How To Fix HRPAYRULOG021 - Future absence is not linked to a preceding absence

HRPAYRULOG021 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAYRULOG - Messages for HRUCALC0 logging

• Message number: 021

• Message text: Future absence is not linked to a preceding absence

What causes this issue?

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

System Response

How to fix this error?

Link the future absence in question to the preceding absence that is the
first part of the absence. You link them in the <LS>Absences (2001)</>
infotype.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

HRPAYRULOG021 - Details

• The SAP error message HRPAYRULOG021, which states "Future absence is not linked to a preceding absence," typically occurs in the context of managing employee absences in the SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) module. This error indicates that there is an issue with the way future absences are configured or processed in relation to existing absences.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Absence Configuration: The absence type may not be configured correctly to allow for future absences to be linked to preceding ones. This can happen if the absence types are not set up to recognize the relationship between different absence periods.
  
  
  Absence Overlap: There may be an attempt to create a future absence that overlaps with an existing absence, but the system requires that the future absence be directly linked to a preceding absence.
  
  
  Incorrect Dates: The dates entered for the future absence may not align correctly with the dates of the preceding absence, leading to a disconnection in