How To Fix 56_S4003 - Empl. number &1: Ref. Vend. for IT1 comp. code also used for IT17 comp.

56_S4003 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 56_S4 - Travel in S4

• Message number: 003

• Message text: Empl. number &1: Ref. Vend. for IT1 comp. code also used for IT17 comp.

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56_S4003 - Details

• The SAP error message 56_S4003 typically indicates a conflict in the employee number assignment related to the infotype (IT) records in the SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) module. Specifically, this error arises when an employee number is being used as a reference vendor in the context of infotype 1 (IT001) and also in infotype 17 (IT017), which is related to the assignment of a vendor to an employee.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs due to the following reasons:
  
  Conflicting Assignments: The employee number is being referenced in both infotype 1 and infotype 17, which is not allowed. This can happen if the employee is set up as a vendor in the system, and there is an attempt to create or modify records that conflict with this setup.
  Data Integrity Issues: There may be issues with the data integrity in the employee master records, where the same employee number is being used in multiple contexts that