How To Fix 5A039 - Validity period of record not within validity period of & &

5A039 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 5A - Basis Personnel Management

• Message number: 039

• Message text: Validity period of record not within validity period of & &

What causes this issue?

The validity of the relationship may not exceed the object validity.

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

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

5A039 - Details

• The SAP error message 5A039 indicates that there is a validity period issue with a record in the system. Specifically, it means that the validity period of a certain record does not fall within the validity period of another related record. This can occur in various contexts, such as master data records (like material master, vendor master, etc.) or configuration settings.
  
  Cause:
  The error typically arises due to one of the following reasons:
  
  Overlapping Validity Periods: The validity period of the record you are trying to create or modify overlaps with another record's validity period, which is not allowed.
  Incorrect Dates: The start and end dates of the record being processed are incorrectly set, leading to a mismatch with the expected validity period.
  Missing Records: The related record that defines the validity period may not exist or may have been deleted or archived.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Validity Periods:
  
  Review the