How To Fix RPM_CENTRAL_PERSON001 - Central person &1 is already assigned to the HR employee &2

RPM_CENTRAL_PERSON001 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: RPM_CENTRAL_PERSON - Central Person

• Message number: 001

• Message text: Central person &1 is already assigned to the HR employee &2

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RPM_CENTRAL_PERSON001 - Details

• The SAP error message RPM_CENTRAL_PERSON001 indicates that a central person (CP) is already assigned to another HR employee. This typically occurs in the context of SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) when trying to assign a central person to an HR employee record that is already linked to a different employee.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Assignment: The central person you are trying to assign is already linked to another HR employee. In SAP, a central person can only be assigned to one HR employee at a time.
  Data Entry Error: There may have been an error in data entry, leading to an attempt to assign the same central person to multiple HR employees.
  System Configuration: There might be issues with the configuration of the central person functionality in your SAP system.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Current Assignments: 
  
  Use transaction codes like PA20 (Display HR Master Data) or PA30 (Maintain HR Master Data) to check the current assignments of the central person