How To Fix HRPADUN_GEN240 - Position has no holder. Delimit Position to abolish.

HRPADUN_GEN240 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPADUN_GEN - Messages for UN Developement

• Message number: 240

• Message text: Position has no holder. Delimit Position to abolish.

What causes this issue?

Position has "OPEN" vacancy record. Obsolete record not allowed.
Position has no holder.

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?

Create Delimit record to abolish post.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

HRPADUN_GEN240 - Details

• The SAP error message HRPADUN_GEN240 ("Position has no holder. Delimit Position to abolish.") typically occurs in the context of Human Resources (HR) and Organizational Management (OM) modules when you attempt to perform an action on a position that does not currently have an employee assigned to it. This can happen during various HR processes, such as when trying to delete or change a position.
  
  Cause:
  
  No Employee Assigned: The position you are trying to modify or delete does not have any employee assigned to it. In SAP, a position must have a holder (an employee) to be valid for certain operations.
  Delimitation Required: The system requires that you delimit the position before you can delete or make changes to it. Delimiting a position means marking it as no longer active or valid.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Position Assignment:
  
  Verify if the position indeed has no holder. You can do this