How To Fix HRPAD_DELIMIT015 - Deletion is not permitted; validity period of employee group is specified

HRPAD_DELIMIT015 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAD_DELIMIT - Validity of HR Objects

• Message number: 015

• Message text: Deletion is not permitted; validity period of employee group is specified

What causes this issue?

The validity period of an employee subgroup cannot be deleted if this
employee subgroup is assigned to an employee group with a limited
validity.

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?

In order to delete the validity period of the employee subgroup, you
have to delete first the validity period of the corresponding employee
group.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

HRPAD_DELIMIT015 - Details

• The SAP error message HRPAD_DELIMIT015 indicates that a deletion operation is not permitted because the validity period of the employee group is specified. This typically occurs in the context of personnel administration when trying to delete or modify an employee's data that is tied to a specific validity period.
  
  Cause:
  
  Validity Period: The employee group or the data you are trying to delete has a defined validity period. This means that the data is active for a certain timeframe, and SAP does not allow deletion of records that are still within this timeframe.
  Data Integrity: SAP enforces data integrity rules to ensure that historical data remains intact and that any changes do not violate the logical structure of the data.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Check Validity Period: Review the validity period of the employee group or the specific record you are trying to delete. If the record is still valid, you will need to wait until the validity