How To Fix HRPAO_MASTERDATA017 - Organizational unit &1 is removed from favorites

HRPAO_MASTERDATA017 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAO_MASTERDATA - Messages for Masterdata Application

• Message number: 017

• Message text: Organizational unit &1 is removed from favorites

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HRPAO_MASTERDATA017 - Details

• The SAP error message HRPAO_MASTERDATA017 indicates that an organizational unit (OU) has been removed from the user's favorites list. This typically occurs in the context of the SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) module, particularly when dealing with organizational management.
  
  Cause:
  The error message is triggered when:
  
  An organizational unit that was previously marked as a favorite has been deleted or is no longer available in the system.
  The user attempts to access a favorite that has been removed or is invalid.
  There may be changes in the organizational structure that affect the availability of the OU.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this issue, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Organizational Unit Status:
  
  Verify if the organizational unit (&1) still exists in the system. You can do this by navigating to the relevant transaction (e.g., PPOME or OOM) and searching for the OU.
  
  
  
  Update Favorites:
  
  If the OU has been removed or is no longer valid, you should remove it from your favorites