How To Fix HRPAYDEBW601 - Customizing missing: Archive the statement?

HRPAYDEBW601 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAYDEBW - PY-DE: Statements Germany

• Message number: 601

• Message text: Customizing missing: Archive the statement?

What causes this issue?

The Customizing settings for statements must specify whether a statement
is to be archived. This setting is missing.

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?

You want to archive statements:
Requirement: You must have set up an optical archive.
Set up the optical archive for statements.
For standard statements, the IMG path is: Payroll: Germany -> Statements
with SAPscript -> General Settings -> Archiving
For company pension scheme statements, the IMG path is: Personnel
Management -> Company Pension Scheme -> Statements -> General Settings
-> Archiving
For each form, maintain an entry and activate the "Archive" indicator.
For standard statements, the IMG path is: Payroll: Germany -> Statements
with SAPscript -> Set Up Standard Statements (or Customer Statements) ->
Specify Archiving of Forms
For company pension scheme statements, the IMG path is: Personnel
Management -> Company Pension Scheme -> Statements -> Set Up Statements
-> Set Archiving Indicator
You do not want to archive statements
For each form, maintain an entry and deactivate the "Archive" indicator.
For standard statements, the IMG path is: Payroll: Germany -> Statements
with SAPscript -> Set Up Standard Statements (or Customer Statements ->
Specify Archiving of Forms
For company pension scheme statements, the IMG path is: Personnel
Management -> Company Pension Scheme -> Statements -> Set Up Statements
-> Set Archiving Indicator

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message HRPAYDEBW601 - Customizing missing: Archive the statement? ?

  The SAP error message HRPAYDEBW601 typically indicates that there is a missing customizing setting related to archiving payroll statements in the SAP HR module. This error often arises when the system is unable to find the necessary configuration to archive payroll data, which can prevent the successful processing of payroll statements.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Customizing Settings: The error usually occurs when the necessary customizing settings for archiving payroll statements are not defined in the system.
  Incorrect Configuration: There may be incorrect or incomplete configuration in the archiving object related to payroll.
  Transport Issues: If the customizing settings were transported from another system, there may have been issues during the transport process.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the HRPAYDEBW601 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Customizing Settings:
  
  Go to the SAP Customizing Implementation Guide (IMG) by using transaction code SPRO.
  Navigate to Personnel Management > Payroll > Payroll for Germany > Archive Payroll Data.
  Ensure that the necessary settings for archiving payroll statements