How To Fix PE757 - Selection variant exists for employee selection

PE757 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PE - Shift Planning: Messages

• Message number: 757

• Message text: Selection variant exists for employee selection

What causes this issue?

A user-dependent selection variants exist for selecting employees in
the shift plan.

System Response

Selecting employees is restricted to the selection criteria defined in
these variants.

How to fix this error?

To display the current selection variant, choose Edit -> Employee
selection -> Free delimitation.

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 PE757 - Selection variant exists for employee selection ?

  The SAP error message PE757 ("Selection variant exists for employee selection") typically occurs when you are trying to execute a report or transaction that involves employee selection, and there is a selection variant already defined for the employee selection criteria. This can happen in various SAP modules, particularly in Human Capital Management (HCM) or Payroll.
  
  Cause:
  The error is triggered because the system detects that a selection variant with the same name or criteria already exists for the employee selection. This can happen if:
  
  You are trying to create a new selection variant with the same name as an existing one.
  You are attempting to execute a report that uses a selection variant that is already defined.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Existing Selection Variants:
  
  Go to the transaction where you encountered the error (e.g., report execution).
  Look for an option to view or manage selection variants (usually found in the selection