How To Fix RP796 - No changes were made

RP796 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: RP - Error Messages for Infotype Module Pools

• Message number: 796

• Message text: No changes were made

What causes this issue?

There may be several reasons why there were no changes:
You have not performed any actions.
You have performed actions that cancel each other out. For example, you
have assigned a wage type to a wage type group and then deleted this
group.
You have assigned a wage type to the group to which it already belongs,
or you have attempted to delete wage types from groups to which they
are not assigned.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message RP796 - No changes were made ?

  The SAP error message RP796 "No changes were made" typically occurs during the execution of a payroll run or when trying to make changes to employee data in the SAP system. This message indicates that the system did not find any changes to process, which can be due to various reasons.
  Causes:
  
  
  No Data Changes: The most common reason is that there are no actual changes in the employee data that need to be processed. This can happen if the payroll run is executed without any changes to the employee's master data or payroll data.
  
  
  Incorrect Selection Criteria: If the selection criteria used to run the payroll or process changes do not match any employees or records, the system will not find any changes to process.
  
  
  Previous Payroll Run: If a payroll run has already been executed for the same period and no changes have been made since, the system will not process the