31

3W273 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 3W - HR: Message Class South Africa

• Message number: 273

• Message text: Employment status change for action &1 / reason &2 not in table T5W31

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3W273 - Details

• The SAP error message 3W273 indicates that there is an issue with the employment status change for a specific action and reason that is not defined in the relevant configuration table, specifically T5W31. This table is used to define valid combinations of actions and reasons for employment status changes in the SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) module.
  
  Cause:
  The error typically arises due to one of the following reasons:
  
  Missing Configuration: The combination of action (&1) and reason (&2) you are trying to use for the employment status change is not defined in the T5W31 table.
  Incorrect Action/Reason: The action or reason code may have been entered incorrectly, or it may not be valid for the employee's current status.
  Customizations: If your organization has customized the actions and reasons, the required entries may not have been created or may have been deleted.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Table T5W31:
  
  Use transaction code