How To Fix /SHCM/EMPLOYEE_INT015 - Validity period is not valid: startdate or enddate is initial

/SHCM/EMPLOYEE_INT015 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SHCM/EMPLOYEE_INT -

• Message number: 015

• Message text: Validity period is not valid: startdate or enddate is initial

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/SHCM/EMPLOYEE_INT015 - Details

• The SAP error message /SHCM/EMPLOYEE_INT015 indicates that there is an issue with the validity period of an employee's data, specifically that either the start date or the end date is not set (i.e., it is "initial" or empty). This error typically occurs in the context of employee master data management, particularly when trying to create or update employee records.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Dates: The most common cause of this error is that either the start date or the end date for the validity period of the employee record is not filled in. This could happen if the user did not enter these dates when creating or updating the employee record.
  Incorrect Data Entry: There may have been a mistake in data entry where the dates were not entered correctly or were inadvertently left blank.
  System Configuration: In some cases, the system configuration may require these dates to be filled in for certain actions, and if