How To Fix PE699 - Employee has the "day off," deletion cannot be made

PE699 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PE - Shift Planning: Messages

• Message number: 699

• Message text: Employee has the "day off," deletion cannot be made

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message PE699 - Employee has the "day off," deletion cannot be made ?

  The SAP error message PE699, which states "Employee has the 'day off,' deletion cannot be made," typically occurs in the context of personnel administration or time management when attempting to delete or modify a time record for an employee who is marked as having a day off (e.g., vacation, holiday, or any other type of absence).
  
  Cause:
  
  Employee Absence: The employee has a recorded absence (day off) in the system for the date you are trying to modify or delete a time record.
  System Constraints: SAP has built-in checks to prevent changes to time records that could conflict with existing absence records to maintain data integrity.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Absence Records:
  
  Review the employee's absence records for the date in question. You can do this by navigating to the relevant infotype (e.g., Infotype 2001 for Absences) in the SAP system.
  Confirm that the employee indeed has a day off