How To Fix 5A611 - If you press ENTER, infotype & will be delimited

5A611 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 5A - Basis Personnel Management

• Message number: 611

• Message text: If you press ENTER, infotype & will be delimited

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 5A611 - If you press ENTER, infotype & will be delimited ?

  The SAP error message 5A611 typically occurs in the context of maintaining infotypes in the SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) module. This message indicates that if you press ENTER, the current infotype will be delimited, meaning that the record will be closed or marked as inactive.
  
  Cause:
  The error message 5A611 is triggered when you are trying to maintain an infotype (such as personal data, organizational assignment, etc.) and the system detects that you are attempting to save changes without completing the required fields or without a valid reason for keeping the infotype active. This can happen if:
  
  You have not filled in mandatory fields.
  You are trying to save a record that is not valid anymore (e.g., the end date is set in the past).
  There are inconsistencies in the data being entered.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this issue, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Mandatory Fields: Ensure that all mandatory fields in the infotype are filled