How To Fix PA002 - Assignment to advertisement or unsolicited applic. group mandatory

PA002 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PA - Recruitment Messages

• Message number: 002

• Message text: Assignment to advertisement or unsolicited applic. group mandatory

What causes this issue?

You have not assigned the applicant to an advertisement or an
unsolicited application group. It is essential when first entering an
applicant's data to assign him or her to an advertisement or
unsolicited application group. The assignment enables a selective
evaluation of the applicants to your enterprise.

How to fix this error?

Assign the applicant to either an advertisement or an unsolicited
application group by making the relevant entry in the <LS>Advert</> or
<LS>U.app.gp</> field.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

PA002 - Details

• The SAP error message PA002 "Assignment to advertisement or unsolicited application group mandatory" typically occurs in the context of personnel administration when you are trying to create or maintain a personnel record, and the system requires that the employee be assigned to a specific advertisement or unsolicited application group.
  
  Cause:
  This error usually arises due to one of the following reasons:
  
  Missing Assignment: The employee record does not have an assignment to an advertisement or unsolicited application group, which is mandatory in your configuration.
  Configuration Settings: The system configuration may require that all employees be assigned to a specific group for reporting or organizational purposes.
  Data Entry Error: There may have been an oversight during data entry, leading to the omission of this assignment.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Employee Data:
  
  Go to the employee's personnel record in the SAP system.
  Navigate to the relevant infotype (usually Infotype 0001 - Organizational Assignment or