How To Fix HRSFEC_SERVICES252 - The data entered may be overwritten by the next replication.

HRSFEC_SERVICES252 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRSFEC_SERVICES - Message Class for Replication Service

• Message number: 252

• Message text: The data entered may be overwritten by the next replication.

What causes this issue?

You entered or changed data in the Employee Central Payroll system,
which is not the leading system.
Employee master and/or time data is maintained in Employee Central as
the leading system and then replicated to Employee Central Payroll. If
you maintain data in the Employee Central Payroll system, for example in
HR Master Data Maintenance (PA30/PA40) or through a mash-up, the data
will be overwritten by the next replication from Employee Central to
Employee Central Payroll.

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

System Response

A warning message is displayed.

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message HRSFEC_SERVICES252 - The data entered may be overwritten by the next replication. ?

  The SAP error message HRSFEC_SERVICES252 indicates that there is a potential issue with data consistency during the replication process in the SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central (EC) module. This error typically arises when there is a conflict between the data being entered in the system and the data that is about to be replicated from another source, such as an external system or another module within SAP.
  
  Cause:
  
  Data Conflict: The error usually occurs when the data you are trying to enter or modify in the system is at risk of being overwritten by incoming data from a replication process. This can happen if the replication is scheduled to occur shortly after your data entry.
  Timing Issues: If the replication process is set to run frequently, there may be a timing issue where the data you are entering is not yet saved or committed before the replication occurs.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings