How To Fix 5D820 - The employee's personnel subarea is not in Bremen

5D820 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 5D - Error Messages for German Infotype Module Pools

• Message number: 820

• Message text: The employee's personnel subarea is not in Bremen

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 5D820 - The employee's personnel subarea is not in Bremen ?

  The SAP error message 5D820 indicates that there is an issue related to the personnel subarea of an employee that is not aligned with the expected values for a specific location, in this case, Bremen. This error typically arises in the context of HR or payroll processing when the system is trying to validate employee data against predefined configurations.
  
  Cause:
  
  Incorrect Personnel Subarea Assignment: The employee may have been assigned a personnel subarea that does not correspond to the location of Bremen.
  
  Configuration Issues: The configuration in the SAP system may not have the necessary personnel subarea set up for Bremen, or it may not be linked correctly to the relevant organizational units.
  Data Entry Errors: There may have been a mistake during data entry, leading to an incorrect personnel subarea being assigned to the employee.
  Organizational Structure Changes: Changes in the organizational structure or personnel subarea definitions may not have been updated in the