SAP ABAP Message Class 5D Message Number 243 (Employee number contains illegal characters or is incomplete)
Hierarchy
SAP_HRCDE (Software Component) Sub component SAP_HRCDE of SAP_HR
   PA-PA-DE (Application Component) Germany
     PB01 (Package) HR Master Data: Germany
Attribute
Message class 5D  
Short Description Error Messages for German Infotype Module Pools    
Message Number 243  
Documentation status       Space: object requires documentation
Authorization check Error Message      
Changed On 19970617   
Message Text
Employee number contains illegal characters or is incomplete
Help Document

Diagnosis

The employee number can only contain digits.
If the employee number is incomplete - for example, contains blanks - this rule is violated.

System Response

The employee cannot be included in payroll accounting, data medium exchange with the pension fund, and so on.

Procedure

Enter a full, valid employee number.

If you have already requested a payroll card for a new employee but have not received it yet, you can use a temporary employee number. The structure of the temporary employee number is defined as follows:

YYMMDD00NNN99

YY Year of birth

MM Month of birth

DD Day of birth

00 The digit "0" twice

NNN sequence number (001-999)

99 The digit "9" twice

History
Last changed on/by 20131127  SAP 
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