How To Fix PA293 - End date of vacancy assignment set to position end date (&1).

PA293 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PA - Recruitment Messages

• Message number: 293

• Message text: End date of vacancy assignment set to position end date (&1).

What causes this issue?

The position (maintained in Organizational Management) on which the
vacancy is based only exists until the date indicated. For this reason,
the end date of the applicant's vacancy assignment will be set to the
end date of the position.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

PA293 - Details

• The SAP error message PA293 indicates that the end date of a vacancy assignment has been set to the end date of the position. This typically occurs in the context of personnel administration and organizational management within SAP, particularly when dealing with positions and vacancies in the system.
  
  Cause:
  The error message PA293 is triggered when:
  
  A vacancy assignment is being created or modified, and the end date of the vacancy is set to the same date as the end date of the associated position.
  This situation can arise if the position has a defined end date, and the system is enforcing that the vacancy cannot extend beyond the position's end date.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Position End Date: Review the end date of the position associated with the vacancy. If the position is intended to be active beyond the current end date, you may need to extend the