How To Fix 54138 - Time period unnecessary for primary illness in this case

54138 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 54 - Messages for HR tables

• Message number: 138

• Message text: Time period unnecessary for primary illness in this case

What causes this issue?

Although you have entered a deadline for determining the
primary illness, you have chosen an observation period
that does not use this deadline.

System Response

How to fix this error?

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

54138 - Details

• The SAP error message 54138, "Time period unnecessary for primary illness," typically occurs in the context of SAP's Human Capital Management (HCM) module, particularly when dealing with employee absence management or health-related data.
  
  Cause:
  This error usually arises when there is an attempt to enter or process a time period for a primary illness that is not required or is deemed unnecessary by the system. This can happen due to several reasons, such as:
  
  Incorrect Configuration: The absence type or illness type may not require a time period to be specified.
  Data Entry Errors: The user may have mistakenly entered a time period that does not align with the rules set in the system.
  Business Rules: The business rules configured in the system may dictate that certain illnesses do not require a time period to be recorded.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Review Configuration: Check the configuration settings for the absence types