How To Fix OUT006 - No Employees selected for chosen payroll area in BAPI

OUT006 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: OUT - Messages for Outsourcing

• Message number: 006

• Message text: No Employees selected for chosen payroll area in BAPI

What causes this issue?

The selection criteria for BAPI_OUTEMPLOYEE_GETLIST returned no
entries.

System Response

Returns no values.

How to fix this error?

This is not an error, it simply informs user that no selections were
made.

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.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message OUT006 - No Employees selected for chosen payroll area in BAPI ?

  The SAP error message OUT006: No Employees selected for chosen payroll area typically occurs when you are trying to execute a BAPI (Business Application Programming Interface) related to payroll processing, but the system cannot find any employees associated with the specified payroll area. This can happen for several reasons.
  Causes:
  
  Incorrect Payroll Area: The payroll area specified in the BAPI call may not have any employees assigned to it.
  Employee Status: Employees may not be active or may not have been assigned to the payroll area in question.
  Selection Criteria: The selection criteria used in the BAPI call may be too restrictive, resulting in no employees being selected.
  Data Synchronization Issues: There may be a delay or issue in data synchronization between different modules or systems.
  Authorization Issues: The user executing the BAPI may not have the necessary authorizations to access employee data in the specified payroll area.
  
  Solutions:
  
  Verify Payroll Area: Check the payroll area you are