How To Fix HRPAYDESV688 - Person group 000 for an employee who is not a Public Sector employee

HRPAYDESV688 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAYDESV - Error Messages Germany Payroll, Social Insurance

• Message number: 688

• Message text: Person group 000 for an employee who is not a Public Sector employee

What causes this issue?

Although the employee is not encoded as a public sector employee, the
person group is 000.

System Response

The notification is created with the status <ZK>With Errors</>.

How to fix this error?

Check whether a record of the infotype <ZK>DE_V (0020)</> is created for
the employee. If the employee is a public sector employee, check whether
the <DS:SIMG.PAY_DE_ELENA_090>Grouping of Employee Subgroup</> is
correct.

Procedure for System Administrators

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

HRPAYDESV688 - Details

• The SAP error message HRPAYDESV688 typically indicates an issue related to the person group assigned to an employee in the Human Resources (HR) module. Specifically, the error suggests that the system is expecting a certain person group (in this case, "000") for an employee who is not classified as a Public Sector employee.
  
  Cause:
  
  Incorrect Person Group Assignment: The employee may have been assigned a person group that is not appropriate for their employment type. For example, if the employee is not a Public Sector employee, but the system is looking for a Public Sector person group, this error will occur.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the SAP system that incorrectly define the person groups and their associations with employee types.
  Data Entry Errors: There could be a mistake in the employee's master data, such as incorrect entries in the infotype records (e.g., infotype 0001 - Organizational Assignment).
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Employee Master Data: