How To Fix /SHCM/EMPLOYEE_BL013 - Costcenter has to be specified with company code for employment details.

/SHCM/EMPLOYEE_BL013 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SHCM/EMPLOYEE_BL -

• Message number: 013

• Message text: Costcenter has to be specified with company code for employment details.

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/SHCM/EMPLOYEE_BL013 - Details

• The SAP error message /SHCM/EMPLOYEE_BL013 indicates that a cost center must be specified along with the company code when entering employment details for an employee. This error typically arises in the context of SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) when trying to maintain or create employee records.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs due to the following reasons:
  
  Missing Cost Center: The cost center field is either left blank or not filled in correctly when entering employment details.
  Company Code Requirement: The system requires a valid company code to be associated with the cost center, and if this is not provided, the error will be triggered.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the system that require a cost center to be specified for certain actions related to employee records.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Input Fields:
  
  Ensure that both the company code and cost center fields are filled in correctly when entering or