How To Fix 5C448 - Person has more than one child with the same date of birth

5C448 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 5C - HR: Messages for Switzerland

• Message number: 448

• Message text: Person has more than one child with the same date of birth

What causes this issue?

The <LS>Family Member/Dependents</> infotype (0021) contains children
with the same subtype and the same date of birth (such as twins). The
child cannot be uniquely identified in the system based on the date of
birth.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Manually enter the SI number for the correct child into the system.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

5C448 - Details

• The SAP error message 5C448, which states "Person has more than one child with the same date of birth," typically occurs in the context of personnel administration or employee management within the SAP system. This error indicates that there is a data integrity issue where the system has detected multiple entries for children of the same person (employee) that share the same date of birth.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Entries: The most common cause of this error is that there are duplicate records for children in the system. This can happen if data was entered incorrectly or if there was a system migration that resulted in duplicate records.
  Data Entry Errors: Manual data entry errors can lead to the same child being entered multiple times with the same date of birth.
  Data Migration Issues: If data was migrated from another system, it’s possible that duplicates were created during the migration process.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check for Duplicates: 
  
  Access the relevant