How To Fix PE687 - You are changing a shift indicated as an employee preference

PE687 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PE - Shift Planning: Messages

• Message number: 687

• Message text: You are changing a shift indicated as an employee preference

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message PE687 - You are changing a shift indicated as an employee preference ?

  The SAP error message PE687 indicates that you are attempting to change a shift that has been marked as an employee preference in the system. This typically occurs in the context of shift planning or scheduling within the SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) module, particularly in the area of time management.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when:
  
  An employee's preferred shift is being modified or overridden by a user or system process.
  The system is configured to prevent changes to shifts that are designated as employee preferences to protect the integrity of the employee's desired schedule.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can consider the following approaches:
  
  
  Review Employee Preferences: Check the employee's shift preferences in the system. If the shift you are trying to change is indeed marked as a preference, you may need to either:
  
  Change the employee's preference to allow for the shift change.
  Discuss with the employee to see if they are willing to adjust their