How To Fix PH097 - Archiving date for time evaluation must be & or earlier

PH097 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PH - PA: Archiving & Reorganization

• Message number: 097

• Message text: Archiving date for time evaluation must be & or earlier

What causes this issue?

You have changed the system default for the archiving date. You have
chosen a date that comes after the date proposed by the system.

System Response

The system proposed the archiving date to keep the distance from the
retroactive accounting limit to a minimum. Therefore, a later archiving
date is not possible.

How to fix this error?

Choose an earlier archiving date, or restore the system default.

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 PH097 - Archiving date for time evaluation must be & or earlier ?

  The SAP error message PH097, which states "Archiving date for time evaluation must be & or earlier," typically occurs in the context of archiving time evaluation data in the SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) module. This error indicates that the date you are trying to use for archiving is later than the date of the time evaluation data that exists in the system.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error is that the archiving date you specified is later than the latest time evaluation date in the system. In other words, the system is trying to archive data that has not yet been evaluated or processed, which is not allowed.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Time Evaluation Data: Review the time evaluation data in the system to determine the latest evaluation date. You can do this by checking the relevant infotypes (e.g., IT 2001, IT 2002) or using