How To Fix 5D834 - Pension payments specified without start of pension payments

5D834 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

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

• Message number: 834

• Message text: Pension payments specified without start of pension payments

What causes this issue?

Regular or other pension payments are specified, but no start date for
the pension payments.

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?

Enter the start date for the pension payments. If they started before
2005, you can enter 01/01/2005 as the start date.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

5D834 - Details

• The SAP error message 5D834 indicates that pension payments have been specified in the system without a corresponding start date for those payments. This typically occurs in the context of payroll processing or when managing employee benefits related to pensions.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when:
  
  A pension payment is being processed or recorded, but the system does not have a defined start date for when these payments should begin.
  The configuration for the pension payment type may be incomplete or incorrectly set up.
  There may be missing or incorrect data in the employee's master data related to pension payments.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Employee Master Data:
  
  Navigate to the employee's master data (using transaction code PA30).
  Ensure that the pension payment details are correctly entered, including the start date for pension payments.
  
  
  
  Review Payroll Configuration:
  
  Check the configuration settings for pension payments in the SAP system (transaction code SPRO).
  Ensure that the relevant infotypes (e.g.,