How To Fix HRPAYIEINFOTYPES031 - Forced retroactive calculation must be performed

HRPAYIEINFOTYPES031 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAYIEINFOTYPES - Message class for all Irish Infotypes

• Message number: 031

• Message text: Forced retroactive calculation must be performed

What causes this issue?

You have changed an entry in T7IEP that could effect the pension
calculations that have already been performed and stored in cluster
results for employees.

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?

Enter the date from which the changes are valid in the 'Forced Rero
Accounting as of' field. The payroll will be renun for each of the
selected employees from this date. Any additional pension deductions
will be brought forward to the current period.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message HRPAYIEINFOTYPES031 - Forced retroactive calculation must be performed ?

  The SAP error message HRPAYIEINFOTYPES031 ("Forced retroactive calculation must be performed") typically occurs in the context of payroll processing within the SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) module. This error indicates that there are changes in employee data that require a retroactive payroll calculation to ensure that the payroll results are accurate and reflect the most current information.
  
  Cause:
  The error is usually triggered by one or more of the following scenarios:
  
  Changes in Infotypes: There have been changes made to infotypes (e.g., personal data, payroll data) that affect payroll calculations for a period that has already been processed.
  Retroactive Accounting: The payroll system has detected that the changes made to the employee's data are retroactive, meaning they affect previous payroll periods.
  Payroll Control Record: The payroll control record may not be set up correctly to allow for retroactive calculations.
  Missing or Incorrect Data: There may be missing or incorrect data in the infotypes that need to